The U-City Loop

Last night, my mom and I went down to an area of St. Louis called "The Loop." It is a funky-cool little part of town with one-of-a-kind shops, a vintage movie house, an array of local restaurants and artisan shops alongside the occasional chain outfit. It is a great little neighborhood where people from throughout the city mix: locals out for a night on the town, funky young folks with crazy-colored hair, city-dwellers and suburbanites, and college students from nearby Washington University. For those of you familiar with D.C., imagine a less pretentious, less overpriced version of Georgetown without the traffic jams. One charming little feature of the neighborhood is the Hollywood-style stars which are embedded in the sidewalk featuring names and bios of famous St. Louisans. To see more pics from our excursion, click here.