October 27, 2017

show house designers

resistance workout

26th season debut

MEET AND GREET

AGOGIE

SLIFF

Style. Society. Success. | October 27, 2017

The LUXURY COLLECTION of

Alliance Real Estate

12 Chaminade Drive | Creve Coeur | $799,900

241 Linden Avenue

Clayton | $2,395,000

14 Heather Hill Lane Olivette | $1,348,000

202 Saint Georges

701 The Hamptons Lane

Town & Country | $1,575,000

953 Kingscove

8025 Maryland Avenue #9D Clayton | $1,550,000

13 Sackston Woods Lane

5 Arbor Road

Creve Coeur | $1,489,000

Olivette | $1,425,000

Town & Country | $1,299,000

Wentzville | $1,290,000

156 Stoneledge Court

10721 Kingsbridge Estates

1447 Fawnvalley Drive

4609 Elder Road

2102 Kehrspoint Drive

243 East Argonne Drive

16480 Ranch Road

Creve Coeur | $1,275,000

Des Peres | $1,175,000

Saint Albans | $1,100,000

Villa Ridge | $1,099,000

55 Thornhill Drive

4909 Laclede Avenue #1503

3473 Whitsetts Fork Road

340 Willow Weald Path Chesterfield | $815,000

Beaufort | $799,900

970 Tara Oaks Drive

11792 Highway 100

11414 South 40 Drive

430 Charlemagne Drive

2409 Spring Mill Estates Drive

Wildwood | $849,900

Chesterfield | $799,900

St Louis City | $839,000

Berger | $799,000

Chesterfield | $1,099,000

Wildwood | $815,000

Frontenac | $785,000

Kirkwood | $950,000

Lake St Louis | $670,000

Visit www.stlopens.com to view weekend open houses

Wright City | $887,500

858 Rodeo Drive

St Charles | $570,000

www.bhhsall.com 8077 Maryland Avenue | Clayton | 314-997-7600 17050 Baxter Road #200 | Chesterfield | 636-537-0300 Relocation | 636-733-5010

©2017 BHHS Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated franchises of BHH Affiliates, LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America, Inc.® Equal Housing Opportunity

FEATURED LUXURY SPECIALISTS of

Alliance Real Estate

Roberta Rollins

Land | Litwack & Associates

314-541-5166 www.RobertaRollins.com

314-872-6677 www.LandLitwack.com

Stone Ledge Farm - 196 Acres

1500 Old Iron Road - 25 Acres

2 Homes, Lake & Outbuildings! | Dutzow | $3,395,000

Historic log home with barn & lake | Hermann | $598,000

1918 Wild Horse Creek - 12.26 Acres

100 Riverhouse Road

Building parcel/county water | Wildwood | $575,000

45 Lynnbrook Road Frontenac | $2,499,000

3 Alden Lane

Ladue Schools | $849,900

Labadie | SOLD FAST!

Our Luxury Properties Specialists are among a

Burfield Kantor Group

Craig Burfield: 314-872-6655 Lynnsie Kantor: 314-872-6603 www.BurfieldKantorGroup.com

select group of agents with outstanding records of performance in the luxury property field. Our Luxury division represents significant properties in the most exclusive communities throughout the St Louis Metro region and has forged strong relationships within the high-end real estate market. Our specialists draw on those connections every day to bring buyers and

150 North Central Avenue Clayton | SOLD!

402 Pine Bend Drive

sellers of exceptional real estate together.

Wildwood | SOLD!

... drawing on connections in our local market, across the country, and around the world to bring buyers and sellers of exceptional properties together with world-class service you can count on.

Visit www.stlopens.com to view weekend open houses

www.bhhsall.com 8077 Maryland Avenue | Clayton | 314-997-7600 17050 Baxter Road #200 | Chesterfield | 636-537-0300 Relocation | 636-733-5010

Š2017 BHHS Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated franchises of BHH Affiliates, LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America, Inc.Ž Equal Housing Opportunity

GATHERINGS & GOODWILL

25

Abode:

39

Style Feature:

AGOGIE LN regular Brittany Nay discusses ruggedlooking AGOGIE resistance pants with their creator, Aaron Mottern, who characterizes them as “the only product on the market that allows an athlete to train in natural movement under resistance.”

Arts & Culture Feature:

SLIFF

On the cover 10 Losing weight – as well as keeping it off – requires a total life transformation … and Charles D’Angelo knows exactly how to guide you through it. Learn more starting on page 10. Pictured from left to right are Miguel Carretero and Charles D’Angelo. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Winter Opera Saint Louis Humane Society of Missouri St. Louis Press Club Upcoming Gatherings

ABODE 24 25 26

Design Elements The Trio Feature: Ladue News Show House, Designers

STYLE 38 39 42

Make a Statement Feature: AGOGIE Style Speak

THE DAILY 46 47 48 49 50

Cliff Froehlich – one of the metro area’s biggest cinephiles – chats about this year’s Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, for which he serves as executive director, with LN copy editor and staff writer Bryan A. Hollerbach.

2

Radio Arts Foundation

THE TRIO

In observance of Halloween, Nancy Robinson, LN’s doyenne of home furnishings, skullfully – er, skillfully showcases three quirky potential additions to area residential retreats, including this 17½-tall table decoration from MacKenzie Childs.

70

16 18 20 21 22

Connect the Dots Communication Conversation Golf Grapevine Crossword Puzzle Feature: Ferguson Community Empowerment Center

ARTS & CULTURE 62 64 66 68 70

Dinner & A Show Around Town Arts Speak The Wine Life Feature: SLIFF

PRE HOLIDAY SALE

ORDER NOW FOR THANKSGIVING DELIVERY

GAMEROOM FURNITURE

AREA RUGS

HOME THEATER

ARCADE GAMES

17377 Chesterfield Airport Road • Chesterfield, MO 63005 • 636-537-9200 www.AMINIS.com

GENERAL MANAGER

VICE PRESIDENT OF NICHE PUBLISHING

Catherine Neville

Andrea Griffith

cneville@laduenews.com

agriffith@laduenews.com

EDITORIAL SENIOR EDITOR

Liz Miller : lmiller@laduenews.com MANAGING EDITOR

Alecia Humphreys : ahumphreys@laduenews.com COPY EDITOR & STAFF WRITER

Bryan A. Hollerbach : bhollerbach@laduenews.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Bethany Christo : bchristo@laduenews.com STAFF WRITER

Amanda Dahl : adahl@laduenews.com DIGITAL EDITOR & STAFF WRITER

Robyn Dexter : rdexter@laduenews.com STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Featured in Ladue News, 2003 Three generations: Daughter Mimi Schmid, Granddaughter Mollie Schmid, and Owner Advanced Nursing Services Maggie Holtman.

Celebrating Over 30 Years of Service & Family Advanced Nursing Services is a locally owned and managed corporation providing the St. Louis area with quality nursing care since 1984.

Since then, Margaret Holtman, RN, BSN, has maintained her commitment to professional and personal attention to the patients’ individual needs. Advanced Nursing Services provides the best possible care for their clients as the nurses and caregivers are trained to manage high acuity situations for short and long-term illness in addition to providing assistance in addressing day to day activities.

Registered & Licensed Practical Nurses skilled nursing care for short or long term illness

Caring Aides & Personal Assistants

assist with daily living activities such as bathing, meals, transportation, errands & doctors appointments

Personal & Professional Attention RN supervision of all cases

Sarah Conroy : sconroy@laduenews.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Benjamin Akande, Mark Bretz, Stanley Browne, Julia Cain, Warren Mayes, Janis Murray, Brittany Nay, Nancy Robinson, Mabel Suen, Katie Yeadon EDITORIAL INTERN

Jackson Roman CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Diane Anderson, Christina Kling-Garrett, Bryan Schraier, Mabel Suen

ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

Judy Burt : jburt@laduenews.com Kayla Nelms : knelms@laduenews.com Kaitlyn Reichert : kreichert@laduenews.com Ann Sutter : asutter@laduenews.com CLASSIFIED ACCOUNT MANAGER

Lisa Taylor : ltaylor@lee.net SALES ASSISTANT

Shannon Byers : sbyers@laduenews.com

CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR

Dawn Deane : ddeane@laduenews.com GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

Timothy Brashares Lauren Ellsworth

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE MANAGER

Megan Langford : mlangford@laduenews.com

Our caregivers are available on an hourly basis up to

24 hours per day to meet individual needs at home, hospital or nursing facility

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Courtney Eaves : ceaves@laduenews.com

CONTACT 8811 Ladue Road, Suite D, Ladue, Missouri 63124 314-863-3737 : LadueNews.com

141 N. Meramec Ave., Suite 102 St. Louis, MO 63105

863-3030

advancednursing.org

Proud supporter of Opera Theater St. Louis 4 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

SUBSCRIPTIONS Ladue News publishes 52 issues per year.

Subscriptions cost $45 in the continental U.S. A SUBURBAN JOURNALS OF GREATER ST. LOUIS LLC PUBLICATION, A DIVISION OF LEE ENTERPRISES

29 THe BOULevARd · CLAYTON · 314·725·5100

|

LAURAMCCARTHY.COM

Featured Listings 1. 8025 Maryland Ave #17C · Clayton exceptional penthouse that exudes urban sophistication. The living spaces showcase superbly crafted features from a detailed ceiling with cove lighting, soaring 12ft. ceilings, walnut study, and a custom kitchen. The master suite resides in the east wing with two additional ensuite bedrooms in the west wing. $2,899,000

4. 7627 Wydown #2E · Clayton

2. 9936 Litzsinger Road · Ladue Beautiful Georgian Colonial has been renovated with a gourmet kitchen opening to a family room with fireplace and cozy eating area that leads to an oversized mud room. Outdoor vaulted room with see-through fireplace looks out over the lush landscaping on this 4-acre Ladue estate. $3,590,000 3. 636 Wood Fern Drive · Ballwin Spacious home with lots of natural light and great flow located on a very quiet cul de sac. Gracious two story foyer, living room with a cathedral ceiling, fireplace, wet bar, and a first floor master suite – this home has many outstanding features and offers a convenient location and lifestyle. $462,000

1. 8025 Maryland Ave #17C · Clayton

4. 7627 Wydown Blvd. #2E · Clayton Bright, light and open 2-story condo with soaring ceilings and great details. Updated kitchen with stainless appliances, hardwood floors, wood burning fireplace, in-unit laundry and lots of character.

The second floor master bedroom has a large walk-in closet and 5. 656 E. Jefferson Ave · Kirkwood full bath. $439,000

2. 9936 Litzsinger Road · Ladue

5. 656 East Jefferson Avenue · Kirkwood COMING SOON! Charming home with a curved staircase, gorgeous moldings, hardwood floors and beautiful spacious rooms. Large bright eat in kitchen with huge center island, maple cabinets and granite counters. Finished lower level has game room and family room. $539,000

3. 636 Wood Fern Drive · Ballwin Sunday Open Houses

1-3 u12-2

2-4

MOReNEW New LiSTiNGS MORE LISTINGS 150 Carondelet #303 (Clayton).

13 Overbrook drive (Ladue).

$865,000

exceptional suite at The Plaza in Clayton featuring

the best in style, sophistication, and location.

Gorgeous foyer leads to spacious living room

bursting with natural light. Gourmet kitchen offering warm cherry cabinets with built-in fridge, wine

cooler and dishwasher, granite countertops, center island and hearth room.

7707 Shirley Drive #102 (Clayton).

$1,000,000 PLUS

9936 Litzsinger Road (Ladue).

$729,900

This handsome building is secured with an elevator and a private lobby for only 8 condos. elegant

35 Chesterfield Lakes (Chesterfield).

701 east Monroe (Kirkwood).

$1,299,000

2337 Maybrook (Kirkwood).

302 Oak Stand Court (Chesterfield).

and plenty of storage. A rooftop terrace offers spectacular views of downtown Clayton.

14099 Forestvale Drive (Chesterfield).

$359,900

elegant updated brick ranch. Kitchen features

include a long island with separate sink, granite

$1,199,900

$1,195,000

$1,100,000

$750,000 - $1,000,000

doors lead from unit to patio and yard. The garage is temperature controlled with 2 parking spaces

$1,390,000

1524 Breezeridge drive (des Peres). $1,049,000 524 High Hampton (Ladue).

$845,000

$500,000 - $750,000 6314 washington Ave (University City). $669,000 487 Chukker valley (ellisville).

700 Garland Place (Kirkwood).

735 Brittany Lane (University City).

9127 Madge Avenue (Brentwood).

giving you over 3000 square feet of total living

1911 Hickory Street (St. Louis).

1206 Fairview Drive (Ellisville).

$649,500

$614,900

$599,000

$595,000

505 Bonhomme Forest (Olivette).

$569,000

wet bar with dishwasher, full bath and bonus room

2018 Firethorn drive (des Peres).

$525,000

wooded parklike yard just under an acre. Great

entertaining spaces. Granite counters, newer roof,

vaulted ceiling, built-in bookshelves are just a few

of the amenities.

$295,000

12514 Larkwood (St. Louis).

$265,000

1206 Fairview drive (ellisville).

$249,900

8645 Otto westway (Sunset Hills).

$240,000

28 Franjoe Court (St. Charles).

$209,000

8821 Moritz Avenue (Brentwood).

7250 Ravinia drive (Pasadena Hills).

8108 Blancha (University City).

5315 Bischoff Avenue (St. Louis).

$260,000

$115,000

3131 Taylor Avenue (Maryland Heights). $115,000 2208 wyoming Street (St. Louis).

$86,000

LOTS AND ACREAGE 45 Trent drive (Ladue).

$1,095,000

CONDOS AND VILLAS

4 Highgate Road (Olivette).

$499,000

1302 Oaktree estates (Chesterfield).

636 wood Fern drive (Ballwin).

$462,000

7524 Cromwell drive #2e (Clayton).

$395,000

1927 Parkridge Avenue (Brentwood).

$370,000

14099 Forestvale drive (Chesterfield).

$359,900

14510 Amstel Court (Chesterfield).

$360,000

Access all of our listings and all other MLS listings from your mobile http://mobile.lauramccarthy.com

$125,000

150 Carondelet Plaza #303 (Clayton).

9550 Litzsinger Road (Ladue).

■

Find and map all of our weekly OPEN HOUSES, all St. Louis area MLS listings and their OPEN HOUSES

$124,900

$525,000

$499,000

■

Save property searches and receive e-mail updates through MY LAURA MCCARTHY

$144,900

150 Carondelet Plaza #2801 (Clayton). $7,250,000

533 warder Ave (University City).

■

$229,000

$569,000

$300,000 - $500,000

LAURAMCCARTHY.COM

$279,000

137 Meadowlark dr (Maryland Heights). $249,000

6731 Pernod (St. Louis).

space featuring a media room, large rec room, full

spacious master suite which opens to private

UNDER $300,000

1259 Hampton Park (Richmond Hghts). $797,000

$799,900

$319,500

5001 Oak Bluff (High Ridge).

900 Jeanerette drive (University City).

appliances. Finished walkout lower level has ample

Four bedroom, three bathroom home includes

$315,000

9220 Hale drive (Affton).

33 Sussex drive (Brentwood).

$249,900

7620 Cornell Avenue (University City).

$799,900

29 dwyer Place (Ladue).

counters, wine fridge and stainless steel

area. Private yard with two decks and a patio .

$335,000

7827 Cornell Avenue (University City).

$1,449,000

22 Log Cabin drive (Ladue).

15574 Highcroft drive (Chesterfield).

$1,975,000

$1,999,900

21 Clermont Lane (Ladue).

306 North woodlawn (Kirkwood).

$349,900

638 Hollywood Place (webster Groves). $349,900

1440 Topping Road (Town &Country). $1,549,000 6333 ellenwood (Clayton).

1616 Carroll Street (St. Louis). $3,590,000

8110 westmoreland Avenue (Clayton). $1,975,000

finishes throughout, 10ft. ceilings, extraordinary millwork and wood floors. Three sets of French

6. 306 North Woodlawn · Kirkwood

6. 306 North Woodlawn · Kirkwood NEW PRICE! This historically significant landmark home in the heart of Kirkwood is truly one of a kind. Hearth room with stone fireplace and original butler’s pantry adjoin kitchen. Office with full bath and kitchenette over the 2 car garage. $1,199,900

8025 Maryland Ave #17C (Clayton).

7707 Shirley drive #102 (Clayton).

$2,899,000

$865,000

$729,900

14304 Spyglass Ridge (Chesterfield).

$527,000

7627 wydown Blvd. #2e (Clayton).

$439,000

6340 Clayton Road #205 (Clayton).

$329,500

$439,900

6340 Clayton Road #205 · Clayton

$424,900

FABULOUS NEW PRICE!

1517 washington Ave #302 (St. Louis). $325,000

900 South Hanley #15d (Clayton).

$200,000

1635 washington Ave #809 (St. Louis). $125,000

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4! This beautiful condo in Hi Pointe Lofts will make you feel right at home! Free flowing from the moment you cross the threshold, your new home will make entertaining a breeze with a kitchen, dining and living room combo. $329,500

letter

from the

EDITOR ‌ALTHOUGH I STRIVE TO EAT HEALTHY AND REMAIN ACTIVE, that certainly wasn’t always the case. After four years in college, my late-night meal runs and lack of exercise caught up to me. I had gained close to 50 pounds. For me it wasn’t necessarily about the number on the scale, but more so about how I felt. My clothes no longer fit, walking up a single flight of stairs took my breath away, and I was constantly tired. I knew I had a problem; however, it wasn’t until a doctor categorized me as overweight that I knew I needed to make a change.

Now, five years later, I like to think I am healthy. I snack on fruits and vegetables, get creative with healthy meals and work out regularly. Although I’m just now getting back to my pre-baby fitness level, I still like to challenge myself; whether by sprinting up the steepest hill in our neighborhood while pushing my son in his stroller, pushing myself for more reps or simply moving faster. Now, though, even our clothing can push us to work a little harder.

Starting on p. 39, learn about AGOGIE, a St. Louis-based brand that specializes in resistance pants. According to founder Aaron Mottern, these nylon and elastane pants have eight resistance bands – four in each leg – that stretch from the ankle to the waist, in addition to stirrups that activate the resistance bands as a downward force. Your muscles have to work harder in order to

We hope that you find this story enjoyable and that AGOGIE helps you get one step closer to your fitness goals.

All the best,

Alecia Humphreys

Editor’s Corner The word around town

Congratulations to Michael Castro for receiving the 2017 Tradition of Literary Excellence Award, which was created in 2014 to “honor the work of a living local author whose literary achievement has won national and international

A huge shoutout to those who

acclaim and, in so doing, has contributed to the distinction

participated in the 11th annual

of the St. Louis area, upholding its tradition as a center of

St. Louis Ovarian Cancer

literary excellence.” Castro is a widely published poet and

Awareness Families Run for

translator whose poetry has appeared in several literary

Ovarian Cancer ROC Star 5K and

magazines, anthologies and

1-mile walk/run. Approximately

11 books and chapbooks.

1,500 registered participants – including 70 ovarian cancer survivors – took part in the event, which was started in 2006 in memory of Brenda Jorgensen, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer in 2011. Funds from the event benefit further ovarian cancer research and ongoing awareness programs.

6 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

EDITOR’S PHOTO BY SARAH CONROY‌

keep the bands stretched, which in turn increases muscle activation and strengthens.

Go from “Is it possible?” to “What’s next?”

