Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
Sometimes I write things for RealTimeSTL. Here’s what I wrote this week. #YesAllWomen trends globally; 6 St. Louis area tweets #OMGSTL: Cake and music? It’s an SLSO party #OMGSTL: 11 noteworthy tweets from Maya Angelou St. Louisans remember Maya Angelou #OMGSTL: 11 tweets that make us want to see ‘Magic Flute’ #OMGSTL: St. Louisans congratulate… Continue reading My stories: Week ending May 31
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. After Friday’s game, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny confirmed that Oscar Taveras will join the team for Saturday’s game against the Giants. Matheny confirms when asked: Adams to DL. Taveras to majors. Will be in lineup tomorrow, per manager. Confirms report in PD, elsewhere. — Derrick Goold (@dgoold)… Continue reading Cards fans react: 10 tweets about Oscar Taveras
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Chesterfield seventh grader Gokul Venkatachalam, 13, finished in third place Thursday night in the National Spelling Bee. The word that tripped up Gokul: Kierkegaardian. Several St. Louisans congratulated the teen via social media. Top 3 for #TeamGokul. Good job, kid! — Tony Messenger (@tonymess) May 30, 2014 Gokul is… Continue reading St. Louisans congratulate super speller Gokul
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. The Opera Theatre of St. Louis invited local tweeters to see and live-tweet “The Magic Flute” on Thursday night. We scrolled through dozens of tweets and found 11 that piqued our interest. (Full discloser: I was one of those live-tweeters.) Sparkly green spandex, monkey men, and dowop girls. And… Continue reading 11 tweets that make us want to see ‘Magic Flute’
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Noted author, activist and St. Louis native Maya Angelou died early Wednesday morning. Local fans took to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to share their memories. Maya Angelou was one of those people that you never expected to die for fact that she was legendary, she was an influential voice… Continue reading St. Louisans remember Maya Angelou