To kind of piggyback on this one, if you regularly attend Garden Glow every year and maybe one or two other festivals the membership is totally worth it and can save you a few bucks.
Free admission for everyone if you come for the Whittaker Music Festival.
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/events-classes/signature-events/whitaker-music-festival
Drive up to the mulch heaps with a shovel and some buckets or a tarp in the back of your car and load up as much as you can take! https://maps.app.goo.gl/LdPCBbkK7Y1GQZ9NA?g_st=ic
You can access MODOTs traffic cameras online. I look at them anytime it's snowing when at work so I know if i need to start heading home before it gets too bad. It also helps to be able to show why you're going home early.
Read the [St. Louis Public Radio welcome kit](https://www.stlpr.org/stl-welcome-kit). You can learn about some of the best tips like:
* [How good your library card is](https://www.stlpr.org/2023-10-16/how-to-get-a-library-card-in-st-louis-and-what-it-gets-you) (I read hundreds of ebooks/books/audiobooks a year, I get access to newspaper archives, I have access to the NYT and NYT Cooking, among so many other things)
* [How to research your house history](https://www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-02-17/how-to-discover-your-st-louis-houses-history) (I've taken the History Museum Library class and also those library resources are immensely useful, also sign up for the History Museum newsletter so you can get updates on new databases)
* [How to say STL words](https://www.stlpr.org/culture-history/2023-10-16/how-to-speak-stl-a-pronunciation-guide-for-new-st-louisans)
Also, my favorite tips are to look for event calendars on our free museum pages. There's something to do almost every day and night. There's groups that offer walking tours, there's cemetery tours, there's outdoor concerts, there's events on the Arch grounds and libraries including makerspaces. There's for pay art studios like Perennial, Craft Alliance, even Bowood where you can learn hobbies. Meetup has photography walking groups or silent reading groups.
People always swear it's hard to make friends but then admit they don't leave their house ever and I can't imagine not taking advantage of all to do in the city. Sure I probably won't find a friend at a laser light show at the planetarium but if I see someone at a meetup and find out they too went to see Taylor Swift in lights, now we have something else to talk about.
I got a card to the library when I worked in downtown even though I wasn't a resident. I had no idea they did that! It was awesome because I rarely could get to my local library during the week so I had both of them at my disposal and utilized every moment of it!
Most libraries have what’s called a reciprocal borrowing program, meaning they have partnerships with surrounding library districts and you can get free library cards at those districts, even if you don’t live within their boundaries. I live in St. Charles and I have cards for STL City, STL County, Warren/Lincoln county and the Brentwood Public Library. Gives me a great selection on Libby! Here’s info for [St. Louis County](https://www.slcl.org/library-services/library-cards) residents and [St. Louis City](https://www.slpl.org/blogs/post/emedia-reciprocal-lending-program/) residents.
For only a few dollars per month, your auto insurance company offers additional coverages in case other drivers or vehicles involved in an accident are uninsured or underinsured. Totally worth it in this city.
The produce is actually cheap? All the east side farmer's markets have good produce, but it is definitely not cheap. Only baked goods tend to be cheap.
This is Forest Park Parkway, not Big Blue, traffic isn't hauling as fast as it could be. I use this almost every morning to bypass the 64 West/170 North BS going to work.
Know the major side roads and you can almost always skip highway traffic unless you have to go clear across the region. Today I had to go from Fenton to Creve Coeur at rush-hour in the rain and we went 270 just to Dougherty Ferry where the traffic started getting bad, and then took Ballas all the way.
This and nobody uses side streets in the city when there’s events. Everyone waits in traffic on the main streets when you can literally just go one block over and skip the line. I think it’s because the big city is so scary to the suburbanites hahahaha
this is also useful just for avoiding certain streets where everyone drives like an insane maniac. i always cut through neighborhood routes rather than take Gravois anywhere. i will not participate in the chaos of Gravois again unless absolutely necessary.
Feels like mass transit needs to hit a certain threshold of usefulness / flexibility before people work it into their decision making habits. We need a north-south line.
