Comments on: Missourian interlude

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:20:51 +0000

FWIW I had toasted ravioli the first night I was here, and it was great!

By: lee

lee — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:09:30 +0000

slightly OT: But as a St. Louisan currently residing in London, it was wonderful to read about all these places I miss. What I wouldn’t give for a proper St. Louis Italian salad or an Imos pizza right now!

By: Maggie Hettinger

Maggie Hettinger — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:34:25 +0000

Hey, welcome to St. Louis. I hope you like it here. I really love your website and blog, I have been reading them forever, and I think that everything you do to fight antiscience is great.

By: Mike O'Connell

Mike O'Connell — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:29:01 +0000

Yea, we had one hell of a storm yesterday. I hope you get to enjoy our crazy random weather. It’s 60 degrees today, so it will probably be snowing and 15 degrees tommorrow, and then be 60 again on Sunday. I hope I can catch you on the radio this evening.

Enjoy St. Louis while you’re here!

By: Thomas Siefert

Thomas Siefert — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:55:25 +0000

Ahh airports, the closest thing you can get to an alternate universe.
The food is twice the price of everywhere else and the toilets stinks despite being attended by a person who seem to live in there with only his/hers “Wet Floor” signs for company.

By: JerryL

JerryL — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:48:39 +0000

Liam,

Your thinking of the Old Spaghetti Factory. Also a good place, and probably cheaper that Gitto’s. Gitto’s is a smaller place that’s been there for probably 50 years. There are pictures all over the walls with Charlie and the celebrities that have stopped in for a bite. When Tommy Lasorta was still coaching he would always go by when he was in town. He even has a table with his name on it in one corner. It would be cool to see Phil’s picture up on the wall the next time I go in.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:23:01 +0000

Hey! I can’t believe you’re going to be just 90 miles away and I won’t be able to shake your hand and thank you personally for helping to spread better information, halt misconceptions, and do it all in an entertaining manner.
Enjoy your stay in St. Louie! (The Anheiser Bush plant gives free samples still if I recall.) *grin*

Hey JerryL, is that that place that’s a couple blocks up from the Arch, that’s two floors and looks like it used to be an old hotel?
My sister-in-law took us there once, and they had the best pasta!

By: JerryL

JerryL — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:03:32 +0000

Welcome to town. Make sure to get some toasted ravioli while your here . I’m guessing you are staying downtown. I’d say get someone to take you Charlie Gitto’s. You won’t be dissapointed.

By: CousinoMacul

CousinoMacul — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:44:15 +0000

Phil,

I followed the Paul Harris link and found the page about the “sideways bike.” That’s awesome! You HAVE to ask him what that’s about.

By: Berkeley

Berkeley — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:34:34 +0000

You know, Phil, once in a while you ought to take some time off. Get a substitute, for example, or simply run reruns…

By: cats

cats — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:10:07 +0000

in St. Louis, is it for AAAS annual meeting?

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:53:05 +0000

Phil, do you ever get to experience that thing we normal folk call “free time.”