With a Business Quick Loan from U.S. Bank, you may be able to finance equipment for your expanding business needs. You may even be eligible for a Section 179 tax deduction up to $510,000. Talk to your local U.S. Bank Business Banker today.

Business Quick Loan interest rates as low as

% 3.49

*

Joe Cuker U.S. Bank Business Banking 636.207.4525 usbank.com/quickloan

*The 3.49% interest rate applies to a new or used equipment Quick Loan up to 80% LTV for loan terms up to 36 months for credit-qualified applicants. Disclosed rate reflects 0.50% discount based on automatic monthly payments from a U.S. Bank Business Checking account. Automatic payment from a U.S. Bank Business package checking account is required to receive the lowest rate, but is not required for loan approval. A $75 origination fee applies to all loans and will impact final APR. Higher rates may apply based on a lower credit score, a higher LTV or not having automatic monthly payments taken from a U.S. Bank Business Checking account. Advertised rate is as of 08/28/2017 and subject to change without notice based on market conditions.

Minimum Quick Loan amount is $5,000. Maximum Quick Loan amount is $250,000. Credit products offered by U.S. Bank National Association and are subject to normal credit approval and program guidelines. Some restrictions and fees may apply. Financing maximums and terms are determined by borrower qualifications and use of funds. See a banker for details. U.S. Bank is not offering legal, tax or financial advice. You should consult with your tax advisor for the specific impact of the Section 179 deduction and how it may apply to your business. Credit products are offered by U.S. Bank National Association. Deposit products offered by U.S. Bank National Association. Member FDIC. ©2017 U.S. Bank. 171125c 8/17 “World’s Most Ethical Companies” and “Ethisphere” names and marks are registered trademarks of Ethisphere LLC.

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 7

digital CONTENT

follow us on

SOCIAL MEDIA

laduenews.com Attend a charity or social event lately? You could be featured in our LN society photos. Visit our website for extended event coverage beyond what’s on our printed pages.

For updates on local happenings and trends, visit The Cut, our online-exclusive blog.

online featured gatherings

CIRCUS FLORA’S FLORA DORA

BIRTHRIGHT COUNSELING’S NIGHT FOR LIFE GALA 8

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Check out some of our best feature photos in a mobile-only format on our Instagram profile: instagram.com/laduenews.

Visit our Facebook page on Mon., Oct. 30, to see more photos from our feature on AGOGIE (see the story on p. 39).

Didn’t make it to this year’s show house?

ln

CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK FOR THE ....

show

house

l a e Rev

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 9

ON THE

Cover

Life

The Weight of

CHARLES D’ANGELO

By Amanda Dahl Photos by Sarah Conroy

Sarah Anglin lost 101 pounds.

l ens lo Rick Stev

nds.

u st 60 po

Colleen McCoig lost 60 pounds.

C

harles D’Angelo, the renowned weight loss and life coach, does far more than help clients shed pounds. He transforms their perspectives on life by helping them lose the chains of their past. “This is my vocation – it’s not work,” D’Angelo says. “Developing healthy food and exercise habits certainly is an important part of the process…but it’s much more than that. My program addresses what’s missing in everything else that’s out there: how to develop the right mindset. We wouldn’t see the problem so many of us face if a diet plan or workout routine was enough. It’s what I call the ‘defeat whirlpool’ – where you find yourself sabotaging your own progress.”

His level of dedication came about from his own personal weight-loss journey. For chef Miguel Carretero of Guido’s Pizzeria and Tapas, that made D’Angelo uniquely qualified to help him. “I knew Charles when he was an obese teenager,” he says. “Witnessing him transform himself decades ago – and then commit his life to helping others – I knew Charles walked his talk. I was about to turn 50 – and that birthday makes you really look at where you are in life. I knew I had to change.”

Rick Stevens also was ready to take back control of his health. “I have a family history of heart disease and obesity,” he says. “I wanted to do all I could to ensure my family didn’t see that happen to me. As president of Christian Hospital, it’s important we model good, healthy habits for our patients. I want to show how much your choices can change your life.”

D’Angelo focuses on the foundation of thinking his clients use to operate in their daily lives. “The biggest challenge was accepting my weight as a symptom and not the cause for my problems,” Carretero explains. “At 330 pounds, I put in 18-hour days at the restaurant and didn’t show myself much love. I got through life rather than taking much from it. Working with Charles, I’ve learned an entirely different philosophy – one that teaches you how to be successful and fulfilled.”

Stevens threw his all into the program, trusting the process as led by D’Angelo and ultimately losing 60 pounds. “Charles inspires incredible confidence,” he shares. “I took every suggestion he made. After losing about 20 pounds in the first month, I became a total believer. It feels so great to be in charge of my health again. I weigh what I did as a college senior 25 years ago! Working in a hospital, I have access to some of the brightest minds in dietetics and health. Charles brings something entirely different to the table. He helps you understand yourself better

and to take action on what you know.”

For Carretero, shedding 105 pounds was only one part of his tremendous success. “I’ve come to appreciate the gift of life God’s given me,” he shares. “I realize I don’t have forever, so I live more fully. I just returned from a long trip to Spain with my family. It’s the first time in more than 20 years I’ve taken such a vacation. I don’t think I would have had the confidence or self-trust to do it, and leave my restaurant in the hands of others, if I hadn’t worked with Charles. Before, I ran at warp speed, not realizing I was running in place. With his coaching, I feel confident, calm, happy and positive about the direction my life is now headed in.”

When his clients find a new lease on life, D’Angelo feels reaffirmed in his own trajectory. “The focus of the program is helping clients to reconnect with themselves,” D’Angelo explains. “You learn how to disconnect from the disempowering things you use to distract and console yourself. The focus becomes developing skills to deal with the inevitable [give-and-take] of life.

It’s then a matter of personal coaching and helping to course-correct along a client’s journey, so each person maximizes their potential. You deserve to live a healthy, fulfilling and joyful life.”

Charles D’Angelo, 314-495-3228, charlesdangelo.com

Rachel Hayes lost 120 pounds.

t 105 pounds.

Miguel Carretero los

Cathy Ptacek lost 50 pounds.

LadueNews.com | OCtObER 27, 2017

11

A St. Louis Real Estate Firm You Can Trust

362 Merlot Lane St. Albans $829,900

12033 Robyn Park Drive Westwood $1,299,000 l OPEN 10/29, 1-3 PM

5 Whitegate Lane l New LIstINg Ladue $1,369,000 l OPEN 10/29, 1-3 PM

1540 Gerard Park l New LIstINg Hazelwood $110,000

New LIstINgs 5 WHITEGATE LANE, Ladue. One-of-a-kind 6 bed, 6 bath home with new smart home systems. stunning new kitchen, great room, and first floor master. 4-car garage. $1,369,000. OPEN 10/29, 1-3 PM 1540 GERARD PARK, Hazelwood. Recently renovated, move-in ready, open concept 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath ranch with true hardwood floors throughout and updated kitchen . $110,000

LuxuryCollection

1309 Childress Avenue Dogtown $374,500 l OPEN 10/29, 1-3 PM 32 WEsTMORELAND PLAcE, CWE.

$1,395,000

8 KINGsbURy PLAcE, CWE.

$1,350,000

12 cOAcH N 4 LANE, Frontenac.

$630,000

12033 RObyN PARK DRIvE, Westwood.

$1,299,000

736 sT. ALbANs sPRING ROAD, St. Albans.

$619,900

404 WyTHE HOUsE cOURT, Creve Coeur.

$1,290,000

819 NORTH MOsLEy, Creve Coeur.

$619,500

25 UPPER LADUE, Ladue.

$4,625,000 $4,500,000

544 QUAIL RIDGE, St. Albans.

$3,580,000

11 bRENTMOOR PARK, Clayton.

$3,499,900

11 UPPER WHITMOOR DRIvE, Weldon Spring. $3,450,000 8 FORDycE LANE, Ladue.

$3,300,000

6 bARcLAy WOODs DRIvE, Ladue.

$2,925,000

9450 LADUE ROAD, Ladue.

$2,850,000

21 UPPER LADUE ROAD, Ladue.

$2,750,000

8693 WEsT KINGsbURy AvENUE, University City. $639,000

visit us

1405 HOMEsTEAD vALLEy, Wildwood.

$1,275,000

2822 NORTH GEyER ROAD, Frontenac.

$609,000

1065 cAbIN cLUb, Ladue.

$1,249,000

771 ADDA ROAD, Labadie.

$575,000

53 WEsTMORELAND PLAcE, CWE.

$1,249,000

3 HIGHGATE ROAD, Olivette.

$575,000

9052 cLAyTON RD., Tbb, Richmond Heights.

$1,100,000

433 PARKWOODs AvENUE, Kirkwood.

$549,000

10601 sPOEDE OAKs LANE, Frontenac.

$1,100,000

7720 GANNON AvENUE, University City.

$515,000

29 KINGsbURy PLAcE, CWE.

$474,000

533 GOETHE AvENUE, Kirkwood.

$459,000

10601 sPOEDE OAKs LANE, Frontenac.

1-3 PM

1228 sIMMONs AvENUE, Kirkwood.

$429,900

6 bRIGHTON WAy, UNIT 4D, Clayton.

1-3 PM

ResIdeNtIaL HOmes

171 NORTH bEMIsTON AvENUE, Clayton.

7117 maryland avenue University City $669,000

Open Sunday, October 29th 1405 HOMEsTEAD vALLEy, wildwood.

1-3 PM

18 LADUE MANOR, Ladue.

1-3 PM

12033 RObyN PARK DRIvE, Westwood.

1-3 PM

1309 cHILDREss AvENUE, Dogtown.

1-3 PM

12000 HEATHERDANE DRIvE, Town & Country.

$989,900

1309 cHILDREss AvENUE, Dogtown.

$374,500

515 MAsON AvENUE, Webster Groves.

1-3 PM

27 bRIARcLIFF, Ladue.

$949,900

490 TREE TOP LANE, Des Peres.

$349,900

538 DEER vALLEy cOURT, St. Albans.

$949,000

5548 cHEsTNUT sTREET, Augusta.

$349,500

5 WHITEGATE LANE, Ladue.

1-3 PM

4 WINDING bROOK LANE, Ladue.

$919,900

1831 HAcKMANN HOLLOW DRIvE, Wentzville.

$296,000

5211 WEsTMINsTER PLAcE, CWE.

$895,000

8715 WAsHINGTON, University City.

$289,900

46 WEsTWOOD cOURT, Town & Country.

$860,000

94 bEAcHcOMbER DRIvE, st. Louis.

$209,000

362 MERLOT LANE, St. Albans.

$829,900

267 cOUNTRysHIRE DRIvE, Lake St. Louis.

$149,500

34 WILLOW HILL, Ladue.

$825,000

515 MAsON AvENUE, Webster Groves.

$139,000

7515 bUcKINGHAM DRIvE, #2N, Clayton.

5 cLERMONT LANE, Ladue.

$824,000

3813 bURGEN AvENUE, Holly Hills.

$129,900

1136 WAsHINGTON AvENUE, UNIT 210, St. Louis. $144,900

3736 LOUGHbOROUGH AvENUE, St. Louis.

$129,000

4501 LINDELL bOULEvARD, UNIT 10F, CWE.

$127,500

2020 WAsHINGTON AvENUE, UNIT 603, St. Louis.

$124,900

25 sOMERsET DOWNs, Ladue.

$2,700,000

1 bRIDLE cREEK ROAD, Ladue.

$2,395,000

10 LENOx PLAcE, CWE.

$795,000

3784 DOc sARGENT ROAD, Pacific.

18 LADUE MANOR, Ladue.

$785,000

$2,250,000

CONdOmINIum/VILLa HOmes

8715 WAsHINGTON, University City.

1-3 PM

1228 sIMMONs AvENUE, Kirkwood.

1-3 PM

$163,000

2251 WHITNEy POINTE DRIvE, Chesterfield.

$779,000

15 bELLERIvE cOUNTRy cLUb, Town & Country. $1,900,000

9848 WILD DEER ROAD, Ladue.

$769,000

13 cOUNTRysIDE LANE, Frontenac.

1277 AUGUsT EsTATEs DRIvE, Defiance.

$749,900

6 bRIGHTON WAy, UNIT 4D, Clayton.

$949,000

118 GRAND MERIDIEN FOREsT cT, Wildwood. $1,850,000

220 ORRIcK LANE, Kirkwood.

$749,900

1 WEsT PINE cOURT, CWE.

$885,000

1055 WINGs ROAD, St.Albans.

33 PIcARDy LANE, Frontenac.

369 MERLOT LANE, St. Albans.

$729,000

710 sOUTH HANLEy, UNIT 10b, Clayton.

$379,000

16 bELLERIvE cOUNTRy cLUb, Town & Country. $1,450,000

$1,885,000 $1,845,000

LOts/aCReage/FaRms $1,550,000

6 APPLE TREE LANE, Ladue.

$1,799,000

770 vILLAGE vIEW cIRcLE, St. Albans.

$679,900

1121 LOcUsT sTREET, UNIT 202, St. Louis.

$370,000

21 OvERbROOK DRIvE, Ladue.

10 OvERbROOK DRIvE, Ladue.

$1,650,000

7117 MARyLAND AvENUE, University City.

$669,000

4440 LINDELL bOULEvARD, #1001, CWE.

$339,000

1 Tbb cAMPTON AT vILLAGE vIEW, St. Albans.

$484,900

5105 LINDELL bOULEvARD, CWE.

$1,495,000

4904 PERsHING PLAcE, CWE.

$669,000

4392 MARyLAND AvENUE, UNIT 3E, CWE.

$279,000

1 Tbb AUbURN AT vILLAGE vIEW, St. Albans.

$454,900

555 DEER vALLEy cOURT, St. Albans.

$1,449,000

2450 HERMITAGE HILL, Frontenac.

$649,000

9814 scHELDE DRIvE, st. Louis.

$184,000

9052 cLAyTON ROAD, Richmond Heights.

$425,000

janet mcafee inc. l 9889 clayton road l saint louis, missouri 63124 l 314.997.4800 I www.janetmcafee.com

$550,000

WAYNE NORWOOD & BEN PATTON I 314.629.3931 FINESTHOMESSTL.COM 2660 SOUTH WARSON ROAD

12 GLENVIEW

LADUE I $1,995,000 LADUE I $3,995,000

21 SAINT ANDREWS

9743 LITZSINGER ROAD

LADUE I $1,645,000

LADUE I $2,095,000

1 CONWAY WOODS LANE

730 NORTH MOSLEY ROAD OPEN SUNDAY, 1 - 3 PM

LADUE I $1,095,000

CREVE COEUR I $899,000

janet

mc afee REAL ESTATE

janet mcafee inc. I 9889 clayton road I saint louis, missouri 63124 I 314.997.4800

A St. Louis Real Estate Firm You Can Trust

OPEN SuNday 10.29 ___________

1-3 PM

1405 hOmEStEad VallEy in wildwood

433 ParkwOOdS aVENuE in kirkwood

lisa coulter 314.941.2883 linda benoist 314.504.5495

martin lammert

5 Bedrooms | 4.5 Baths $1,275,000

3 Bedrooms | 2.5 Baths $549,000

314.971.1949

46 wEStwOOd cOurt in town & country

404 wythE hOuSE cOurt in enclave bellerive, creve coeur

julie lane

susan holden

4 Bedrooms | 4.5 Baths $860,000

314.303.6504

3 Bedrooms | 2.5 Baths $1,290,000

janet mcafee inc. l 9889 clayton road l saint louis, missouri 63124 l 314.997.4800 I

314.503.3345

www.janetmcafee.com

16

Gatherings & Goodwill

RADIO ARTS FOUNDATION

20

21

HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI

ST. LOUIS PRESS CLUB

Tuning in PHOTO BY BRYAN SCHRAIER

to Wonder

LadueNews.com | OCTOBER 27, 2017

15

Radio Arts Foundation

WINE & JAZZ UNDER THE STARS

T

Photos and story by Bryan Schraier

he Columbia Foundation for the Arts served as the site of Wine & Jazz Under the Stars, benefiting the Radio Arts Foundation. The Carolbeth True Trio performed musically as guests lounged poolside and enjoyed the art with delicious food and drink. A raffle took place, and guests savored the mild weather that evening while supporting the foundation’s mission to support classical-music programming.

Diane and David Mayo

Visit LADUENEWS.COM

to see more fabulous photos from this event!

ln

Katie and Ken Slocum, Linda Shedlofsky

John and Debbie Schneider

Staci Heimos, Danielle Florek

Aya and Brandon Lamew

16

Rosalyn and Levance Madden, Kathy Lawton Brown

Marsha Rusnack, Donna Wilkinson, Bill Rusnack, Peggy Ritter

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Barbara and Charles Pellegrini

The arts are very important for this community, and we, Edward Jones, and the entire group of associates at Edward Jones believe in the arts.

Participate in many different ways, and this particular organization is one way that we like to participate.

RON GORGEN, RETIRED GENERAL PARTNER WITH EDWARD JONES

Drew and Joni Karandjeff, Charles and Jill Gail

David Diener, Art Fitzgerald, Terry Frank, Debbie Fitzgerald, Gary Grant, Kim Kuehner

Liz Hopefl, Brian Mischel, Celeste LeGrand

Barb Giudici, Deb Ostermeyer

Ron and Fran Schlapprizzi

Beth Webster, Carol Gruen

Peggy Barnhart, Mike Newport, Debra Hollingsworth, Deanne Lane

Lisa and Tony Troglio, Karen McDonagh, Carolbeth True, David True LadueNews.com | OCTOBER 27, 2017

17

Winter Opera Saint Louis

FALL GALA

Photos and story by Diane Anderson

W

inter Opera Saint Louis held its Fall Gala at Old Warson Country Club in Ladue recently.

Guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, wine and special entertainment. Performers included Andrew Potter, Gina Galati, Lindsey Anderson and Peter Drackley. Sponsoring the annual event were Lu Barnes and Nancy Pillsbury Shirley. Winter Opera Saint Louis seeks to provide St. Louis with world-class operatic performances during winter.

Its work features nationally and internationally known artists, performing classic operas in their original languages, with English supertitles.

The nonprofit organization also highlights local performers and strengthens the local artistic community year-round through community outreach programs and workshops.

Visit LADUENEWS.COM

to see more fabulous photos from this event!

George and Melissa Paz

Bob Bishop, Anna Harris, Arthur Gale, Theresa Galakatos

Potter Varley, Nancy Fox

Randy and Jill Waldman

18

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

ln

Bob and Barbara Bishop, Philip Mango

Jackie Frerichs, David Polk

Bob Brinkmann, Carol Mango

We are so excited about our dramatic increase in community support.

Winter Opera truly brings the people of St. Louis together to celebrate the art of opera!

LU BARNES AND NANCY PILLSBURY SHIRLEY, CO-SPONSORS

Robert Williams, Marilyn Zerman, Rashmi Nakra, Kathy Williams

J .Kim Tucci, Bob and Kathy O’Loughlin, Paul Lorenzini

Mary Anne and Tony Sansone

Darwin Aquino, Benedetta Orsi

Cindy Scott, Lindsey Anderson, Sonny Million

Dominic and Jackie Galati

Lewis Bettman, Joan Berkman

Marco and Beth Castaneda

Ann Rutledge, Sarijane Freiman

Gabrielle Seherr-Thoss, Charlie Nemec LadueNews.com | OCTOBER 27, 2017

19

Humane Society of Missouri

GLOW IN THE PARK

I

Photos and story by Christina Kling-Garrett

n mid-September, the Humane Society of Missouri held its 45th annual Glow in the Park Balloon Glow Dinner on Art Hill in Forest Park.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Animal Cruelty Fund, which investigates, heals and prevents animal abuse. In the event’s first year on Art Hill, guests enjoyed live music, appetizers, cocktails and dinner catered by Butler’s Pantry, as well as a silent auction, an up-close view of the balloon event and a finale of fireworks over the Grand Basin.