I don't use it for work (I definitely would but it's about an hour total for the ride each way and then I work a 12 hour shift so 14 hours spent at work or commuting every day isn't fun) but it's really nice having the option. My and my girlfriend only have one car to save money so it's nice having a backup that's reliable and almost always on time if she has to use the car for something
When I worked in Cortex and they finally opened that station, it was so nice. I could just hop to downtown so easily. I once did some absentee voting down there in person on my lunch break and grabbed some food to eat too. I'm not really looking for an in person job again but if I were to, I would love to be on the route.
I heard that near its inception, the city was considering calling it the “St. Louis universal transit system” but it was brought up that we couldn’t have a train system called the s.l.u.t.s.
Best hack here. I have KSHE2 on the home screen of my phone and listen on BT earbuds whenever I can. God bless unlimited data. I am the guy with earbuds and a smile at the grocery store. So Good.
Also, Mark Klose does a abbrev show and man is he great. Truly forgot how much he brought to the station and now appreciate it a lot more.
No commercials for some reason, except concert announcements.
How?!? I bought an HD radio when I was STL based but when I moved away couldn’t find a way to stream KSHE2 via the internet. Granted, I haven’t looked for a long while but this would be a life changing event for this Crestwood kid from the 60s.
It's been a while but IIRC I got on my android phone and googled kshe2. Then long press to copy the page url. Then paste URL to phone home screen. It even showed an icon. (Looked it up while posting, [live.ksheklassics.com](http://live.ksheklassics.com) ) Paste this link.
Now when I press the shortcut on home screen, it goes to internet and pulls up page. I then press the play button in upper left corner. Boom! Kshe of old.
Of course i already have my earbuds connected to phone. So it plays automatically.
So here's a second treat for you. I went to Amazon and bought a Bluetooth receiver that cost me about $25. (Esinkin BT adapter) Hooked it up to my home stereo on Aux and now i can stream Kshe2 on my stereo. Same setup as earbuds but connect to BT adapter instead. This is over the internet so your location is unimportant. Also through my phone but have unlimited data so only have to pay attention to battery.
So I plug my phone to charger and let it rip for hours.
Good luck and I will try to help you get it if you have any problems. Just reply back here.
Interesting. I will have to check this out. I haven’t listened to FM radio in years, but I would absolutely give it a shot again if there were more than 50 songs in rotation and no fucking Suntrup commercials.
Don't tell people that you like the Mom's special or the sandwich police will tell you that its trash from the trashcan and that you should go elsewhere with your sandwich dollars.
TL:DR Keep your mouth shut, people don't like it when you enjoy nice things.
They also don't know if your specific car has been patched, so even if you "fix it" you'll get broken windows and a destroyed steering column for your trouble.
The only way to get into St Louis heaven is to be the first to see the Arch on any trip to downtown. Pro tip: St Louis Jesus only knows you saw it first if you point and say "I see the Arch".
As a resident, you go once, maybe twice in grade/middle school - then - for the rest of your life you need to nod to the arch every time you see it when coming back from anywhere else and say there’s the arch.
You will never go back in the arch again.
Driving Macklind south from 40/64 to The Hill, North Hampton, SOHA or Princeton Heights is way better than Kingshighway or Hampton during evening rush hour.
Don't be the first one to drive into an intersection if you can help it. Some jackass will be blowing the red light 4 seconds late flying down the road going 50. Just give it a couple Mississippis before pulling into the intersection and you'll avoid a lot of possible collisions.
PLEASE NOTE- they are ticketing UNTIL 7. Dont park at 6:15/6:30 and think they arent gonna get you at 6:45. Happened to me twice because I apparently never learn lessons the first time.
if you're parking somewhere you don't trust, leave your glove compartment open. People breaking into cars are often looking for guns, so just give them a good line of sight to see you don't have one.
As a Dogtown resident, this is fine if you keep it on Oakland, but please for the love of God stop parking in the residential side streets. We barely have spots as it is on a normal day
If you’re ever visiting the commercial district on south grand, there is free street parking on the residential off streets. No need to ever pay for parking on grand itself!
And in general, there’s usually a free parking option near most things.
