dieSafrangelbe's Profile

At first I saw this and thought --- wait, that looks just like my place in U-City...
Yay for StL!

Husband & I live in an apartment with our medium sized mix-breed, and I just want to say thanks to AT for the article. Unfortunately, I have previously run into people online who must've had some unpleasant experiences & seem to believe that if you live in an apartment, you should not make a dog "suffer" through living without a yard.

However, like most of the above commenters, we take our dog for long, long walks, play with her tons, and get her out a lot, and she's happy as a clam...and so am I! I really couldn't do without her love & companionship. Thank you for supporting the apartment-dwelling pet-lovers. :)

Due to work, my s.o. sometimes is gone for a LONG time (think a year or more) in one go; even so, I find I live differently the whole time - I clean so much more. I organize everything. However, I move furniture and items so that it works with my life and habits, rather than his. It's a little weird.

I'm going to promote the City Museum, as well, in St. Louis. Don't forget that a lot of the stuff in Forest Park is *free!* - like the zoo, history museum, and art museum, unless you want to go to a special exhibit.

And also, I'm going to be yet another person asking - where is Wisconsin? Minnesota? Are these in some previously unknown region that are not in the Midwest?

These certainly make me wish I were living out in the wilderness somewhere, instead of a large metro area, so I could find a few more inspiring natural elements & do something like this in my yard...

Question - do chive flowers taste the same as the rest of the chive that we eat? I'm growing some right now & am interested in the answer.

@Minchee, Jaimie, Meirad & All Others Who Love German Windows -

I agree wholeheartedly. I cannot tell you the number of times here that I wish for a good "gekippt" German window with shutters to let in the breeze while I sleep. American windows are simply not the same.

When I was maybe eleven, I discovered that water properly mixed with corn-starch looks (vaguely) like milk and decided to serve it to my younger sister with her dinner. It was apparently convincing enough for her to drink it, but wasn't funny enough for my mother not to punish me.

As a fellow Wisconsinite I have to say I'm so glad to see chili with pasta as a legitimate recipe! When I moved away from it, people would often dismiss the idea as somewhat odd, (apparently real chili doesn't have noodles...) but - I have to say this to any potential skeptics: It's tasty! Give it a try! :)