Visit LADUENEWS.COM

to see more fabulous photos from this event!

Laura and Evan Fluty

ln

Our annual Glow in the Park charity dinner gives Humane Society of Missouri supporters a one-of-a-kind experience – up-close views of the awesome array of colorful, glowing balloons; fabulous food and drink; and fireworks all held under the auspices of the Great Forest Park Balloon Race. We’re deeply grateful for every guest.

KATHY WARNICK, PRESIDENT

Chris and Leah Harris, Aaron Fields, Virginia Panky

20

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Terri Meadows

Chad Carroll, Megan and Michael Lodderhose, Kelly and Doug Mattingly, Anne and Paul Koetting, Bob Knecht

St. Louis Press Club

BEAUTY BUZZ

G

Photos and story by Diane Anderson

uests visited the main-floor atrium of Neiman Marcus in Plaza Frontenac in mid-September for the St. Louis Press Club’s Beauty Buzz, a beauty-oriented mix, mingle and runway party. There, they had fun and raised funds for media scholarships while learning cosmetic and skin care tricks of the trade from the Neiman Marcus experts. A great line of cosmetic demonstrations was modeled on the runway.

In addition to a chance to win prizes, guests enjoyed coffee, mimosas and brunch light bites from The Zodiac, the retailer’s posh restaurant. Jeanie Bassman chaired the event.

Sherri Newstead, Julie Mathes

Visit LADUENEWS.COM

to see more fabulous photos from this event!

ln

Beauty Buzz is so important because it provides scholarships to journalism students. Everyone here is making scholarships possible!

JEANIE BASSMAN, CHAIRPERSON OF BEAUTY BUZZ

Suzanne Otto, Alice Handelman, Patty Bloom

Barbara Shuman, Esther Langsam

Maggie Desloge, Emily Cherry

LadueNews.com | OCTOBER 27, 2017

21

Upcoming

GATHERINGS

By Jackson Roman

‌Fri., Oct. 27

The Landmarks Association of St. Louis’ ARCHITECTURE – WHERE ART AND ARCHITECTURE RESIDE at the BOO CAT CLUB. 7 p.m. (racstl.org)

Sat., Oct. 28

St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors System’s 15th annual AGELESS REMARKABLE ST. LOUISANS at Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch. (worrylessseniors.org) SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital’s GLENNON GLOW at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. 6:30 p.m. (glennon.org)

Thu., Nov. 2

Sunnyhill’s SIPPIN’-4-SUNNYHILL at the Anheuser-Busch Biergarten.

5 p.m. (sunnyhillinc.org) Almost Home’s fourth annual CELEBRATION OF GRIT at The Chase Park Plaza. 6 p.m. (almosthomestl.org)

I read Ladue News...

I read the Ladue News because they cover what’s important to our community!

From the businesses that make us strong, to the non-profits that give us heart, I know when I open the latest edition I’ll find relevant content that reminds me why St. Louis is an exceptional place to work, live, give, and invest in.

– Elizabeth H. Mannen Managing Director – Investments

PHOTO BY BRYAN SCHRAIER‌

Mannen Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors

22 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

24 DESIGN ELEMENTS

Abode 25

26

THE TRIO

FEATURE: LADUE NEWS SHOW HOUSE, DESIGNERS

Tile PHOTO BY ALISE O’BRIEN

Time

LadueNews.com | OCTOBER 27, 2017

23

Design

ELEMENTS

IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS

By Robyn Dexter

W

hen Julie Abner received a call from a client in her hometown who wanted to remodel her home, the interior designer quickly got to work making her client’s vision come to life.

The client had grown up in the home and was looking to make it her own as she moved back into it. One aspect of the project was the master bath – a space Abner and her client were able to transform into a serene, classic chamber. “[My client] was open to unique and interesting ideas,” Abner says. “She likes classic design and is fond of details.”

The love of details emerged in the form of tiling, which was the project’s starting point. The client was drawn to a bar liner tile, which Abner used throughout in shades of warm white and minty blue-green.

“The tile gives the space a lived-in, old-world feel,” Abner says.

“It’s not every day you get to do a tile wall!”

ln

PHOTO BY ALISE O’BRIEN

Julie Abner Interiors, LLC, 314-606-8698, julieabnerinteriors.com

24

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

THE TRIO

Long Lasting Luxury

Oddly

FLOORS FOR OVER 100 YEARS

Enchanting

By Nancy Robinson

‌ on’t forsake style in this D season of chills and thrills.

MacKenzie-Childs’ Elizabethan skull is adorned with the brand’s much-loved black-andwhite Courtly Check

Call Us For Refinishing Work Too; quality materials and superior workmanship.

motif. At 17½ inches tall, it makes a charming table decoration. (bdaviscompany.com)

Floor Company 2438 Northline, Maryland Heights, MO 63043

(314) 432-2260 www.missourifloor.com

Need an extra hand? These ought to come in handy.

Resin skeleton hand hooks with red- and white-striped cuffs come in sets of three. (grandinroad.com)

Sharp | Tasteful | Private

Offered At $768,000

Ring-a-ding doom.

This animated skeleton telephone is

California’s Mulholland Hills Panache Meets Ladue Privacy! (Reed School, 63124)

motion-activated with

Maya Kefalov

a self-turning rotary

Realtor ®, MA, MS, Local/Global Relocation Specialist 314.660.4040 cell/text | maya@redkeystlouis.com www.SellBuySMARTER.com http://www.facebook.com/mayakefalovrealestate/ 10333 Clayton Road Frontenac MO 63131

dial. Effects alternate between a dialing sound and a series of rings and pauses. (grandinroad.com)

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 25

2017

Designers

SHOW HOuSe

By Julia Cain | Photos by Sarah Conroy

Meet the 11 talented local interior designers and landscaping professionals who transformed this year’s Ladue News Show House.

A

lthough the annual Ladue News Show House has now closed for the year, it will be publicly revealed in next week’s issue with comprehensive room tours detailing how 11 local designers and landscaping professionals have transformed the home.

Until then, get to know the experts behind the newly decorated abode at 110 Dielman Road.

June roesslein interiors Anne Smith and Liz McGovern bring a combined 50 years of experience to two rooms in this year’s Show House: the bathroom and solarium guest suite. “The creative process of envisioning and implementing is a thrill,” Smith says. “Just as important is the relationships that we have with our clients. They become part of our extended family.” As far as the team’s design aesthetic, Smith says the pair are professionals, which means what they create reflects what the client wants – not a showcase of their personal preferences. “What makes our profession so very interesting is the variety of projects that we’re hired to create,” she says. “Each project and client is unique!”

June Roesslein Interiors, 10411 Clayton Road, No. 206, Frontenac, 636-394-1465, juneroesslein.com

b r o o k s b e r r Y k i t c h e n s a n D b at h s Design work from brooksBerry Kitchens and Baths has been seen across the country in the pages of magazines like Architectural Digest, Traditional Home and Better Homes & Gardens. Designer Amy Herman of brooksBerry took on the powder room in the Show House. “Designing spaces that evoke strong emotions by the thoughtful use of color, lighting, pattern and textures is what I love about my job,” she says. “When a client walks into a space and feels emotionally transformed, I know I’ve done something significant.” Outside of the Show House, Herman says she works on any project with cabinetry needs: kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, mudrooms and wet bars, to name a few.

brooksBerry Kitchens and Baths, 751 Old Frontenac Square, Frontenac, 314-872-7720, brooksberry.com

t h e g r e at c o V e r - u p Designers Teddy Karl, Melissa Hummel and Liz Basler of The Great Cover-Up brought an element of regality to the master bedroom suite in the Show House. “I think we would all say that we are traditional, but love a touch of the unexpected or whimsical,” Karl says. This team is a full-service firm, Karl notes, so in their typical projects they may be doing anything from aiding a downsize to designing a new space. Hummel calls the process a joy. “What I like most about designing is the pleasure taken in seeing a client ‘make their dreams come true,’ and helping them develop their unique style,” Hummel says.

The Great Cover-Up, 9708 Clayton Road, Ladue, 314-995-5701, greatcoverupdesign.com

Yo u r s b Y D e s i g n CJ Knapp loves being a designer. “Every day is different, full of color and so many choices,” she says. “There’s always something new to learn about design, products and construction. I love being a part of our clients’ lives, helping them to realize the potential beauty in their homes.” Knapp, the designer behind Yours by Design, describes her style as comfortable, functional and beautiful – elements she certainly added to the loft space in this year’s Show House. Knapp says she works on a plethora of project types, many of which are entire homes or new builds.

Yours by Design, 314-283-1760, cjknappinteriors.com

gigi lombrano interiors Designer Gigi Lombrano works on everything from advanced art installations to designing new homes to refreshing old rooms, but the spaces and items aren’t her favorite part of the job. “The terrific clients I’ve been privileged to meet over the years” are the best part, she says. “Otherwise our paths would never have crossed.” Lombrano brings elements of classic design to all her projects, noting that could range from neotraditional to contemporary. “I like for projects to be as timeless as possible and to showcase the personality of each client,” she says. Look for her work in the dining room of this year’s Show House.

Gigi Lombrano Interiors, 314-707-7291

Victoria Dreste Designs Vicki Dreste brings 30 years of design experience to the Show House’s reimagined hearth room.

She describes her aesthetic as classic, with modern touches making appearances in her updated traditional rooms. Dreste works primarily on residential spaces, designing any area of the home. “I like the creative aspects,” she says of her work. “I also like the beautiful products I work with – and I like knowing I have helped my client make their house their home.”

Victoria Dreste Designs, 314-308-5759, victoriadreste.com

Dau Furniture Designers Linda Williams and Ruth Nowlin of Dau Furniture brought touches of retro and comfort to the lower level family room in the Show House. Balance is the running theme between both designers’ aesthetics. “If the color, texture, shape and scale are pleasing, then it just feels right,” Nowlin says. A complimentary design service is available to customers of Dau Furniture, which is the oldest furniture store in the greater St. Louis area. “What I enjoy most about this field is that it never gets boring or routine because each project is unique,” Williams says.

Dau Furniture, 15424 Manchester Road, Ellisville, 636-394-3005, daufurniture.com

Forsyth Forsyth is known for its exotic animal hides stretched across luxurious and vintage furniture pieces. Three décor pros from the company – Annie Genovese, Maggie Genovese and John O’Hara – worked together on the Show House great room to bring that same level of glam juxtaposition to Ladue. “We started Forsyth about three years ago as a source for beautiful, one-of-a-kind furniture pieces and home décor luxuries fashioned from natural hide,” Annie Genovese says. “We’ve attracted the world’s top designers, like Suzanne Tucker and Ken Fulk, as well as celebrity fans like Diane von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger and Jessica Simpson.”

Forsyth, 314-422-1118, forsythart.com

tori Design Tori Webbe-Hunt of Tori Design has 31 years of experience and an eye for classic and eclectic design, which can be seen in her rustic accessories in the kitchen and butler’s pantry of the Show House. “I love seeing a project from start to finish,” she says, explaining she works on all kinds of interior design projects, from residential to corporate offices to hotels. “And I love how happy my clients are when it’s all finished … I feel it is my job to guide my clients to bring their vision to life.”

Tori Design, 314-662-4050

D av i D D e at h e r a g e D e s i g n Award-winning designer David Deatherage combines the clean lines of the 1960s with hints of glitz and shine for his clients – as well as in the Show House guest bedroom. “I enjoy working with clients to create something special that enriches their lives,” Deatherage says. “I think I’m known for a luxe version of midcentury modern, but I do work in other styles. I think the common theme is always a touch of glamour.” Love that type of furniture? David Deatherage Design sells vintage modern pieces.

David Deatherage Design, 314-495-3719, daviddeatheragedesign.com

C h e s t e r F i e l D va l l e y n u r s e ry Jim Graeler and his daughter, Andria Graeler, of Chesterfield Valley Nursery, took the overgrown outdoor space at the Show House and created manicured, autumn-perfect landscaping. Jim Graeler, who has nearly 40 years of experience in the landscaping field, says his favorite part of the work is transforming spaces into something exciting. Andria Graeler notes that hers is “being able to [work] alongside Jim and assist with his designs while also being able to learn, as well as make suggestions of my own.” The team typically works on residential projects and tackles everything from plantings to irrigation to fire pits.

Chesterfield Valley Nursery, 16825 N. Outer 40, Chesterfield, 636-532-9307, chesterfieldvalleynursery.com

Calling all charities and nonprofits!

‘Tis the season! During the month of November, Ladue News will feature holiday cards whose proceeds benefit local charities and nonprofits. If you’d like to share your card with our readers, email us the card’s front image, as well as details about the inside message and where it can be purchased.

SAVE 30%-70% ON SELECT ITEMS OCT. 20 – NOV. 4

Cards must be received

by Fri., Nov. 3, 2017

Treat yourself to decorative lighting and accessories designed to make your space positively positi y delightful. delig #980037 980037 830025 #830025 436082 #436082

Email a photo of the front of the card (1 MB or higher) to: S. BRENTWOOD BLVD.

Amanda Dahl at adahl@laduenews.com Please include: Pricing and what the proceeds benefit, name of your organization, and contact number to publish and website (if card is available to purchase online).

Choose Your sterling rate!

18-MONTH

N

909 S. Brentwood Blvd. 314-222-6300 M,W, F 9-6 • T, Th 9-8 • Sat 10-5

CLAYTON ROAD

Easy access thru CVS off Clayton Rd.

certificate

23-MONTH

1.55% 1.70% APY*

APY*

$1,000 Minimum to Open

$1,000 Minimum to Open

*APY=Annual Percentage Yield. Minimum balance of $1,000 required to obtain stated APY. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. All “Annual Percentage Yields”assume quarterly compounding with funds remaining on deposit for a full year. Interest Rates and“Annual Percentage Yields” are accurate as of Friday, October 27, 2017. Fees on any account could reduce earnings.

Clayton

Member FDIC

certificate

www.sterbank.com

50 S. Bemiston Avenue (314) 571-5610

Chesterfield

16100 Swingley Ridge Road (636) 681-1144

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 29

THINK VOLVO, THINK AWARD-WINNING WEST COUNTY VOLVO! 2017 Dealer of the Year 5 Times in a Row! DealerRater . Missouri . Volvo

2017 S60 INSCRIpTION

2017 XC60

2018 S90 T5 mOmENTUm Save up to

Lease for 36 months

$319

per mo*

$319 due at Signing

Lease for 36 months

$439

per mo*

$10,000 on remaining inventory

$439 due at Signing

2017 XC90

Save up to

$8,500

on remaining inventory over 50 to choSe from

over 150 new volvo's available Suntrup West County VOLVO 14410 Manchester Rd • Manchester, MO 636-200-2822 • www.wcvolvo.com * Total due includes $0 cap cost reduction. Customer to pay first payment, tax, title, license and dealer administrative fee. Lease at 7,500 miles per year (additional miles are available). No security deposit with approved credit. Financing though VCFS. Expires 10/31/17. ALL TRADE-IN ACCEPTED

ALL TRADE-IN ACCEPTED

30 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

A SPECIAL

Abode

PROMOTION

Your Dream Home

Mosby Building Arts helps clients explore all options for remodeling the first floor of their home into the home of their dreams.

Designers from Mosby Building Arts help their clients assess every aspect of a first-floor renovation from start to finish.

Whether clients want to do their remodel in stages or take on a whole space at once, Mosby is there every step of the way. To learn more, call 314-909-1800 or visit mosbybuildingarts.com.

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 31

YOUR DREAM HOME: Feature Story

r e v o e k a M Mosby building Arts

FIRST-FLOOR

MOSBy ed iti O n

R

edoing the first floor of your home can be a daunting task. Working with designers, contractors and construction crews to make your vision for your home come to life has the potential to be stressful and challenging.

However, a company like Mosby Building Arts that encompasses all aspects of the remodel can take away much of the stress that surrounds gutting a section of your home.

Jake Spurgeon, a Mosby designer, works with clients every day to make their goals for their home come to fruition – even if the project is as big as an entire first-floor makeover.

“When we have a client with that large of a scope, we talk about all the spaces,” Spurgeon says. “We give them the option to do it in phases, but often it’s easier for the client to have it all done at once. We always offer options of how to upgrade and change their space.”

32

Spurgeon says when clients move into a new house, they usually want to upgrade some finishes to make it their own. Their home consultants and designers will visit the house and go over all aspects of the house the clients would like changed and see how Mosby can make it happen for them. This conversation includes the initial design, finishes the clients want changed and any walls the clients might want removed or moved.

For one such client, the Mosby Design team of Jake Spurgeon and Becky Trent was able to do a complete first-floor makeover that included the kitchen, the dining room and an office space. The Mosby team reworked the sitting room into an office space for the client to work from home, something Spurgeon says they’ve been doing for a lot of clients.

“We’re making use of every inch of flooring,” he says.

The renovation included putting in classic, wideplank wood flooring and whitewashing the brick fireplace. Mosby also added a 150-year-old hand-hewn

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com | A lAduE nEws spECiAl pROmOTiOn

By Robyn Dexter Photos hotos courtesy of o Mos osby Building Arts

beam for the fireplace mantel and did a complete kitchen overhaul.

“It was a fun project,” Spurgeon recalls. “They had lived there for close to 20 years and wanted an update, but didn’t know where to start.”

What sets Mosby apart for big projects is its course of action.

“We have processes set up for every type of project,” Spurgeon says. “We let them know what we’ll be able to do throughout the design phase, and the client is able to see how everything will look with fullcolor 3D software.”

With Mosby, the entire remodeling process is done under one company, under one roof.

“We can show the client from start to finish how their dream can be achieved,” Spurgeon says.

Mosby Building Arts, 645 Leffingwell Ave., Kirkwood, 314-909-1800, mosbybuildingarts.com

hotPROPERTIES

By Amanda Dahl

‌1524 Breezeridge Drive | DES PERES

9033 Clayton Road | LADUE

40 Godwin Lane | LADUE

Joan Schnoebelen & Megan Schnoebelen Rowe Laura McCarthy Real Estate 314-406-0005 (Schnoebelen), 314-378-4077 (Rowe), 314-725-5100 (office), lauramccarthy.com

Maria Elias Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate 8077 Maryland Ave., 314-872-6721 (direct), 314-971-4346 (office), homeswithmaria.com

Maya Kefalove RedKey Realty Leaders 314-660-4040, sellbuysmarter.com, 40Godwin.com

Custom-built by Freeman Homes, this fabulous new property features a sprawling main floor and great room,

Nestled in the heart of Ladue, this Cape Cod abode

with a fireplace, plus a den and dining room. The 1.5-story

charms with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Featuring a

home also offers a stunning kitchen, main-floor master suite

floor plan perfect for the lifestyles of modern families,

and more. $1.049 million

the home impresses from its dramatic entry to the

This 4-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom California-style home spans 3,800-plus square feet in the heart of Ladue. Admire the renovated custom kitchen, with quartz countertops and high-end appliances, and the main-floor master suite, with a vaulted ceiling. Extras include a library, patio and more.