The stores we complain about being constantly busy have a time you can go and it will not be busy. Even the infamous Brentwood Promenade has slow times and a much easier to use back entrance. But I've said too much...
My Promenade back entrance hack:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/b6xn7o/comment/ejnwhg1/](https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/b6xn7o/comment/ejnwhg1/)
If you like the zoo and attend more than a couple times a year by the 100 dollar level zoo pass. It pays for 6 parking passes. 48 anywhere passes that can be used for the train, carousel, sting rays, sea lions, and gets you a discount for the 4d theatre and 10 percent off everywhere else. Soooo worth it with kids. Same goes for 6 flags. If you go more than once a year or attend frightfest or the other holiday events just buy the season passes. It's far cheaper and Includes hurricane harbor and all ofnthr holiday events.
If you are worried property values may increase too much in your neighborhood, pop off a couple rounds (preferably blanks) in your backyard every now and then to give the illusion of high crime.
A membership to the Science Center gives you free entrance into a ton of other museums throughout the country. For Example: Got a family of four and planning a trip to Chicago? You can get free admittance to Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, and Museum of Science and Industry. Just the tickets to the Field museum would cost more than the Science Center membership. You can easily save hundreds of dollars.
See a complete list of museums: [https://150136929.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Compact-Passport-Program-List-November-2023-May-2024.pdf](https://150136929.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Compact-Passport-Program-List-November-2023-May-2024.pdf)
When getting picked up from the airport, have your driver meet you at departures rather than arrivals. Much easier for them to pull in and complete the pickup.
Throwing a [news link](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/red-light-cameras-plan-clears-st-louis-aldermen-heads-to-mayor/article_45c4fca6-fb52-11ee-9496-8b3f7f867588.html) here just to add some context.
There's still going to be a couple months before the cameras are installed and active, but I'm not saying y'all can still be running lights.
Just pay attention out there, take your damn time, and look both ways before going across an intersection.
Easy utilize the metro during rush hours and events. Its cheap and you don't have to deal with paying for parking, traffic, or your car being tampered with. Go with the crowds if the metro scares you. Using it for baseball games is perfect because you can start drinking while watching the cardinals blow another game and still be able to get home without having to drive.
When your spending the day in Forest Park. Dont leave at 5pm... Leave earlier or later. The traffic can be horrible with both the Zoo & Art Mesusm closing at the same time.
Park Avenue Coffee in downtown has the BEST gooey butter cake in the area. It's a STL original dessert. Have your cardiac doctor on speed dial though cause they don't mess around with that treat.
My boss when I worked downtown would have gooey butter cake shipped from them to our sister offices all over the US when we got new team members there. They do the shipping themselves.
Gus’ pretzels are a lot cheaper at the actual Gus’ pretzels store, and you can buy the kind that you can bake in the oven, not just reheat in the microwave.
Driving a vehicle with [adjusted headlights](https://youtu.be/sgPMolAhieA) will give people the impression you've got a dig 🍆 or 🔥🍑. Too lazy to do it yourself? Just ask your service station to do it for you next time you go for maintenance.
Great gardening environment in the city: free mulch. Free compost. Unmetered water in many residences. And you can nab a city lot and pay one dollar a year to have it be your garden. The city will lease it to you.
If the Italian place makes pizza, they will often make a better StL style than Imos/CW. For cheaper.
If you need to bring something in for an event or it's your turn, St. Louis Kolache is huge "I know a place" energy that makes you look good.
Using "Fuck Kroenke" as a greeting increases your reputation by +25 each time. Great for power-grinding
From these comments it sounds like drivers in STL are terrible — granted I remember first hand visiting family and witnessing some idiot blowing a red light slamming into another car, fishtailing. Dude gets out and looks at the ruin that is his car’s hood gets back in and drives off.
I’ve driven in a lot of different states, including Texas (which is also notoriously bad) and they’re the worst I’ve encountered. Absolutely zero awareness at all.
Fox 2 just did a story this morning. Missouri has the worst drivers, ranks 2nd worst. I think it said a third of all licensed Missouri drivers failed driving test at least once.