‌1524 BREEZERIDGE DRIVE AND 69 YORK DRIVE PHOTOS BY STEVEN B. SMITH; 5505 LINDELL BLVD. PHOTO BY REED R. RADCLIFFE

spectacular lower level. $839,900

5505 Lindell Blvd. | CENTRAL WEST END

4650 Pershing Place | CENTRAL WEST END

69 York Drive | BRENTWOOD

Ted Wight Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty 314-607-5555, 5505lindell.com

Espenschied Hermann Group Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate 8077 Maryland Ave., 314-872-6697 (direct), 314-872-6747 (office), espenschiedhermanngroup.com

Mary Gunther Coldwell Banker Gundaker 314-374-1192 (direct), 636-394-9300 (office), cbgundaker.com

Your best life begins with a home that inspires you.

This outstanding brick estate, located in desirable York

Located across from Forest Park, this historic property, featuring numerous updates, is perfect for even the most discriminating buyer. The deep 1-acre lot and elegant rooms are best experienced in person.

Located on a popular street in the Central West End, this

Village, offers modern-day conveniences while still

exquisite residence is walkable to all of the neighborhood’s

maintaining its old-world charm. Enjoy the updated

exciting offerings. Showcasing extensive updates in a

kitchen, which opens to a spacious breakfast area and

manageable size, the stunning home is an ideal place to call

family room, as well as updated baths and four fireplaces.

your own. $799,900

On the go?

O Take Ladue News with you!

Download our LN iPad app.

Available in the Apple App Store.

A

A LADUE NEWS SPECIAL PROMOTION | LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 33

dreamy DÉCOR

‌DITTO

10027 Manchester Road, 314-394-2026, dittostl.com

MISSOURI FLOOR COMPANY

WILSON LIGHTING

2438 Northline Industrial Drive, 314-432-2260, missourifloor.com

By Amanda Dahl

909 S. Brentwood Blvd., 314-222-6300, w ilsonlighting.com

Create a dramatic

Illuminate your space with this

Inspire conversation with

look by installing

beautiful Lucia chandelier, and

incredible and unique pieces

an inlay in wood

create an ethereal oasis in your

for your home at the resale

floors or sanding

home, with a design that

store Ditto, where a revolving

and refinishing

will have you

selection of eclectic décor makes

to change colors.

feeling as if you

for the ultimate treasure

Missouri Floor

live on cloud nine.

hunt.

Company proves that even floors can make a statement.

oPening novemBer 2017

secure

your

lease

t o d ay

at

w w w. l i v e c e y lo n .c o m

luXury BoutiQue a Pa r t m e n ts

Live At: 25 N CeNtrAL Ave, CLAytoN, Mo 63105 • LeAse At: 14 N CeNtrAL Ave, CLAytoN, Mo 63105 • (314) 833-8999 34 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com |

A LADUE NEWS SPECIAL PROMOTION

distinctive

PROPERTY

‌R

55 Chesterfield Lakes Road

By Amanda Dahl

esiding on almost 5 acres in Chesterfield, this lakefront home rolls out the welcome mat to a private playground for you and your family.

Tucked away inside the prestigious gated community of Chesterfield Lakes, the property blends soaring ceilings and fancy finishes in an elegant display. Glide through the sprawling ranch home till you reach the dramatic view of the lake, overlooking the dock and multiple patios, with a pool and hot tub, a fire pit and gathering areas. Explore the residence for a different kind of view that stuns, from the great room, with a floor-to-ceiling limestone fireplace and its walls of windows, to the opulence of the master suite, with dressing areas and a gorgeous bath.

Imagine working in your private office with an unbeatable view or creating a delicious dinner in the custom-designed kitchen. Everywhere you turn, more beauty greets you inside and out of this incredible abode.

HOME PHOTOS BY MARK SCHMITZ OF WIDEIPHOTO‌

THIS 5-BEDROOM, 4 FULL-BATHROOM AND 1 HALF-BATHROOM HOME IN CHESTERFIELD IS LISTED FOR $1.17 MILLION. LINDA ARNOLD & MARYKATE KUROP 314-422-2762 (Chesterfield-Wildwood office), coldwellbankerhomes.com Coldwell Banker Gundaker, one of St. Louis’ leading residential real estate brokerage

SCAN CODE BELOW FOR MORE ABOUT THIS DISTINCTIVE PROPERTY

companies, offers 19 offices with more than 1,300 sales associates serving metropolitan St. Louis and east-central Missouri. CBG was formed in 2001 with the merger of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (originally the Ira E. Berry Company, founded in 1939) and Gundaker Realtors (founded in 1968). The associates of the Chesterfield-Wildwood office rank among the area’s most experienced retail professionals, with special expertise in the central corridor.

A LADUE NEWS SPECIAL PROMOTION | LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 35

12312 Ballas Lane • Town and Country Open Sunday, October 29th 1-3pm

This Classic Cape Cod home was thoughtfully expanded by current owners. The addition won a first-place design award in St. Louis At Home magazine. Although the home is conveniently located, you will feel like you are in the country on this tree-lined, private cul-de-sac. With over 4,300 sq ft of sophisticated yet relaxed living space, this home offers 5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 1 half bath and a fabulous kitchen and hearth room. Other features include an over-sized 3 car garage and spacious first-floor laundry/mud room.

You will love watching the changing seasons from the large covered back porch that overlooks the professionally landscaped yard and garden. Plan to see this beautiful home - you won’t be disappointed! Offered at $1,100,000

Jennifer Kaiser

314-828-0150 • 636-230-2640

38 MAKE A STATEMENT

Style 39

42

FEATURE: AGOGIE

STYLE SPEAK

PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID MCLEOD LEWIS

Fashion

in Action

LadueNews.com | OCTOBER 27, 2017

37

MAKE A STATEMENT

Noteworthy

Neckerchief

By Katie Yeadon

‌The neckerchief has gone in and out of fashion for decades, but this year, it’s definitely in. Whether bright and bold, more traditional or channeling a Western vibe, the neckerchief, as an accessory, will always make a statement.

Floral, Gucci, $195, Neiman Marcus (neimanmarcus.com)

Maintain your quality goods with ONE STOP & shop Men’s Shoes Specializing in shoe repair & reconditioning and re-dyeing coats, purses, belts and more so you can get the full value from your beloved quality goods.

Stately, $18, Shine Boutique (shineboutiquestlouis.com)

We don't just repair, we care.

That's why we use only the best materials and craftsmanship for each job.

Featuring: Alden, Bacco Bucci, Claire Flowers, Handsewn Co., Mezlan, Neil M, Tauer & Johnson and Wolverine.

LADUE • 8855 LADUE RD. • 314.727.4080 (SchnuckS ladue croSSing) TUE - FRi 8 Am - 6pm • SAT 9Am - 4pm WWW.COBBLESTONESHOEREpAiR.NET

38   October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Bandana, Madewell, $25, Nordstrom (nordstrom.com)

PHOTOS BY SARAH CONROY

Now Available: Handsewn Co.

Up Your Game

By Brittany Nay | Photos by David McLeod Lewis, courtesy of AGOGIE

LadueNews.com | october 27, 2017

39

St. Louis-based AGOGIE resistance pants challenge athletes to train harder and perform better.

F

rom NFL players and Olympic medalists to St. Louis high school and college students, professional and amateur athletes alike are challenging themselves with a new training tool: AGOGIE resistance pants.

The St. Louis-based brand, launched publicly in January by founder Aaron Mottern and his six-employee team, is taking the athletic training world by storm. “We keep selling out – we have more demand than product,” Mottern says, adding that the men’s resistance pants are available now at agogie.com, while the women’s version can be preordered for a winter delivery date.

The innovative resistance pants’ name, AGOGIE, comes from ancient Greek, in general meaning “leading, guidance or training.” “It’s the only product on the market that allows an athlete to train in natural movement under resistance,” Mottern notes.

The wearable resistance equipment takes training to the next level for endurance sports and workouts, from running, cycling, football, soccer and tennis to yoga and weightlifting. “The moment an athlete puts them on, the bands in the pants create resistance and start activating all your muscles, allowing your muscles to work together under the movements you need, creating a more powerful athlete,” Mottern explains. “Even sitting in them, you’re working out just by being in them, and when you work out in them, you work out harder.”

Mottern, who has lived in St. Louis for most of his life and spent the majority of his career in the digital marketing and advertising industries, came up with the idea for AGOGIE in 2016 to fill a need for athletes and fitness enthusiasts who were clients of his health and fitness app, Hey Let’s Train, which connects fans with professional athletes through performance training. “[The app] allows people to train just like a pro athlete,” Mottern says. During the filming process of the app, athletes wore different types of resistance apparatuses, such as bands, tethers, parachutes and sleds. But Mottern realized

none of these apparatuses allowed the athlete to perform his or her sport or training drills with natural body movements.

That’s when Mottern began to develop AGOGIE resistance pants, which allow athletes and fitness enthusiasts to do their sport of choice with the natural function of the human body.

“It’s like adding gravity to the body, allowing athletes to train under their natural mechanics and get bigger, faster and stronger while doing the drills for their sport.”

With funding help from NFL players and other investors, AGOGIE went through 14 iterations of its resistance pants, improving the product’s quality each time, Mottern says. The latest version of the performance-enhancing pants – made of nylon and elastane (a synthetic elastic fiber) with natural rubber, and manufactured in China – has eight resistance bands, four in each leg, stretching from the ankle to the waist, and stirrups that activate the resistance bands as downward force is applied. The athlete’s muscles have to work harder to keep the resistance bands stretched out, and increasing that muscle activation warms up the legs and strengthens them during workouts. Two resistance levels currently are available for both men’s and women’s pants, +20 and +40, which the website helps visitors select through a series of questions about their training regimens and fitness goals. While the men’s and women’s pants differ in dimensions according to athletes’ height and weight, they each come in sizes extrasmall to XXX-large, including petite small in the women’s line, and, as noted, feature eight built-in resistance bands over natural muscle and ligament lines, creating an exoskeleton of resistance for athletes wearing and moving in them.

According to case studies by multiple strength and conditioning coaches, the product improves multiple fitness categories, such as increasing an athlete’s broad jump by 4 inches and decreasing 40-yard dash times by a tenth of a second. To further analyze the benefits of AGOGIE resistance pants, several other performance case studies are in the works at Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Logan University in St. Louis, as well as Truman University in Kirksville, Missouri, Mottern added.

Among the company’s clients, dubbed “Agogians,” are professional athletes and celebrities, including retired Olympic silver medal-winning hurdler Greg Foster, San Francisco 49er safety Eric Reid, Detroit Tigers outfielder Alex Presley, Washington, D.C.-based professional yoga instructor Zaineb “ZiZi” Hassan and Miss Missouri 2017 Jennifer Davis.

St. Louis also has embraced the AGOGIE brand, Mottern says, with local clients including sports teams at Maryville University, Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School and St. Louis High School. “Our St. Louis clients [from] track to rugby [athletes] love them,” Mottern says.

AGOGIE also supports student athletes all over the country through organizations including the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation. “We help sponsor [youth] teams and give back to underprivileged teams who otherwise couldn’t afford our resistance pants,” Mottern notes.

To continue to help athletes of all ages up their game, Mottern says AGOGIE has nine more products in the works that are projected to be released during the next two years – namely, a youth line of resistance pants due out early next year. “At AGOGIE,” Mottern says, “we’re helping athletes get bigger, stronger and faster.”

AGOGIE, agogie.com

Style Speak

DESIGNER RANDY FENOLI DEBUTS NEW COLLECTION AT MAIDEN VOYAGE BRIDAL Ann Kang, owner of Maiden Voyage Bridal in Manchester, met Randy Fenoli approximately 21 years ago after he launched his first bridal collection – exclusive to Maiden Voyage Bridal. Through the years, Fenoli, the designer-turned-television personality, has become the bridal fashion expert, helping thousands of brides-to-be worldwide find the dress of their dreams on TLC’s hit TV show Say Yes to the Dress. Not only is Fenoli launching a new bridal collection, but also he’s coming to Maiden Voyage Bridal for a trunk show on Nov. 4 and 5. Ladue News spoke to Kang about what brides-to-be can expect from this lifetime experience, where Fenoli will likely help you say “yes” to the dress.

Tell us a little about Maiden Voyage Bridal.

Maiden Voyage Bridal has been serving St. Louis brides for 24 years and is one of the largest, most experienced bridal salons in St. Louis. We offer designer wedding gowns for every budget, with exceptional service and a large inventory of unique wedding gowns.

We will help the bride find the wedding dress of her dreams and make sure that she enjoys the experience along the way. We are also known to have huge selections for prom, homecoming and pageant dresses.

We hear that Maiden Voyage Bridal will be hosting a special guest! Can you share with us who that is?

Yes! Randy Fenoli, the designer and reality TV star of Say Yes to the Dress, will be coming to St. Louis Nov. 4 and 5.

Randy grew up in Mount Vernon, Illinois. After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, he started his bridal career with the Diamond Collection. As the next step in his career, he

42

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Ann Kang and Randy Feneli with models wearing Fenoli’s latest dresses.

became the fashion director at Kleinfeld Bridal in New York and started filming the show Say Yes to the Dress.

After almost 11 years in filming, Randy is recognized all over the world as the bridal fashion expert.

How was Maiden Voyage Bridal selected for this trunk show?

Randy and I met almost 21 years ago, when he launched his first bridal collection. Maiden Voyage Bridal was the first bridal salon in St. Louis to carry the Diamond Collection exclusively 21 years ago. From that relationship and experience, we were selected to carry his latest collection exclusively, as well. Maiden Voyage

Bridal was selected because Randy knows that we are the most experienced the best bridal salon in St. Louis.

How does it feel that Maiden Voyage Bridal was selected for this? What was your initial reaction?

Because Randy is only doing four personal appearances nationwide, our entire staff and I are very honored, privileged and so excited that Randy chose to come to Maiden Voyage Bridal.

What can trunk show attendees expect to experience at this event?

Expect to experience the best advice from Randy Fenoli himself, in person. He will help find the perfect dress for you – either from his collections or from other designers as well. Expect the experience as seen on the show Say Yes to the Dress.

Will Randy Fenoli be debuting anything special at this event?

Randy Fenoli’s entire 2018 bridal collection will be available at the trunk show. Randy was very mindful when designing this collection for all body shapes.

His collections have an assortment of different styles from traditional to modern contemporary.

What is the most striking aspect of the collection?

One the most important aspects of his dresses are the fits. He knows that not all body shapes are the same, so he is very conscious about the right fit and the feel of his dresses.

How do brides-to-be sign up for this experience?

Please visit our website for full details: www.maidenvoyagebridal.com.

ln

Maiden Voyage Bridal, 120 Henry Ave., Manchester, MO, 636-394-5858, maidenvoyagebridal.com

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANN KANG

By Alecia Humphreys

A SPECIAL

Style

PROMOTION

PHOTO BY SaraH COnrOY

Made for Walkin’

As temperatures cool, warm up your toes with a trip to Laurie’s Shoes for some fall footwear. Laurie’s carries a wide selection of fall boots for men, women and children, along with other shoes for ever y season.

As a four-generation family business with four stores: Glendale, Chesterfield Mall, St.Louis Galleria and Creve Coeur, Laurie’s Shoes is the perfect place to outfit the entire family with the best shoes. By providing such a wide selection and great customer service, Laurie’s Shoes has become a premier Midwest shoe retailer. For more information, visit lauriesshoes.com or one of the company’s four stores.

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 43

presents...

RAINBOW HAPPY HOUR Friday Nov. 3, 4-8pm Saturday Nov. 4, 10-4pm

All Jane Taylor purchases will be entered into a drawing to win a Paige Gamble and Jane Taylor aylor Collaboration clutch!

colonial marketplace • 8845 Ladue Road | St. Louis, MO 63124 | 314.725.RING (7464) • YLANGYLANG.COM

We are

And we would LOVE TO MEET YOU!

THE SHERIDAN AT CREVE COEUR

Open House Weekend SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22ND 1:00PM TO 3:00PM

RSVP AT 314-930-2632 TODAY!

ASSISTED LIVING | MEMORY CARE 450 N. LINDBERGH BLVD. CREVE COEUR, MO 63141 WWW.SENIORLIFESTYLE.COM

44 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

T he Daily

46 CONNECT THE DOTS

48

50

GOLF GRAPEVINE

FEATURE: FERGUSON COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER

PHOTO COURTESY OF WARREN MAYES

Strokes of

Genius

LadueNews.com | OCTOBER 27, 2017

45

3 APARTMENT BUILDINGS

FOR SALE BY OWNER/AGENT

CONNECT THE DOTS

Our Untapped Opportunity

‌A 7366 Pershing - 2 units - U. City

7844 Big Bend - 9 units - Webster Groves

7512 Cromwell - 13 units - Clayton Three incredible apartment building investment opportunities in top locations for St. Louis rental properties.

For sale by owner/agent Contact 314-608-2692 46 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

By Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande

s the region’s leaders scramble to put the finishing touches on our proposal to lure Amazon’s second headquarters with its promised 50,000 jobs to St. Louis, one wonders if what we plan to offer mirrors what every other metro area will propose: corporate tax rebates, ready infrastructure and plenty of other concessions. Yet we could truly set our region apart by embracing one of the strongest competitive advantages available today – diversity and inclusiveness.

Researchers have found that uniting people with different ideas and perspectives can boost creativity and enable institutions to transform themselves, while accelerating change and progress. Ronald Burt, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, suggests that organizations with more diverse sources of information consistently generate better ideas. Sara Ellison of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has shown that mixed-gender and mixed-race teams produce more creative solutions than less diverse teams. Even internal surveys at Google have found that diverse teams often innovate the most.

Diversity brings different experiences, questions prevailing assumptions and leads to new approaches to resolving long-standing challenges. Such a proven strategy would appeal to a global company like Amazon, whose own website calls it “a company of builders who bring varying backgrounds, ideas and points of view to decisions and inventing on behalf of our customers.” More important, diversity could catalyze our local businesses and corporations to realize greater future growth and success.

What will it take for businesses to pursue diversity and inclusiveness with the same vigor and commitment they chase market share and profit? Simply put, we need to acknowledge diversity as a business imperative and a financially responsible move. We need to recognize a return on diversity, or ROD, equivalent to the infamous bottom-line ROI – return on investment.

In practice, because of the difficulty of attributing increased performance directly to diversity, we focus on qualitative measures like employee engagement, feedback from customers, well-rounded decision-making, improved communication and greater transparency – all, admittedly, vital to achieving a high-performing culture and profitability.

ROD involves not just achieving equal ratios of minorities to nonminorities or women to men. Rather, it seeks to achieve balance through the richness of blended elements – culture, experience, age, perspective, gender and race – to ensure an organization can move from success to significance.

At the same time, diversity without inclusiveness has no meaning. Inclusiveness means being part of the delivery and execution of an organization’s mission.

Organizations may recruit the best, most accomplished minds, but those hires cannot merely serve as showcases for the organization. We must encourage the fresh voices and broader thinking they bring – quite simply, a move that makes dollars and sense.

To achieve the long-term success we seek in this region, we need the kind of creativity, persistence and commitment that only a truly diverse community can provide. That achievement needs to start with the companies already in St. Louis.

Making diversity and inclusiveness a corporate imperative will make our region attractive and competitive.

Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande is the president of BOA Consulting and former president of

7477 Delmar Blvd.

Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. He has a Ph.D. in economics and previously served as dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology at Webster University.

COMMUNICATION CONVERSATION

Ace Your Entrance Interview

‌“ W

hat other schools are you looking at?� is a tough question a lot of high school seniors face during college admission interviews. When preparing students for such allimportant interviews, I ask them the same question preemptively. A majority dutifully recite their entire list, but there’s a better way to go.

Although it’s technically none of the interviewer’s business, you certainly can’t say that without being rude; nor can you say, “None,� as it wouldn’t be honest. However, you do have a right to privacy.

Prepare a truthful answer that is concise but doesn’t spill all the beans.

Here’s a successful strategy devised years ago that answers the question honestly and briefly, and guides the conversation back to its purpose: how you and that particular college are a good fit.

Mention one other college you’re applying to that has similar admission requirements (such as ACT scores or GPA) and that is, preferably, in the same region. As an example, use Harvard for an MIT interview, then circle back to the school at hand, giving a specific reason for your interest. For example:

“I’m also applying to Harvard, but I’m particularly interested in MIT because their biology major involves a chance for undergraduates to participate in research.� This is where your own pre-interview preparation is crucial, as your reason must be real with specific details. End your answer with a simple question like “Can you tell me more about that?�

Ending with a question throws the ball back into the interviewer’s court, so the interviewer has to think and answer. In the process, the interviewer will

By Janis Murray

likely forget the initial “what other colleges� issue altogether.

If the interviewer doesn’t know the details of the specific program or major you inquire about and seem stymied, you can gently change your question to something like “What made your experience at MIT particularly fulfilling for you?� This works especially well at those one-on-one interviews in coffeehouses with an alumnus or alumna who has volunteered for interview duty simply out of love for his or her alma mater.

Clients from the last 15 years have provided feedback that this strategy works very well, quickly defusing a question you don’t really want to answer while helping you learn more about the college and keeping the conversation on track. A triple win – try it!

ln

Janis Murray is president of Murray Prep LLC, providing communication training for individuals seeking college admission and career advancement. She works with students and professionals, creating successful strategies, rĂŠsumĂŠs, cover letters, essays, and image and interview/presentation performances. Contact her at jmurray@murrayprep.com.

ƒ  �� ‚ �€­ �

Â? Â? Â? Â

(636) 232-2680 (636) 741-5970 (636) 232-9657 (636) 449-5592 (314) 394-4900

$100 Open a new checking account with $1,000 and a monthly Direct Deposit and we’ll give you $100 cash! www.mwrbank.com * To be eligible for this promotion, open a new checking account with a $1,000 minimum balance and qualifying monthly Direct Deposit. A qualifying Direct Deposit is an electronic credit of your salary, Social Security, pension or other regular monthly income deposited to your account by your employer or an outside agency. A 1099 will be issued for the reward amount.

Th e B a n k

Festus: 363 Festus Centre Dr Arnold: 1913 Richardson Rd Kirkwood: 10840 Manchester Rd Chesterfield: 17920 N Outer 40 Rd Sunset Hills: 11860 Gravois Road

of TradiTion and progress.

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017   47

GOLF GRAPEVINE

Jasper Takes Metropolitan Amateur

By Warren Mayes

‌J

and finishing 57th with a 151 in the two-day stroke play competition. His rounds were 75 and 76.

“I’ve tried to go out and have fun. The game is taking on a different light for me now. I really enjoy it. I want to compete, but I’m not comfortable competing.”

One of St. Louis’ top amateurs, Holtgrieve captured the 25th Senior Amateur on his home track of Westborough Country Club. Holtgrieve had rounds of 69 and 70 for a 3-over-139 total to earn the win.

He also won it 10 years ago when he returned to the amateur ranks.

In the 1970s and ’80s, Holtgrieve numbered among the best amateur players in the country. He qualified for the 1978 U.S. Open; won Walker Cup squads in 1979, 1981 and 1983; served on two victorious World Amateur Team Championship editions in 1980 and 1982; and became a semifinalist at the 1980 U.S. Amateur, a runner-up in the 1983 British Amateur and the winner of the 1981 U.S. Mid-Amateur – the first one ever played.

Thomas in USGA Senior Amateur

Holtgrieve to Slow Down

Migdal at U.S. Amateur

With high hopes, Scott Thomas returned to his home state, Minnesota, to play in his first United States Golf Association event.

“It was everything and more of what I hoped,” says Thomas, who now lives in Chesterfield. “It’s been so long since I had been to a USGA event.”

Thomas succeeded in his goal, reaching match play

Jim Holtgrieve announced recently that his active tournament career will be winding down after his win at the Metropolitan Senior Amateur.

“I’ve got to be honest,” Holtgrieve says. “I’m going to be 70 in December. I’ve talked to a lot of my old competitor friends as regards to what golf is all about now. I’ve been a competitor since I was 8 or 9 years old.

Ballwin’s Sam Migdal missed the cut in the 117th U.S. Amateur Championship in California.

The cut was 144, and Migdal shot a 155 over two days of stroke play. He opened with a 78 at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, following it with a 77 at The Riviera Country Club in Palisades, California. This marked Migdal’s first time to compete in the U.S. Amateur.

ust because the ambient temperature’s cooling doesn’t mean the St. Louis golf scene is doing the same. Case in point: Shawn Jasper of Marthasville just captured a title that escaped him in 2003.

Jasper, a Francis Howell and University of Missouri graduate, won the 27th annual Metropolitan Amateur held at Norwood Hills Country Club. Jasper finished the championship with rounds of 70-71-74, for a 1-over-par 215 total.

“This is one that eluded me in 2003,” Jasper says.

“I kind of fell into it back then as a high schooler.

Obviously, this is one you want to put on your résumé.”

Jasper has now completed the Missouri Amateur Golf Association’s grand slam of championships. Going into the final round of the three-day event, he carried a two-shot lead.

Shawn Jasper

ln

SHUBERT DESIGN FURNITURE fall Sale 40-60%

off ManY fine iteMS!!

get readY for tHe HolidaYS!

Henredon artistica Metal designs Hickory chair bernhardt Hooker furniture brown Jordan Howard Miller broyhill Jasper cabinet canadel Jessica charles capel Jonathan charles caracole Karastan councill labarge cox lane venture cresent fine furniture dayln legacy classic designmaster lexington drexel Heritage lillian august durham furniture Maitland-Smith Motion fine furniture craft guy chaddock natuzzi Habersham furniture nourison Hancock & Moore ofS Hekman

old biscayne old Hickory riverside furniture Saloom furniture Sarreid Sealy bedding Stearns & foster Sherrill Sligh furniture Stanley taylor King theodore & alexander thomasville vaughan bassett Wesley allen Whittemore Sherrill Woodbridge

161 Gaywood Dr., Manchester, MO 63021 • (636) 394-2220 Mon-Sat 10am - 6pm • Sun 12pm - 5pm • www.shubertdesign.com Bedrooms • dining room • Upholstery • home office • home theatre • yoUth fUrnitUre• leather • accessories • Bedding • and mUch more! for a complete list of the manufacturers we carry, please visit our website. *some restrictions apply

*All items subject to availability. Discounts taken from MSRP. Some restrictions may apply. See Store For Details.

48 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF WARREN MAYES‌

Special financing iS available. See Store for detailS.

ACROSS

1. Dorp 5. Neatness 10. Something to learn 15. Except 19. Opera highlight 20. Effrontery 21. Worship as divine 22. “Sacred” bird 23. Feature of some old cars: 2 wds.

25. Place of local government: 2 wds.

27. Paid tribute to 28. Unreactive 30. Work against 31. Keynes’ field: Abbr.

32. Gobs 33. Far-out painter 34. Horse used in racing 37. Spud 39. Authorized 43. Fresh air 44. Standard 47. Laboratory burner 48. Kind of poker 49. Patient record 51. Ejects 52. “— Town” 53. Shamus 54. Homophone for faze 55. Get-together 56. Seedlike body 58. Chat up 60. Stoppers 61. Oldies anagram 62. Gardner’s Mason 63. Like an absent student 64. Orchid-root meal 65. Intoxicated 67. Wrongs 68. Sodium — 71. Egyptian bean 72. Dostoyevsky’s “— from Underground” 73. Luster 74. Rummy 75. Literary collection 76. Lesions 77. Performers in a circus

78. Exploit 79. Stones 81. Hazardous fungus 83. River in France 84. Kind of terrier 86. Seaweeds 88. — sanctum 89. Hold sway 90. People 92. Time of fasting 94. The tarpan or quagga, e.g.

97. Underworld god 98. Golden 101. Place for a driver: 2 wds.

103. Traveler’s preference: 2 wds.

106. Choler 107. Rich cake 108. Had 109. Move with care 110. Springs 111. Web-footed creature 112. Din 113. Like a wheyface

DOWN

1. Taproom 2. Extinct wild ox 3. Ottava — 4. Triangular wall: 2 wds.

5. — — a customer 6. Begrudge 7. — Scott decision 8. Actress Le Gallienne 9. Taciturn 10. Pumped wildly 11. Scents 12. Moue 13. White-tailed eagle 14. Reversals 15. — Chapel 16. Further 17. Ampoule 18. Punta del — 24. Money, disparagingly 26. Linus or Elihu 29. DEA agent 32. One cubic meter 33. Unethical 34. Situations 35. Nahuatl language

36. Inactive one: 2 wds.

38. Humble 39. Endures 40. Informer: 2 wds.

41. Accustom: Var. 42. Was foolish enough 45. Amasses 46. Turbid 49. Musical sound 50. Brumous 54. Epidermal openings 55. Coastal cities 56. Famed Athenian lawmaker 57. Anta 59. Options for a computer user 60. Loving touch 61. Revenue source 63. Hauled 64. Kind of butter 65. Strikes 66. Something refreshing 67. The Pentateuch 68. Claw 69. Von Furstenberg 70. Stage direction 72. Springe 73. Toils 76. High heel 77. Happen next: 2 wds.

78. Free-form composition 80. Union actions 82. Tight 83. Inelastic tissue 85. Ditty 87. Gets away from 90. Blackboard 91. — Mongolia 93. Ruin by degrees 94. Dies down 95. Bon mot 96. Campus out west 97. Saucy 98. — mirabiles 99. Playing cards 100. For one 102. Dipsomaniac 104. — Jima 105. “— kingdom come...”

GAME OF THRONES

Check the Ladue News classifieds for the solution

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 49

Building a

e p Ho

Beacon of

By Robyn Dexter | Photos supplied

Vocational training takes the spotlight in a new community center risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the ferguson Quiktrip.

50

octobEr 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

e

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Ferguson community Empowerment center took place on July 26.

I

n August 2014, the city of Ferguson was thrown into the global spotlight after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. In the days that followed the Aug. 9 shooting, a QuikTrip on West Florissant Avenue was looted and burned to the ground during a riot followed by an evening of otherwise peaceful protesting.

Three years later, the site of the burned-out QuikTrip is unrecognizable from what it was following then. In its place stands a state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar facility that houses offices for the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, The Salvation Army’s Midland Chapter, University of Missouri Extension and Lutheran Hope Center.

At the end of July, coinciding with the National Urban League’s annual conference taking place in St. Louis, the Ferguson Community Empowerment Center opened its doors at 9420 W. Florissant Ave. Michael McMillan, the president of the local Urban League chapter, says the center has been met with a “fantastic response” from the community in the months since its opening. Much of the interest has come from walk-in traffic, he notes, with residents of the surrounding communities curious about the resources offered at the center.

One such resource is the Save Our Sons program, which was started as a direct result of the unrest in Ferguson in 2014. McMillan, who was named president of the Urban League’s local chapter in 2013, recalls the huge outcry from young people wanting their voices to be heard.

“Usually, decision-making tables consist of people who have risen in their careers to a certain level,” he says. “As a result, a lot of times you don’t have young people in the room when decisions are being made. We made a conscious choice to get out into the community and literally walk these streets to listen to what young people needed to say.”

Though the young people of the North County community expressed a variety of opinions, one thing that was overwhelmingly stressed was the need for jobs.

Urban League members looked at their statistics and found that 70 percent of their clients were female heads of households. Men, they discovered, largely weren’t taking advantage of programs.

“We wanted to tailor a program just centered around them, because AfricanAmerican males in North County and north St. Louis City have three times the unemployment rate of the average citizen,” McMillan says. “We wanted to make sure we did something to rectify that and deal with it as a crisis. We created Save Our Sons, working on our federal workforce model we’ve had for the past 16 years.”

Save Our Sons is a four-week program that focuses on how to get a job, how to keep a job, how to get promoted and how to become more marketable in the workplace. It’s the Urban League’s goal to place graduates of the program in new jobs.

“We don’t consider it a success until we place you somewhere,” McMillan says. “We have hiring managers and human-resource officers come in from around the region with more than 100 partner companies we work with.”

The Urban League also takes into account the candidates’ interests, working to place them in jobs that they enjoy – something beneficial for both the employer and the employee. To date, Save Our Sons has graduated 400 men and placed them in jobs

in warehousing, logistics, shipping, retail, food service, construction, information technology, and parks and conservation. As the program continues to develop and expand, McMillan hopes it can be used as a model across the region and even across the country.

“There’s significant need to expand it into the city, to East St. Louis and St. Clair County,” McMillan says. “This is an epidemic all over the country, and we’d love to have [the program model] utilized everywhere.

In the Urban League movement with almost 100 [chapters] across the country, we’re constantly trying to show best practices and learn from each other.”

The Ferguson Community Empowerment Center is truly a collaborative effort. Construction for the $5.8 million building was paid in full, with funding from donors, St. Louis County tax credits, co-owner The Salvation Army and TIAA Direct. University of MissouriSt. Louis’ extension program operates a satellite office out of the building, and Lutheran Hope Center also has offices there.

Other organizations, like Better Family Life and Provident, will be able to use the building for events.

“We’re most proud of the fact that there’s been so much overwhelming support from everyone we asked to be a part of this in any way whatsoever,” McMillan says.

“Every part of society here has been so supportive, and we couldn’t be happier.”

- MichaEl McMillan As for the center’s future, McMillan hopes tens of thousands of people will be able to come through its doors to get services and build better lives for themselves and the community around them.

“We want to constantly promote the spirit of giving back,” he says. “No matter a person’s circumstance, we hope they would use the gifts they’ve been given to give of their time to help others and that this building would be a beacon of that – of helping others and making a difference in the community.”

Every part of society here has been so supportive, and we couldn’t be happier.

Ferguson Community Empowerment Center, 9420 W. Florissant Ave., St. Louis, 314-615-3600, ulstl.com LadueNews.com | octobEr 27, 2017

51

The Daily

A SPECIAL

PROMOTION

Retirement Lifestyle

Expand your opportunities and thrive at McKnight Place Assisted Living.

Prosperity takes on many forms inside this community, where residents can focus on living their best lives. From customizing one’s surroundings to learning something new through any number of diverse class offerings, residents can truly flourish at McKnight Place.

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 53

RETIREMENT LIFESTYLE: Feature Story

Living

McKnight Place assisted living

your

BEST LIFE

By Amanda Dahl Photos by Rob Westrich Photography Renderings by David Ruiz Art LLC

living room

A

glaze, custom wood cabinets, granite countertops t McKnight Place Assisted Living, and full-size refrigerators. The apartments also have thriving is not just a state of mind – it 10-foot ceilings and large, 3-panel Pella windows that is a way of life. As the senior living allow in lots of natural light.” community progresses with its latest For resident Janet Sanders, she is able to involve expansion, that guiding philosophy her family in creating a space that best reflects her. grows with it. McKnight Place’s new executive director, Tracy Cecil, takes us on a tour of the expansion and the influence of this foundation of thinking.

“Putting our residents first in all decisions I make is most important,” Cecil says. “I am surrounded by an experienced team of managers and staff, and our goal is the residents’ happiness and well-being – so they can live a life in which they thrive.” That begins first with surroundings that both comfort and inspire.

Cecil comments on how this expansion allows residents to take a bigger part in the development of their environment. “Our movein coordinator, Mary Kidwell, works with each resident and their family to manage every aspect of the move,” she explains. “Eliminating the Garden café stress of moving allows each resident to focus “I’m most excited about my new apartment,” she on the excitement of their new home. Our residents says. “My daughter, Susan, decorates my room. She and staff all look forward to experiencing this new owns Designing Block in Clayton and knows how to chapter in our lives together.” make a statement.”

While comfort is offered from the outset through The expansion offers more amenities than those a smooth transition, it is the customization that found in most assisted living communities, all of enthuses residents. “At this point, most conversations which residents are invited to use. “We’re all excited focus on the new apartments,” Cecil describes. about the 45-seat theater, billiards room, greenhouse, “Residents are excited about the beautiful design and art room, garden café and grand dining room,” Cecil range of upscale amenities: kitchens with brushed

adds. “Residents can also enjoy a large fitness and wellness gym, chapel, card room and full-service beauty salon. My favorite place in our expansion is the beautiful landscaped gardens, with pergolas, a fountain and a walking trail.”

Residents aren’t the only ones who benefit from this type of supportive community. Growth is fostered in many ways at McKnight Place, as the team behind the name can attest. “The highlight certainly is getting to know our residents’ life stories and gaining wisdom from each one,” Cecil shares. “Working in a community where the owners are involved and actively participate in dayto-day decisions creates a thriving environment for not only our residents but also our staff.”

For Sanders, the opportunities are evident at every turn. “My favorite thing about McKnight Place is the staff and beautiful surroundings,” she says. “There is no other place I would rather live.

My experience has been excellent.”

McKnight Place is currently at 70 percent capacity, with new inquiries daily. Those spots are likely to fill quickly at this assisted living community where residents feel valued and staff feels grateful. “We encourage and support an active, vibrant lifestyle through our many wellness programs, from yoga and tai chi to resistance training to art classes and more,” Cecil says. “Our residents live a life they love.”

McKnight Place Assisted Living, Three McKnight Place, Ladue, 314-993-3333, mcknightplace.com

A lAdue news speciAl promotion | LadueNews.com | octoBer 22, 2017

55

Check out our galleries online. www.laduenews.com/society

Your Senior Real Estate Specialist • Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) • Certified Relocation Specialist • Member of Multi-Million Dollar Club • Business developed upon referrals and repeat clients • Assists with all phases of sellers leaving their homes of many years - including estate sales, preparing house, complete cleaning!

“

“

Want to see even more photos from gatherings and galas around town?

Peggy Liggett

Peggy has a sense of unwavering principle... She is very responsive, returning calls quickly and making sure you are well informed with the status of the purchase or sale of your home. A rarity these days, Peggy is a real straight-shooter and a delight to work with in what can be a very stressful transaction.

- Testimonial from a repeat client Contact Peggy for expertise in Senior Real Estate needs o: 314.725.5100 | c: 314.265.1041 pliggett@lauramccarthy.com

O U R H E A R T. Y O U R H O M E .

accucare.com

10131 Old Olive Street Road, St. Louis, MO 63141 314-692-0020

worth the drive According to an independent survey of over 1,000 family caregivers of elders, 73% surveyed say they are willing to drive farther for a Green House home.

“She was very happy living here”

“I highly recommend this place” “I am so very impressed” Just minutes from Chesterfield Valley at MO-364 and Hwy 64 www.thegreenhouseproject.org www.CottagesLSL.com

(636) 614-3510 Each 10-ROOM Cottage Has All PRIVATE BEDROOMS with BATHROOMS!

Pictured, from left: Jacqueline B. Phillips, RN, BSN, President and Owner; Jane Olsen, RN, Director of Nursing and Operations

AccuCare Home Health Care of St. Louis, locally RN owned and RN managed, is dedicated to providing seniors with the finest private, in-home health care.

In their home. On their terms.

At AccuCare, caregivers show clients the same level of compassion they would show their own families. Jacque Phillips and Jane Olsen have firsthand experience as they both cared for their own parents in their homes the last several years of their lives. Treating their clients as they would care for their own family is the driving force that allows AccuCare Home Health Care of St Louis to provide exceptional care with dignity and respect. They give peace of mind to you and your family. They make themselves accessible to clients by phone or email 24/7.

Visit their website www.accucare.com.

Contact us 24-hours-a-day at 314 692-0020 or email jolsen@accucare.com

56 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Are you surprised with the extra charges on your senior living statement?

SERVING ST. LOUIS SINCE 1960

At Mari de Villa, all rates in the 24 Hour Care Areas of the Villa East, Villa West and The Terraces Memory Care Buildings are All Inclusive Rates. There are no surprises!

OFFeRinG ALL LeVeLs OF seniOR CARe

Mari de Villa offers all levels of senior care...

INDEPENDENT LIVING in the VILLA ESTATES to Private Rooms and Suites in Mari de Villa’s 24 Hour - All Inclusive Care in the Villa West and Villa East Buildings to The Terraces providing 24 Hour Memory Care

“

Mari de Villa is locally owned and we live on site, it’s our home too.

- Fred & Mary Kay

”

Visit maridevilla.com or call 636.227.5347 for more information on our surprisingly affordable rates and services.

13900 Clayton Road | Town And Country, Missouri We are pledged to the letter and spirit of the U.S. Policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial or national origin.

FRed W. & MARy KAy WiesehAn

products ACCUCARE HOME HEALTH CARE OF ST. LOUIS 10131 Old Olive Street Road, 314-692-0020, accucare.com

& SERVICES FOR SENIORS

MARI DE VILLA

13900 Clayton Road, 636-227-5347, maridevilla.com

By Amanda Dahl

PROVISION LIVING AT WEST COUNTY

12826 Daylight Circle, 314-384-3654, provisionlivingwestcounty.com

From independent living to 24-hour skilled care, Mari AccuCare Home Health Care of St. Louis recently

de Villa can offer all levels of luxury senior living. With

Provision Living’s new approach to memory care

enjoyed fun in the sun at its annual employee

private rooms and suites available, make Mari de Villa

addresses difficulties observed in the traditional model

appreciation party. AccuCare offers private in-home

your home as owners Fred and Mary Kay Wiesehan

of care. This community was created to deliver memory

help from four to 24 hours a day, taking care of

have. Serving St. Louis since 1960, their home is yours.

support while seeking to continuously uncover better

cleaning, errands, personal medical services and more.

ways of caring for elders with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, as well as their families and loved ones.

MASON POINTE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY 13190 S. Outer 40, 314-754-2222, masonpointeliving.org “The staff takes time

SITEMAN CANCER CENTER AT BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL 10 Barnes West Drive, 314-747-7222, siteman.wustl.edu

to serve and care for each resident,” Cindy,

A groundbreaking combination in prostrate

a resident’s daughter,

screening and care, ultrasound and MRI allow

says about Mason

urologists to look for cancer by reviewing

Pointe. Offering assisted

real-time ultrasound images layered upon

living, memory care,

previously acquired MRI images. For patients,

long-term care and

this means a more personalized plan for

REACH short-stay

diagnosis and treatment.

rehabilitation, the senior living community is currently designing independent living and a multitude of amenities. Call or go online to learn more.

laduenews.com/ realestate

More of what’s in print…

Search area homes.

Find more Distinctive Properties.

Answer the question...“What did it sell for?”

See what’s new on the market.

58

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com | A LADUE NEWS SPECIAL PROMOTION

online.

THIS IS

Mason Pointe

It’s life in all its abundance from a trusted and experienced leader, focused on providing the highest level of excellence.

Lutheran Senior Services has a history of quality care for 160 years. Now joining in that legacy, Mason Pointe Senior Living Community in Town & Country offers peace of mind for you and your loved one.

• • • • •

Assisted Living Memory Care Long Term Care REACH Short Stay Rehabilitation Independent Living – Under Design

Call 314.754.2222 to schedule a personal tour!

Visit all our communities at LSSLiving.org

13190 S. Outer Forty Rd. | Chesterfield, MO 63017 314.754.2222 | MasonPointeLiving.org

“WHEN IS THANKSGIVING DINNER, AGAIN?” Memory loss is sometimes more noticeable around the holidays.

Our team is here to help your family find answers.

ASSISTED LIVING MEMORY CARE SOLUTIONS

12826 DAYLIGHT CIRCLE DES PERES, MO 63131

314-328-0441

ProvisionLiving.com LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 59

women’s timberland!

★

★

★

★

★

★★

STL SPORTS ON TAP

Laurie's eTC | sT. Louis GaLLeria ouTside NordsTrom Near PaNera 314-862-7463

lauriesshoes.com

★

★

★

★★

★

★★

★★

★

NOVEMBER 1 FROM 6:30-8:00 THE SCHLAFLY TAP ROOM 2100 LOCUST ST. ST. LOUIS, MO 63103

$20 PER TICKET REGISTER AT: STLtoday.com/ourevents Join us for a night of beer and St. Louis sports!

Ask our sports staff your sought-after questions, listen to season recaps and projections, hear stories about sports legends and much more!

POST-DISPATCH COLUMNISTS AND BEAT WRITERS: Rick Hummel, Derrick Goold, Jim Thomas, David Matter, Jesus Ortiz, Benjamin Hochman, Ben Frederickson, and emcee, Roger Hensley

Get more

DOUGH. Bethesda communities were founded

on the principle that exceptional

retirement living shouldn’t come with a high price tag. That’s why we offer

a maintenance-free lifestyle flavored

with all the services and amenities

you need to enjoy the sweetness of

retirement living the way you’ve always imagined it could be.

Get MORE out of your retirement . . . without having to settle for less, at Bethesda.

Don’t forget to like us on Facebook!

Bethesda is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

60 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Bethesda Barclay House Clayton 314-403-4025 Bethesda Gardens Kirkwood 314-749-9727 The Oaks at Bethesda Kirkwood 314-372-5839 Bethesda Orchard Webster Groves 314-963-2296 Bethesda Terrace South County 314-846-6400 Village North Retirement Community North St. Louis County 314-504-5142

Arts & Culture

62 DINNER & A SHOW

66

70

ARTS SPEAK

FEATURE: SLIFF

The Best PHOTO BY MABEL SUEN

of the Magi

LadueNews.com | OCTOBER 27, 2017

61

Dinner ...

T

hree Kings Public House fans in the area likely rejoiced in July when that casual restaurant – famed for its upscale pub-style grub and extensive beverage program, and founded by Mizzou alumni Derek Deaver, Derek Fleig and Ryan Pinkston – opened its third outpost, in south St. Louis County.

It joins Three Kings’ first location, which opened in University City’s Delmar Loop in May 2011, and second, which debuted in Des Peres in October 2014.

The 5,000-square-foot South County space (the local brand’s largest) sports an additional 1,800-square-foot tandem patio and seats, in total, more than 250 guests.

“We definitely are a little more of Three Kings 2.0

62

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

compared to the original, older feel,” says general manager Crispin Tarango. “The atmosphere and vibe of a public house is typically what we try to model all the Three Kings after. It’s a place where you can relax, enjoy a drink and good company.”

TAO + LEE Associates served as the architect for the space, while Deaver’s wife, Kasey, worked on the interior design. Images of the titular royalty – Elvis, King Kong and Henry VIII – grace the dining room wall, which comprises a repurposed high school gym floor. Exposed brick and wood throughout lend a rustic touch.

The South County kitchen cooks the same bill of fare as its siblings, including items like a grilled

By Mabel Suen

baby-romaine Caesar salad that were added in the most recent menu update. Other newer features include sliders and wraps “of the moment” at “market price” and, among the entrées, the catch of the day.

Popular picks include chicken wings, Cajun pasta, pan-roasted chicken and the intriguingly named Pogue Mahone burger, with a fried egg, bacon, caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms, and Swiss and cheddar cheese on a pretzel bun – all of which sound like potentially princely repasts before catching Hamlet from The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

To drink, 32 taps with a focus on local craft beers await behind the bar, including eight mainstays and 24 rotating options. A selection of a dozen or so wines also

PHOTO BY MABEL SUEN

Three Kings Public House

& A Show Hamlet

PHOTO COURTESY OF PETER WOCHNIAK

By Mark Bretz

awaits thirsty guests, as do plenty of bottled and canned beers and half a dozen signature cocktails.

Guests can choose from highlights like margaritas, Moscow Mules or the Hibiscus 75, with lavenderhibiscus syrup, Bombay gin, fresh-squeezed lemon juice and La Marca prosecco.

Happy hour runs Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m., as well as Sunday through Thursday from 10 p.m. to close, and features half-price draft beers and selected wines, $3.99 well drinks and discounted appetizers.

ln

Three Kings Public House, 40 Ronnie’s Plaza, St. Louis, 314-293-3614, threekingspub.com

‌Story: Hamlet, prince of Denmark, suspects his uncle, the newly crowned King Claudius, has murdered the previous monarch, Hamlet’s father. The marriage between his mother, Gertrude, and her brother-in-law, only a couple of months after King Hamlet’s death, further annoys the prince.

When his friend Horatio tells Hamlet his father’s ghost has been seen by sentries as well as himself, Hamlet ventures into the woods, the site of the sightings, where he, too, sees the specter. To Hamlet’s reckoning, the spirit is telling him to avenge its death.

Hamlet decides to feign madness while he sets in motion a complex plan to reveal his uncle’s duplicity and set the kingdom on a straight course once more.

Highlights: In its 51st season, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents its first production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, often considered the greatest play in Western literature.

Other Info: As The Rep’s news release notes, “With a story as epic and revered as Hamlet, a theater company has to either go big or go home … The Rep is most definitely going big with an all-star cast and production team.”

Director Paul Mason Barnes’ collaborators on Hamlet include Dorothy Marshall Englis, whose independent costume design features players decked out in clothing and styles that seem to cover wideranging eras – this Hamlet is part 15th century, part 21st and parts in between.

Scenic designer Michael Ganio observes in his own notes that, more or less, the dialogue should take the focus, minimizing distractions, which he does. His set looks sophisticated in its simplicity, anchored by an imposing pillar and supplemented with background scaffolding.

Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz adds moody lighting, accentuated in the ethereal ghost scenes, while composer Barry Funderburg contributes effective sound design.

As to the play itself, Barnes squeezes in a copious amount of the angst and philosophical musings that fill four hours in Shakespeare’s most famous work, in just three hours in two acts, including an intermission.

Barnes keeps The Rep’s version of Hamlet moving briskly with aid from several superior performances. Most quizzical is the effort in the title role of Jim Poulos, whose Hamlet seems big on madness but unconvincing when depicting the prince’s melancholy; at its most egregious, as when Poulos jumps into Claudius’ arms, à la Bugs Bunny, his performance pays as much homage to animation guru Chuck Jones as to Shakespeare.

Still, one admires Poulos’ energetic enthusiasm for this complex role. Certainly, it steers Barnes’ vision, and one can recall Poulos’ accomplished portrayal of

the animated title role in Amadeus at The Rep a few seasons back.

Michael James Reed brings ballast and a polished presence to the role of Claudius, scheming to eliminate Hamlet even while he yearns for a peaceful reign. He’s complemented by a well-wrought performance from Robynn Rodriguez as the prince’s tormented mother, who feels increasing alarm by her son’s antic behavior.

Larry Paulsen offers a buttoned-down interpretation of the court councilor Polonius, shining in the humorous passage where he drops several words of wisdom, often conflicting, on his departing son, Laertes.

Kim Wong does quite well in the difficult role of Ophelia, the prince’s quasi-inamorata, who, like Gertrude, is kicked around like an emotional football by her difficult admirer, trying to make sense of Hamlet’s odd expression of love. As Horatio, Christopher Gerson imbues Hamlet’s beloved comrade with a deep loyalty for the prince.

Ross Cowan and Stephen Hu capture the conniving ways of the courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, respectively, old pals of Hamlet who eagerly enlist in Claudius’ scheme to have them spy on his nephew. As Laertes, Carl Howell earnestly attempts to depict the anger and determination of the young man seeking vengeance for the deaths of his own family members.

Jonathan Gillard Daly delights as the gravedigger, who muses on the fate of the dead, and also portrays the leader of the traveling acting troupe which performs Hamlet’s famous Mousetrap scene as the prince looks for proof of his uncle’s guilt in his father’s murder. Tarah Flanagan does well as the Player Queen, with assistance from Ben Love as Player Lucianus and Joshua Roach and Cassandra Lopez as the other players.

Barnes utilizes all of the exits and entrances to the stage available, including aisles in the theater, to maximize performance space. Although this may not be my favorite rendition of the Bard’s grandest work, ’tis true that the opening-night audience rewarded all involved with a standing ovation. What a piece of work is Hamlet!

ln

Company: The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Venue: Browning Mainstage, Loretto-Hilton Center

for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road Dates: Through Nov. 5 (except Monday, Oct. 30) Tickets: $26 to $89; contact 314-968-4925

or repstl.org Rating: A 4 on a scale of 1-to-5 LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 63

Around Town

By Jackson Roman

Fri., Oct 27

Partygoers are invited to drink their way through various areas of the Lou during the ST. LOUIS 2017 HALLOWEEN BAR CRAWL. Attendees check in at Lucas Park Grille on Washington Avenue between 8 and 10:30 p.m. before visiting a series of venues on Washington Avenue, on Laclede’s Landing and in Soulard. Tickets include two $5 promo cards, free entry to participating establishments, drink specials and entry into a social media costume contest with a $500 grand prize. $16. 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. For tickets, visit the St. Louis 2017 Bar Crawl page on eventbrite.com.

Sat., Oct. 28

Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres, a live DJ, candy and more while cruising on a Gateway Arch riverboat.

Attendees at the HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY CRUISE 2017 should dress in their best Halloween costume for a chance to win two tickets for the New Year’s Eve cruise. $26. gatewayarch.com.

Sat., Oct. 28

For a perfect prelude to the year’s spookiest holiday, eat and drink your fill of the city’s finest at the ST. LOUIS BREWERS GUILD HALLOWEEN PARTY at Lafayette Park. Dozens of the area’s best breweries take part, as do food vendors including Wing Nut Food Truck, Frankly Sausages, Locos Tacos, Cha Cha Chow, Slide Piece, Garbanzos and Ices Plain & Fancy.

Jam out to live music, take part in a Haunted Hay Ride (but with kegs involved), or show off your costume and vie for prizes for best-dressed! $40 in advance ($5 on the day of the event for designated drivers). 1 to 5 p.m. stlbeer.org.

‌Fri., Oct. 27, to Sun., Oct. 29 Enjoy a not-so-scary evening for the kids at Purina Farms’ HAUNTED HAYLOFT. This event includes trick-or-treating, magic shows, storytelling, canine performances and more! 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Admission is free, but reservations are required.

314-982-3232. purinafarms.com.

Sun., Oct. 29

Chicago’s Goose Island Beer Co. presents BRUNCH WITH SOFIE at Gateway Greening Urban Farm. Enjoy a special pop-up brunch prepared

by Chicago’s Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits Shop, paired with Goose Island’s popular Belgian-style farmhouse ale Sofie, and help support Gateway Greening as it closes its 11th year at its current site. All proceeds from the event (the ticket price is a donation of the individual attendee’s choice) go directly to Gateway Greening. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. gatewaygreening.org.

Sat., Oct. 28

Mummies and daddies, bring your little monsters to BOO AT THE ZOO SPOOKY SATURDAY, presented by SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital at the Saint Louis Zoo. On this “day of educational activity stations and animal enrichment throughout the zoo,” attendees enjoy a learning experience, and those under the age of 13 can wear their spook-tacular costumes for the many photo opportunities available. Admission is free from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. stlzoo.org.cinemastlouis.org

64 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Thu., Nov. 2

In conjunction with the global TEDWomen 2017 event, TED presents TEDXSTLOUISWOMEN 2017 at the Peabody Opera House. The event features prominent female voices from around the world speaking on the theme of “Bridges.” The conference comprises two sessions, a morning event from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and an afternoon event from 1 to 5 p.m. followed by a complimentary cocktail hour. Ticket prices vary. tedxstlouis.com.

Wed. Nov. 1

No one who’s spent years listening to Real Rock Radio can miss the premiere of the definitive KSHE documentary, NEVER SAY GOODBYE, at the Moolah Theatre.

The film covers the FM station’s 50 years and features interviews with everyone’s favorite KSHE Rock Jocks. Catch a red-carpet arrival ceremony for DJs from 94.7 and invited rock stars, including members of Pavlov’s Dog, Mama’s Pride and Poco member Rusty Young. Seating is limited. Tickets start at $30, but VIP packages up to $110 are available. 6 to 9 p.m. birthofastation.com.

THOMAS O’BRIEN FOR CENTURY FURNITURE

Discover the finest furnishings for home interiors.

Arts Speak

DAVIS DISHES DETAILS ON UPCOMING PROJECTS Tyler Davis has had a busy year, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Not only is Davis serving as the executive pastry chef at Element in St. Louis’ Peabody Darst Webbe neighborhood and running the online Alchemy Artisan Bakery, but also he was invited to compete on Food Network’s popular Halloween Baking Championship program. Ladue News caught up with Davis to discuss his baking roots, his turn as a TV star and his plans for the future.

How did you get your start in baking?

It’s kind of a weird story. I actually started out doing savory food, and I was a line cook. I felt like there was a need for me to learn to work pastry a little more because none of the chefs I worked under did much of it. So really, it was a practical decision to have something to fall back on as much as anything else.

It turned out I really liked it, and so after starting my online bakery, I ended up getting offered a position at Element working with Josh Charles, and it’s just been a great experience.

Tell us a little more about your personal ventures outside of Element.

Well, I have my online business, Alchemy Artisan Bakery, which specializes in cheesecakes, and I’m also doing a series of pop-up dinners at Brennan’s [in St. Louis’ Central West End]. We’re looking to turn Alchemy into a brick-and-mortar space sometime in 2018, probably late next fall or so. My partner and I kind of felt that it was necessary to take the next step there. We have a lot of momentum, and there were a few investors who were interested, and everything just kind of makes sense. We don’t

66

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

need a lot of space, because it’s going to be a small, boutique-style bakery, and we already know what we want to specialize in, so it’s just a matter of finding somewhere that suits our needs.

How did the opportunity to appear on the Halloween Baking Championship come about?

It was really random. I was at work, and our general manager came down and said that a girl from the Food Network had called for me. So I called her back, and she asked if I was interested in being in a competition.

When I said yes, she told me that the deadline for the application was actually that day, so I had to rush and get all the paperwork done and submit pictures to the casting directors. By the next day, we were already doing Skype interviews. A couple of months down the line, I found out they had picked me for the show! It was kind of a whirlwind process.

What was the experience of being on the show like? Do you feel like you learned any lessons?

Amazing. It was a huge opportunity, but also one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done in my life.

All of the contestants were such nice people, but it was very, very intense. It is not just baking cookies and cupcakes like people imagine. I had no idea what it was going to be like going in, and there was no real way to prepare for it! I definitely learned just to believe in myself as a chef and not deviate from the things I know I’m great at.

What’s next for you?

Well, of course, I’m very focused on opening my bakery, so apart from Element, that’s taking up the most of my time for sure. One thing I’ve been thinking

about is that maybe in 2019 or 2020 I want to take some time off, travel the world and cook in different kitchens and just learn. I’m also thinking a lot about my Purveyor’s Table pop-up dinners, and expanding those and exploring new concepts. I’m super passionate about both savory and pastry, so I’m always looking for new ways to challenge myself in both.

ln

Alchemy Artisan Bakery, 314-757-0605, alchemybakery.com

PHOTOS COURTESY OF TYLER DAVIS

By Jackson Roman

Choose Hunter Douglas shades today.

Save energy year-round.

Wrap up your holiday décor now and save.

Make sure your home is holiday ready by ordering beautiful new Hunter Douglas window fashions today.

$100 REBATE

*

ON QUALIFYING PURCHASES OF HUNTER DOUGLAS WINDOW FASHIONS

FREE

LiteRise® Cordless Upgrade on all Designer Roller/Screen Shades

PLUS 50% OFF

TruView™ Rear Tilt Option on all NewStyle® shutters.

Limited Time Offer

CALL NOW

For a FREE In-home Design Consultation & Quote or visit our showroom

Show Me Blinds & Shutters 933 S Kirkwood Rd | Saint Louis, MO M-F: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | 314-909-1177 www.showmeblinds.com *Manufacturer’s mail-in rebate offer valid for qualifying purchases made 9/16/17-12/11/17 from participating dealers in the U.S. only. Rebate will be issued in the form of a prepaid reward card and mailed within 6 weeks of rebate claim receipt. Funds do not expire. Subject to applicable law, a $2.00 monthly fee will be assessed against card balance 6 months after card issuance and each month thereafter. Additional limitations may apply. Ask participating dealer for details and rebate form. ©2017 Hunter Douglas. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of Hunter Douglas or their respective owners. 17Q4MAGVIGC2

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 67

The Wine Life WHAT I AM DRINKING NOW…

By Stanley Browne

‌2012 JORCHE ANTICA MASSERIA, PRIMITIVO DI MANDURIA DOP RISERVA – PUGLIA, ITALY Grape: 100% Primitivo Owners/Winemaker: Dalila and Emanuel Gianfreda/Giovanni Aged: Nine months in barriques, plus three months in bottle Approximate Retail Price: $22 TASTING NOTES: Color: Dark, brooding garnet red Aroma: Plum, black cherry and espresso Taste: Big bold flavors, dark fruits with a lush texture, and a little grip of tannins to give this supple wine a little boldness

J

orche occupies southeastern Italy on the Puglia coast. Dalila and Emanuel Gianfreda, fifth generation family members, now run the winery.

Jorche struggled in its early years, as the insect phylloxera destroyed the winery’s vines, making the Gianfreda

family restart from scratch. Over time, the Gianfredas grew the winery, and Giovanni’s nephew restructured the winery, transforming it into a mechanical cellar. Although wine has been produced in Puglia for centuries, getting exposure or consumption outside the region proved difficult. A quality wine was a must for the affluent cellars of the north.

Primitivo greatly resembles zinfandel, having once been thought to be one and the same grape. However, big, bold fruits with spicy notes define this grape.

Primitivo di Manduria enjoys a warm, dry climate, and the vineyards there occupy a higher elevation, with red soils rich in iron – ideal for growing primitivo.

These vineyards are just 40 years old, with primitivo growing in Puglia for more than a century. American zinfandel experienced its biggest production in the 1980s with white zinfandel, in which winemakers whip the skins off (color comes from skins of the grape) to reduce skin contact

during fermentation and produce a light blush color. U.S. oenophiles should give thanks for the white zin craze of the time, moreover, as it helped propel Americans to drink wine!

For many years, wines from Puglia were shipped north to blend with other grapes, as they were known for high yields and flabby, thin wines. This changed with better winemaking techniques and improved attention to quality. Coastal areas like Manduria yield the best examples; also, primitivo has been claimed to have been served at the Last Supper.

Food Pairings: This wine’s big flavor profile begs for bolder meat dishes like steak and sausage, as well as strong cheeses, fava beans, eggplant and bell peppers.

ln

Certified Sommelier Stanley Browne owns Robust Wine Bar in Webster Groves and Downtown at the MX, as well as Snax Gastrobar in Lindenwood Park.

Sign up for our Early eEdition

&

get the scoop!

go to our website...

www.laduenews.com

Scroll down to our newsletter sign up… and be among St. Louis’ first to

NOVEMBER 26

get a sneak peek of Friday’s top stories delivered to your inbox on Thursday.

12-3PM @ MOULIN EVENTS

Baby & Kids Items

Jewelry & Accessories

Purses, Bags & Apparel

For event details, visit stltoday.com/ourevents Proudly Sponsored by

November 3 & 4 at 8pm November 5 at 2:30pm Hauntingly beautiful.

A classic in the repertoire of all great ballet companies.

Voted FAVORITE DANCE COMPANY by critics and readers of Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

TICKETS: TOUHILL.ORG | 314.516.4949

68 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

PHOTO BY SARAH CONROY‌

Gift Ideas

Shop from 30+ area craft vendors, sip on cozy cocktails, & enjoy tasty brunch bites.

FRESH LOW PRICES You’ll see changes and surprises in our fresh departments including a price drop on hundreds of fresh items in the store.

Fresh low prices you can count on staying low every day! Stop by and see what’s new and fresh about Schnucks.

R ady on the

t e S

By Bryan A. Hollerbach

70

octobeR 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Cliff Froehlich, the movie maven clicking the clapboard on the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, hits his mark in previewing its 26th season – and he’s saved you a seat.

B

y rights, on the eve of the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, Cliff Froehlich, its executive director, should sound swamped.

Instead, when discussing that annual bash – which almost everyone calls simply SLIFF and which this year runs from Nov. 2 to 12 – Froehlich bubbles like a brook, chuckling often, even as he’s immersed in drafting capsule summaries of a whopping 144 cinematic offerings screening at eight local venues.

In fact, Froehlich, who’s 60-something, sounds more like a 16-year-old who’s just experienced the initial rapture of a tub of hot popcorn, a carboy of cold cola and the lights-down enlightenment of images ranging from the quotidian to the cosmic splashed across a giant white screen.

Of that cinematic cornucopia opening this coming Thursday, most of the films will play, as usual for SLIFF, at the ever-fashionable Plaza Frontenac Cinema (49 in total) and University City’s regal Tivoli (46). Select offerings also will screen at the Missouri History Museum, the St. Louis Public Library, the Stage at KDHX, Washington University, Webster University and the .ZACK. Moreover, by phone from his office at Cinema St. Louis, the nonprofit behind SLIFF, Froehlich hastens to note that that gargantuan net of flicks forms just part of a festival now, astoundingly, entering its second quarter of a century.

“There are additional programs to come,” he says, relating that SLIFF also will present 21 shorts programs, seven devoted to documentaries, 14 to nondocumentaries, with even more screening with features. “So those are just the dedicated shorts programs. And then, finally, we also have 13 special events that are going to be taking place during the course of the festival. Those include master classes and a variety of other special things that we haven’t yet put up on the site.” For much fuller detail on this year’s schedule, interested parties should visit SLIFF’s über-robust website.

Froehlich next explains the intricacies of selecting the festival’s offerings, whose collaborative nature he emphasizes. That process this year involved not just him but also artistic director Chris Clark, development director Rita Hiscocks in an ancillary capacity, operations supervisor Brian Spath and former tech supervisor Kat Touschner, as well as a small army of assistants.

“We divide up responsibilities,” Froehlich says. “I do the doc [i.e., documentary] features, but I don’t work alone. I have a very important collaborator, Brian Woodman, the curator of the Washington University library’s film and media archives. He’s got a Ph.D. in film studies, and he’s been working in conjunction with me on the programming for somewhere on the order of – I think we might be approaching eight or nine years.”

Otherwise, he continues, Clark handled so-called narrative features this year, Spath the narrative shorts (“the vast bulk of our submissions”) and Touschner, who was working by that point by contract from Portland, Oregon, the doc shorts.

Submissions to the festival, Froehlich notes, largely come to SLIFF’s attention through two industry-standard digital platforms, FilmFreeway and Withoutabox. “This year I think was in the neighborhood of just shy of 2,400 total films that were submitted,” he recollects. “Those are the bulk of things, but we do solicit other films, things that we have seen either ourselves on the fest circuit or have read great reviews about. And then the studios gift us with some of the higher-profile films that help support our lineup.”

From that lineup for 2017, incidentally, Froehlich cites two films, titled Art of the Game: Ukiyo-E Heroes (directed by Toru Tokikawa, screening at the Stage at KDHX on Nov. 9) and For Ahkeem (directed by Jeremy Levine and Landon Van Soest, screening at the Missouri History Museum on Nov. 11), which captured his attention as a lifelong cinéaste.

Otherwise, a mere recitation of certain titles in the festival should suggest the delicious scope of this year’s playbill: Ask the Sexpert, Axolotl Overkill, Bad Grandmas, Cries From Syria, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, Food Evolution, Hotel Salvation, I Am Evidence, Last Flag Flying, The Rise and Fall of Books, Slack Bay, What If It Works?

Listing a dozen titles chosen mostly at random, in fact, tempts one to list a dozen more – or perhaps the full dozen dozen. Froehlich and his colleagues at Cinema St. Louis self-evidently enjoyed themselves in optimizing the festival’s offerings in any number of ways, including presenting director Norman Jewison’s Academy Award-winning In the Heat of the Night (now in the year of its golden jubilee) and Taylor Hackford’s 1987 documentary tribute to a little-known local troubadour, Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll.

Regarding SLIFF, of course, Froehlich does express one ongoing frustration. “We do not yet have the kind of audience that I think the festival deserves, …” he says. “We are very much the sort of festival that offers something for everyone. …

“Despite the fact that we’ve been around now for 26 years, we have not really, I think, properly entered the larger public consciousness to the point where everybody knows that. A lot of people still perceive film festivals as being elitist – it’s just for the people who are ‘in the club.’ They’re almost intimidated by the prospect of going.

“Whereas our festival, it’s just like going to any other film. You go up, you buy a ticket, you don’t have to have a pass. There’re no impediments to going – in fact, we removed a lot of impediments because we offer a very wide range of films for free, as well.”

Froehlich estimates SLIFF’s annual attendance at 25,000 before expressing a preference for a total much nearer the festival’s 45,000 capacity. “I think that’s where we should be in order to truly widen our audience, serve as many people as possible,” he says. “We would love to have every single show close to or actually full. So that’s my next step for the festival.”

In the meantime, though, Froehlich and the rest of the Cinema St. Louis stalwarts are focusing on providing the widest and wildest variety of cinematic pleasures they can.

“We offer family films,” Froehlich says. “We offer documentaries. We offer genre movies. We offer comedies. We offer very weighty and difficult works on occasion that appeal only to the cinephile audience. We do archival stuff.

“So, again, we range very widely, very purposely, in order to make certain anyone who has even a modest interest in film is going to find something that’s going to be sufficiently interesting to them to come and watch.”

Cinema St. Louis, Centene Center for Arts and Education, 3547 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-289-4150, cinemastlouis.org

LadueNews.com | octobeR 27, 2017

71

Traditional Burial or Cremation.

It doesn’t matter whether you prefer traditional burial or cremation, because we specialize in both. We invite you to discover why so many of your neighbors have trusted us to provide a service that fits their personal preferences while exceeding expectations. You have plenty of options for serving your family, but really only one choice.

For all your Landscaping & Lawn Care Needs flynnlandscapingstl@gmail.com

314-243-6784

WEST COUNTY

EUREKA

14960 Manchester Rd. at Holloway Ballwin, MO 63011

108 North Central Ave. Eureka, MO 63025

(636) 227-5511

(636) 938-3000

www.schrader.com

2017 THANKSGIVING DINNER for 10-12 ppl: Ready for roasting the traditional way!

Whole Fresh Turkey (20 - 22 lbs) Cranberry Sauce ~ Harvest Salad ~ Bread Stuffing Mashed Potatoes & Gravy ~ Honey Almond Green Beans Ciabatta Rolls & Butter 10” Pumpkin Pie and 10” Pecan Pie (both come with Whipped Cream) oNLY $250.00 (Includes Lots of Leftovers) Just follow the directions and you’ll have a wonderful meal without all the work!

JUST NEED DINNER foR 1, 2, oR MoRE?

Includes all of the above with your choice of either a piece of pumpkin or pecan pie! only $22.50 per person RESERVE NoW foR PICKUP: NoVEMBER 22ND BETWEEN 12:00-6:30

All of the above available for delivery or pickup! Call now to order!

314-963-9899 8796 Big Bend Blvd Webster Groves, mo 63119 www.theaofe.com

23 years and still cooking 72 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am-7pm Friday: 9am-6pm, Saturday: 10:30am-4pm

© adfinity

• Weekly Lawn Mowing & Gardening • Honeysuckle Removal • Landscape Lighting • Mulching • Irrigation • Weekly Pool Maintenance • Natural Stone Walls, Walks & Patios • Paver Walks, Patios & Driveways • Retaining Walls, Accent Boulders • Tree Services: Pruning, Removal, Dead Wooding • Certified Arborist on staff.

A SPECIAL

Arts & Culture

PROMOTION

Photo courtesy of Vero Pizza & Pasta

Dining & Entertainment

Delivering authentic experiences right to your door, Vero Pizza & Pasta finds family – related or other wise – to be the main ingredient to any worthy dish.

The brainchild of Katie Collier of Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria, Vero launches a meal-kit delivery business with a unique vision. “Vero means ‘real’ or ‘truth’ in Italian,” the chef says. “There are tons of meal-kit companies out there, but no one is doing real pizza and pasta. Everything from Vero Pizza & Pasta is whole and real, and picked out with care and love.”

Discover more about Vero Pizza & Pasta at veropizzaandpasta.com.

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 73

Dining & EntErtainmEnt: Feature Story

Meal

Vero Pizza & Pasta

More than a

Ki Kit

By amanda Dahl | Photo courtesy of Vero Pizza & Pasta

W

hat brings everyone to the table in your household? In modern times, when people can disconnect from one another through a myriad of distractions, one universal pull seems to reunite us all: mealtime. Award-winning chef Katie Collier and her family are building on that important bond through Vero Pizza & Pasta.

“We wanted to create new experiences in people’s homes,” Collier says. “We thought the meal-kit delivery business was the best way to reach more people. The pizza and pasta meal kits arrive in temperature-controlled boxes. The kits include fresh ingredients, a recipe card and video, chef hats, plus fun conversational questions to encourage laughing and bonding while cooking. These kits encourage families to come together.”

The recipes offer diverse flavors in a package that anyone can tackle, whether you are a novice or an aficionado in the kitchen. “Italian cooking

74

is so simple and elegant,” Collier describes. “You create these incredible pizzas and pastas that look masterful. Growing up and visiting my mother in Italy taught [my brother and me] about curating meals. In Italy, you go to specific vendors and markets to find ingredients. We make this great dough and pasta, and curate ingredients, for you and your family.”

Building on her success with the Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria restaurant franchise, Collier brings its authentic tastes, including the famed Neapolitan dough, directly to your home – all while supporting the larger community. “My favorite thing about Vero is that we’ve partnered with Operation Food Search to teach family, friends and kids about giving back,” she notes. “For each Vero kit delivered, we donate an emergency meal to a kid in need.”

Vero’s intuitive website allows kit creations for any dynamic of family or friend group, with delivery options to all of Missouri and Illinois, including Chicago, as well as Nashville, Memphis,

OCTOBER 27, 2017 | Laduenews.com | A lAduE nEws spECiAl pROmOTiOn

Indianapolis and Louisville. The holidays promise new additions, which you can bring to dinner parties or serve at your own gathering.

“The kits are designed for any kind of experience you want to have, whether it’s creating a date night or sophisticated dinner party or family time,” Collier says. “It’s also a unique thing to gift people. We have a lot of parents sending Vero kits [as care packages] to kids away at school. All of the recipes are by me.

So if you want to bring Katie’s into your home, this is the way to do it.”

The experiences she hopes to deliver to people’s doors extend from her own family experiences. Building Vero alongside her husband, Ted, mother, Belinda Lee, and brother, Johnny Lee, plus her siblings-in-law and a cousin, epitomizes the company’s vision. Family, Collier has discovered, is by far the most important ingredient in any recipe.

Vero Pizza & Pasta, St. Louis, veropizzaandpasta.com

On the go?

Take Ladue News with you!

Download our LN iPad app.

Available in the Apple App Store.

LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 75

diningGuide

By Amanda Dahl

THE ART OF ENTERTAINING

8796 Big Bend Blvd., 314-963-9899, t heaofe.com

Trick … or treat? Choose from a variety of treats at The Art of Entertaining, where fully stocked fridges have the perfect appetizer for your spirited weekend.

BARRISTER’S

7923 Forsyth Blvd., 314-726-5007, b arristersinclayton.com With the largest selection of craft beer in Clayton and 30-plus bloody mary options for brunch, you won’t want to miss out. Barrister’s – not your typical pub fare, not your typical sports bar!

GIOVANNI’S KITCHEN

8831 Ladue Road, 314-721-4100, g iovanniskitchenstl.com Spice up your workweek with the perfect lunch escape at Giovanni’s Kitchen, close to downtown Clayton. See what everyone in the Lou keeps talking

CHASE CLUB AT THE CHASE PARK PLAZA

about at this award-winning Italian restaurant.

212 N. Kingshighway Blvd., 314-633-3056, chaseparkplaza.com The Chase Club invites you in, where gastropub meets gourmet, to enjoy one of its 18 beers on tap or a perfectly prepared cocktail.

EVANGELINE’S BISTRO AND MUSIC HOUSE 512 N. Euclid Ave., 314-367-3644, e vangelinesstl.com

Experience a taste of New Orleans right here in the Central West End. Red beans and rice, gumbo, jambalaya, classic drinks and live music await. Laissez les bon temps rouler!

GUIDO’S “ON THE HILL”

5046 Shaw Ave., 314-771-4900, g uidosstl.com

FRAZER’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

1811 Pestalozzi St., 314-773-8646, frazersgoodeats.com Inspired by tastes found around the globe, Frazer’s offers authentic cuisine in its sleek lounge and comfortable dining room, with brunch available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday.

76 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com |

A LADUE NEWS SPECIAL PROMOTION

Discover the best Mediterranean cuisine, with made-to-order dishes from Guido’s, such as homemade lasagna, tapas calientes or rich caramelized flan. The pizzeria delivers a “taste of Spain in the middle of Italy.”

HAVELI INDIAN RESTAURANT

9720 Page Ave., 314-423-7300, avelistl.com h Discover authentic Indian cuisine at Haveli, where you can experience the hospitality traditions of India for yourself. Vegan, vegetarian and nonvegetarian temptations are made with a variety of curries from

upcoming Events

By Amanda Dahl

‌GISELLE SAINT LOUIS BALLET Touhill Performing Arts Center, One University Drive at University of Missouri-St. Louis, 314-516-4949, touhill.org

fresh, natural ingredients.

In the repertoire of all great ballet companies, Giselle is the ultimate

HERBIE’S

story of love, betrayal and forgiveness. Catch this can’t-miss romantic production

The famed St. Louis

GREAT CIRCLE EDUCATION OPEN HOUSE GREAT CIRCLE

8100 Maryland Ave., 314-769-9595, herbies.com

when it opens the season, from Nov. 3 through 5.

330 N. Gore Ave., 314-301-4617, greatcircle.org/open-house

fine dining spot is the perfect place for

The private schools at Great Circle

business lunches

for kindergarten through Grade 12

and late-night dinners – now located in Clayton. Stop in where you’ll feel as if

provide academic and therapeutic

you’re already a regular!

support for students. Learn more on Nov. 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

TONY’S

410 Market St., 314-231-7007, tonysstlouis.com St. Louis’ restaurant since 1946, Tony’s was voted among OpenTable’s “Top 100 Restaurants in North America.”

THE STUDENT PRINCE WINTER OPERA SAINT LOUIS 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd. (performances), 2324 Marconi Ave. (box office), 314-856-0038, winteroperastl.org Winter Opera Saint Louis presents,

TRUFFLES & BUTCHERY

9202 Clayton Road, 314-567-9100, t odayattruffles.com

TRUFFLES & BUTCHERY PHOTO BY SARAH CONROY

Butchery, Truffles’ meat market, in addition to a full butcher service, offers fantastic takeout, fresh seafood and sandwiches, daily gluten-free breads, prepared meals, select wines and local

on Nov. 10 and 12, The Student Prince, a lush, melodic operetta! A young prince falls for a barmaid, but must decide whether or not to give up love for duty.

WHIMSY ROSE FACTORY SALE BEFORE + AGAIN 770 N. New Ballas Road, 314-997-1999, whimsyrose.com For two days only, on Nov. 3 and 4 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., catch deals up to 80 percent off hundreds of designer prints on tees, dresses, tunics and more.

brews, catering and so much more.

A LADUE NEWS SPECIAL PROMOTION | LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 77

In accordance with the federal Fair Housing Act, we do not accept for publication any real estate listing that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, family status, or national origin.

If you believe a published listing states such a preference, limitation, or discrimination, please notify this publication at fairhousing@lee.net.

CLEANING SERVICES

ELECTRICAL

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ELECTRICAL

JON'S AFFORDABLE HOME REPAIR

Bonded • Insured Established in 1997 Call Linda 314-898-3524 DazeyHouseCleaning.com

Licensed Bonded Insured

Commercial Residential Industrial

Electrical, Carpentry, Floors, Windows, Plumbing, Painting, Tile and Lots More! Quality Guaranteed! Reasonable, Insured, Ref's NO JOB TOO SMALL!

314-205-1555 314-773-4955 or 314-966-3388 www.fielderelectricalservices.com

www.jonshomerepair.comjonsa

Residential

CHAMBERMAIDS, LLC

ANNOUNCEMENTS Spirit of St. Louis Doll Club Doll & Bear Show & Sale Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00 am to 3:00 pm St. Charles Community College 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive Cottleville, MO 63376 Adults - $5.00; Children 12 and under - FREE Early Buyer (9:00 am) $10.00

AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMOBILES WANTED ~ We pay cash Call Stan @ 314-780-5588

CLEANING SERVICES OLIVIA'S CLEANERS Openings Available -Residential /Commercial & Construction. Last Minute, One Time, Move In/Out, & Rentals. Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly. Hauling Services Katherine 314-556-9506 ïïïInsured & Bondedïïï DETAIL CLEANING, HOARDERS & ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES NO TASK IS TOO DAUNTING!

Fielder is highly skilled in knob & tube wiring and aluminum wiring upgrades. We are specialists in older and existing structures.

Excellent Cleaning Affordable Rates Satisfaction Guaranteed Licensed, Bonded and Insured

314-724-1522 CLEAN AS A WHISTLE Affordable cleaning for any budget.

Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly, Move-in and Move Out. Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Family Owned & Operated.

Call 314-426-3838 $10.00 OFF New Customer SCRUBBY DUTCH CLEANING Family Owned and Operated Since 1983 Bonded • Insured • Supervised $10 OFF 1st Time Customers Free Estimates by Phone 314-849-4666 or 636-926-0555 www.scrubbydutch.com

SPECIALIZED HOUSEKEEPING 1-2 Large Homes Caring professional will clean, organize, run errands, laundry, pet care/sitting & party services.

Dependable, 27+yrs Exp., Ref. Call Barb 314-650-2966

Home Cleaning Professional 10+ Years Exp. Insured & Bonded Call Neide 314-974-2281

78 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

HEALTHCARE SERVICES

CONTACT US TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT

If it can be wired, we can wire it.

Commercial Tenant finishes, churches, sporting complexes, restaurants, senior care facility, and parking lot lighting, etc.

Industrial Fielder has the skills, knowledge and equipment to handle industrial work including new industrial construction, warehouse lighting, large machinery, and data wiring.

24/7 Companion Care for Seniors.

Personal Care, Meal Prep, Light Housekeeping, & Peace of Mind.

314-569-9890

Need An Electrician?

$20.00 off CLEANING SERVICES Ollinger

Any electrical job of $75.00 or more

GUTTERS

House Cleaning Established in 2008 Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly Residential/Commercial, Insured

PRIVATE DUTY CNA Avail. 24/7 and Holidays Specialize in: Alzheimer's, Dementia, Movement Disorders, Lou Gehrig's, Diabetic, etc.

Nursing Home Experience References Avail. Q Will Travel 314-399-0614

Call 314-660-2006

HELP WANTED

RUSSIAN LADY with 15+ years of housekeeping experience has one day opening.

Anna 314-662-5400 AccuCare needs Caregivers!

FLOORING/TILE

HARDWOODZ Specializing in Installation, Sanding and Refinishing of Hardwood Floors.

Call for FREE Estimate Dave 314-267-1348

New Installation, Cleaning & Repair Drainage Solutions, Screen Installation & Window Cleaning Professional, Reliable & Insured Q No Mess Left Behind Q FREE Estimates - Contact Tony 314-413-2888 thegutterguy-stl@hotmail.com

AccuCare, RN-owned & managed home health care provider, has immediate openings for caregivers.

Contact Jane Olsen jolsen@accucare.com or 314-472-3393

HOME IMPROVEMENT

LAWN & GARDEN

Ken Singleton Building Repair, LLC General Contractor & Home Improvement Specialist ïTuckpointing ïBrickwork ïStonework ïPlaster ï Drywall ïPainting ï Carpentry ï Siding ï Gutters ï Roofing ïChimney Leaks Stopped Guaranteed

Call Ken Today! 636-674-5013

QQQQQQQQ REPAIR IT BEFORE YOU REPLACE IT

Mizzou Crew Landscaping Call or Text Jeff 314-520-5222 FASTandFREE.us/Trim.html

SPRING CLEANUP

Licensed Landscape Architect/Designer For a FREE estimate call

314-426-8833

REMODEL & REPAIR Rotted Wood, Painting, Tile, Drywall, Floors, Electrical, Carpentry, Plumbing.

Power Washing. Insured.

Free Estimates. 40yrs Exp. Don Phillips 314-973-8511

LAWN & GARDEN

BELLERIVE CEMETERY N. Mason Rd. 3 plots side by side in The Garden of Prayer $5,000. Each.

Call Claudia (314) 718-3746

7366 Pershing - 2 units - U. City

PAINTING

ASTON - PARKER PAINTING Interior/Exterior Painting Wallpaper Removal Insured, 35 Years Experience Free Estimates

Call 314-766-2952 or 314-766-2962

7844 Big Bend - 9 units - Webster Groves Three incredible apartment building investment opportunities in top locations for St. Louis rental properties.

For sale by owner/agent Contact 314-608-2692

alstonparker@hotmail.com

www.mplandscapingstl.com

O’BRIEN PAINTING & DECORATING, INC.

Danny 314-283-5158

Q Room Additions Q Decks Q Bathrooms Q Kitchens and so much more.

Interior and Exterior.

Free Estimates! Fully Insured.

Call Bob (314)799-4633 or Jim (314)799-4630

FOR SALE

BY OWNER/AGENT

OBITUARIES Complete Lawn Maintenance for Residential & Commercial

A Fast Repair Company

PRECISION REMODELING

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 3 APARTMENT BUILDINGS

Mulching and Shrub Trimming

QQQQQQQQ

Expert repairs to Termite & Rotten Wood Damage.

Cold weather is approaching so now may be a good time to restore your home.

Call for any other needs.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Lowest Prices In Town

Fertilizing, Planting, Sodding, Seeding, Mowing, Mulching, Edging, Spraying, Weeding, Pruning, Trimming, Bed Maintenance, Dethatching, Brush Removal, Retaining Walls, Paver Patios and Drainage Work.

Carpet Repaired, Restretched, Installed, New Carpet Sales, Large Selection in 2 Showrooms.

Over 30 Years Experience. For a Quote Call Nick 314-845-8049

LAWN & GARDEN FALL CLEAN-UP

Time for Some

Hard Work Yard Work

INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR Painting • Power Washing Wallpapering • Plastering

40 Years Experience Fully Insured • References

HOLIDAY LIGHTING FALL CLEANUP Brush Clearing • Bed Preparation Tilling • Mulching Planting • Tree/Shrub Fertilization, Trimming And Removal Lawn Fertilization, Sodding Gutter Cleaning • Power Washing Stone Walls, Patios, And Borders Drainage Solutions The Hard Work Yard Work Co. LLC For Free Estimates call Keith at 314-422-0241 or e-mail at

hwyardwork@aol.com Since 2001

J. KEVIN O'BRIEN, PRESIDENT

314-481-3500

7477 Delmar Blvd.

7512 Cromwell - 13 units - Clayton

SERVICES

SERVICES

SIMPLE MOVES We Specialize In Small Moves.

We charge by the hour or the piece, house to house or room to room. Bonded & Insured.

Packing Available.

JC PAINTS Interior/Exterior Painting, Reliable, Clean, Reasonable & Insured.

Call John for a Free Estimate!

314-963-3416 simplemovesstl.com

314-703-2794 jcpaints@sbcglobal.net Lawn Renovation & Fall Cleanup 314-243-6784

INTERIOR PAINTING & REMODELING Finish carpentry, drywall, tile and floor work. 25yrs exp. Call Kent for free estimates 314-398-2898 kenthallowell@yahoo.com

LEAF REMOVAL GUTTER CLEANING ïExcellent Rates ïInsured ïImpeccable Ref's ïFree Est's.

Diligent, LLC 314-803-3865

PET SERVICES Landscape Design, Installation & Maintenance NOW ADDING NEW CUSTOMERS FOR 2018 Complete Estate Management Maintenance: ï Mowing ï Mulching ï Plantings ï Bed Work ï Drainage Solutions ï Seed and Sod ï Annual Turf Care Packages Outdoor Living: ï Patios ï Fire Features ï Retaining Walls ï Water Features ï Native Landscapes ï Driveways and Walkways

OUTDOOR CREATIVE DESIGN & LANDSCAPE, LLC For all of your landscape and hardscape needs.

"Where dreams become design and design becomes reality" 314-325-5111 OutdoorCreativeDesign.com

Reliable Lawn Care Service 4th Cut FREE Call us today (314) 608-5588

314-827-5664 www.TRCoutdoor.com

314-243-6784

Call Today for Estimate

diligentllc.biz

Yucko's Your Poop Scoop 'n Service Free Estimates - No Contracts

314-770-1500 www.yuckos.com

SERVICES CA$H 4 OLD STUFF —Light Hauling— We cleanup, haul away &/or purchase: garage, estate & moving sales!

Also, warehouse, business & storage locker leftovers!

FAY FURNITURE 618-271-8200 AM

BRIAN'S HAULING Tree Services: Pruning, Removal and Dead Wooding.

Certified Arborist on staff.

MCGREEVY PIANO TUNING Bill McGreevy Piano Technician and Guild Associate Member 314-335-9177 wrmcgreevy@gmail.com

"U Name It & We Haul It" 7 Days a Week - Same Day Appliances, Brush, Clean Outs, Demo, Bsmts & Garage, Etc. Call Brian @ 314-740-1659

TREES

LADUE NEWS CLASSIFIEDS are easy to find.

Our readers know that they can always flip to the back to find what they are looking for.

To place an ad, call: 314-269-8810 or email: classified@laduenews.com

Complete Tree Service for Residential & Commercial Tree Pruning & Removal, Plant Healthcare Program, Deadwooding, Stump Grinding, Deep Root Fertilization, Cabling & Storm Cleanup Cary Semsar ISA Board Certified Master Arborist OH-5130B Free Estimate, Fully Insured

Call 314-426-2911 meyertreecare.com LadueNews.com | October 27, 2017 79

TREES

TREES Trees Trimmed & Removed

GILLS TREE SERVICE • Stone Retaining Walls • Stump Grinding • Fully Insured

Tree Service Professionals Trimming, Deadwooding, Reduction, Removals, Stump Grinding, Year Round Service and Fully Insured Call Michael Baumann for a Free Estimate & Property Inspection

TREES Get'er Done Tree Service A+ with BBB and Angie's List Tree Trimming, Removal, Deadwooding and Stump Grinding. Certified Arborist.

Fully Insured, Free Estimates.

Serving the area since 2004.

CALL 314-971-6993

(636) 274-1378

TUCKPOINTING

M. Galati, LLC Tuckpointing Spot or Entire Home

Color Match Experts Power Washing Silicon Waterproofing Owner on site to insure CUSTOMER SATISFACTION No Job Too Small • 35yrs Exp. Senior Discount • Fully Insured

636.375.2812

314-365-4241

You'll be glad you called!

MASSEY TUCKPOINTING & MASONRY Tuckpointing, Chimney & Brick Repair, Caulking & Now Chimney Sweeping & Flue Re-lining.

2013 BBB Torch Award Winner

$50 off $500+ 314-486-3303 masseytuckpointing.com

Mirelli Tuckpointing LLC Solid tuckpointing & spotpointing with color match. Chimney repair & rebuilds, brick repair, stone & brick patio repairs, walk repairs, stone foundation work.

BBB Torch Award Recipient, Super Service Award '05-'16.

Free Estimates 314-645-1387

Shy Construction, LLC @gmail.com Bathroom & Kitchen Remodels, Basement Finishes, Masonry, Tuckpointing and Concrete.

314-581-1844 Brooks Tuckpointing Inc Q Chimney Repair Q Glass Blocks, Q Brick Block Q Stone Q Stucco Q Waterproofing.

40 Yrs Experience.

Q Insured Q Free Estimates.

314-910-3132, 636-797-2947

Ladue News Classified... your trusted local source for merchandise, services and real estate for more than 35 years.

LADUE NEWS CLASSIFIEDS To place an ad, call: 314-269-8810 email: classified@laduenews.com 80 October 27, 2017 | LadueNews.com

VACATION RENTALS Spectacular Gulf Coast House Carillon Beach, FL, Destin Area 4BR, 4BA, 3 pools, tennis courts & so much more! Great Rates.

Available NOW! Call Dave 314-922-8344 For Pictures Please Visit www.vrbo.com/602232

Ambergris Caye, Belize Beautiful Beachfront Condo Tara del Sol Unit C-1 (3br/2ba) 15 minutes to town by golf cart.

For Pics, Rates, and Dates call John or Judy 314-824-8801/8780

WANTED ARROWHEADS! and Indian Artifacts!

Executive in Clayton loves the hobby!

Buying collections, answering questions, & looking for properties to buy or lease to look on within 45min of Clayton that seem to have a good concentration of arrowheads.

314-608-2692

WANTED ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Old Advertising, Records Sports Memorabilia, Old Toys STL History, Breweriana, Etc Call Ben (314)518-5769

WINDOWS

M&P Window Washing & Gutter Cleaning • Gutter Cleaning & Minor Repair • Window Cleaning • Reasonable • Free Estimate • Dependable • Insured • Ref's • 34yrs Exp. • Angie's List

Paul, 314-805-6102 Mark, 314-805-7367

#1 Office in the #1 Company in the State of Missouri 165+ Professional Sales Associates To Serve You!

636-394-9300

1100 Town & Country Crossing |Town & Country, Missouri 63017 | cbgundaker.com CoMing Soon!

111 Grand Meridien idien Forest est Drive Dr Wildwood • $2,100,000 Sabina Dehn & Marcia Thudium 314-941-4000/314-258-1327

179 Belle Maison Creve Coeur • $994,900 Sabina Dehn & Marcia Thudium 314-941-4000/314-258-1327

520 Conway Village Drive ive Town & Country • $1,289,000 Cindy DeBrecht 314-482-0393

58 Pacland Estates Drive e Chesterfield • $5,200,000 Mary Beth Benes 314-707-7761

309 W Wardenburg denburg FFarms ms Rd Wildwood • $3,295,000 Mary Gettinger 314-378-3173

17291 Courtyard d Mill Lane Chesterfield • $1,750,000 Mary Gettinger 314-378-3173

2322 Picardy Place Drive e Chesterfield • $525,000 Mary Gettinger 314-378-3173

856 Stone Meadow Drive e Chesterfield • $425,000 Mary Gettinger 314-378-3173 oPen SundAY 2-4

1945 Matterhorn Drive e Wildwood • $408,500 Mary Gettinger 314-378-3173

1521 Hedgeford Drive e #15 Chesterfield • $175,000 Mary Gettinger 314-378-3173

13 Berkshire Drive Ladue • $850,000 Mary Gunther 314-374-1192

69 York Drive Brentwood • $845,000 Mary Gunther 314-374-1192

824 Courtwood Lane St. Louis • $649,900 Kathleen Woodworth 314-308-0534

2336 Dartmouth Bend Drive ive Wildwood • $425,000 Kathleen Woodworth 314-308-0534

540 Crown Ponte onte Estates Court Wildwood • $464,900 Mary Bay 314-973-4278

614 Grand View Ridge Eureka • $460,000 Mary Bay 314-973-4278

1016 Nancy Carol Lane Glendale • $449,900 Vicki Cutting & Laura Arnold 314-409-7601/636-448-7824

16315 Wilson Farm Drive ive Chesterfield • $480,000 Phyllis & Kris Barr 314-973-2843/314-750-8054

400 South 14th #914 St. Louis City • $410,000 Georgia & Mike Ferretti 636-675-0329/636-675-0579

6456 US Highway y 61 67 Imperial • $200,000 Amanda Ellerbroek 314-753-8867

newlY ReModeled KiTChen!

2023 Brook Hill Ridge Chesterfield • $785,000 Etty Masoumy 314-406-3331

new PRiCe!

SPACiouS living!

14877 Straub Hill Lane Chesterfield • $679,000 Etty Masoumy 314-406-3331

1934 Chesterfield Ridge Circle Chesterfield • $599,900 Etty Masoumy 314-406-3331

PRiCe ReduCed foR QuiCK SAle!

1552 Milbridge Drive Chesterfield • $535,000 Etty Masoumy 314-406-3331

It’s A Great Time To Put Your Home On The Market – Listing Inventory Is Low and Buyers Are Looking!

Call Our Professional Team Today For All Your Real Estate Needs – 636-394-9300

We Manage The Details, You Live The Dream!

1128 CHESHIRE LANE

13401 MASON GROVES LANE

6 BERKSHIRE DRIVE

2855 LAFAYETTE AVENUE

314.725.0009