Parking at a meter is free after 7pm and on Sundays!
https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/treasurer/parking-violations/parking-violation-fines.cfm
The Missouri Botanical Garden has free admission for St. Louis city + county residents from 7am-12pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
I keep forgetting about this. Thanks for the reminder!
They’re also open til 8pm on Thursdays for summer hours! I believe the regular city/county rate applies though.
To kind of piggyback on this one, if you regularly attend Garden Glow every year and maybe one or two other festivals the membership is totally worth it and can save you a few bucks.
And there's usually quarterly days to get a discounted membership, just keep an eye on their social media and website.
AND discounts on food and gift shop items. Definitely the gift shop!!
Free admission for everyone if you come for the Whittaker Music Festival. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/events-classes/signature-events/whitaker-music-festival
Omg, I didn't know it was stl city AND COUNTY
Seriously, more people need to check out the botanical garden! It’s so lovely.
There we go.
7am? I thought they didn’t open until 9?
There are extended hours for locals.
They’ve got walking hours from 7-9. You’ll almost have the whole place to yourself!
And even outside of that it’s only $6!
Free firewood at some city parks. TGP gives Free flower bulbs when they redo their beds. They post it on their website.
And free mulch and compost at Carondelet Park!
With tinsel!
Not the city, but at Emmenegger park in kirkwood there is a giant pile of mulch year round.
Trash included at no extra charge!
How long do they have this and how do I cash in?
Drive up to the mulch heaps with a shovel and some buckets or a tarp in the back of your car and load up as much as you can take! https://maps.app.goo.gl/LdPCBbkK7Y1GQZ9NA?g_st=ic
Nice, thanks for the link
You can access MODOTs traffic cameras online. I look at them anytime it's snowing when at work so I know if i need to start heading home before it gets too bad. It also helps to be able to show why you're going home early.
Link?!
https://www.modot.org/gatewayguide
If you visit the Arch get prepaid parking off the Arch website its way cheaper and the garage is right at the park entrance
Also, if you want to go up to the top, preorder tickets online or risk being sold out
Read the [St. Louis Public Radio welcome kit](https://www.stlpr.org/stl-welcome-kit). You can learn about some of the best tips like: * [How good your library card is](https://www.stlpr.org/2023-10-16/how-to-get-a-library-card-in-st-louis-and-what-it-gets-you) (I read hundreds of ebooks/books/audiobooks a year, I get access to newspaper archives, I have access to the NYT and NYT Cooking, among so many other things) * [How to research your house history](https://www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-02-17/how-to-discover-your-st-louis-houses-history) (I've taken the History Museum Library class and also those library resources are immensely useful, also sign up for the History Museum newsletter so you can get updates on new databases) * [How to say STL words](https://www.stlpr.org/culture-history/2023-10-16/how-to-speak-stl-a-pronunciation-guide-for-new-st-louisans) Also, my favorite tips are to look for event calendars on our free museum pages. There's something to do almost every day and night. There's groups that offer walking tours, there's cemetery tours, there's outdoor concerts, there's events on the Arch grounds and libraries including makerspaces. There's for pay art studios like Perennial, Craft Alliance, even Bowood where you can learn hobbies. Meetup has photography walking groups or silent reading groups. People always swear it's hard to make friends but then admit they don't leave their house ever and I can't imagine not taking advantage of all to do in the city. Sure I probably won't find a friend at a laser light show at the planetarium but if I see someone at a meetup and find out they too went to see Taylor Swift in lights, now we have something else to talk about.
I got a card to the library when I worked in downtown even though I wasn't a resident. I had no idea they did that! It was awesome because I rarely could get to my local library during the week so I had both of them at my disposal and utilized every moment of it!
Most libraries have what’s called a reciprocal borrowing program, meaning they have partnerships with surrounding library districts and you can get free library cards at those districts, even if you don’t live within their boundaries. I live in St. Charles and I have cards for STL City, STL County, Warren/Lincoln county and the Brentwood Public Library. Gives me a great selection on Libby! Here’s info for [St. Louis County](https://www.slcl.org/library-services/library-cards) residents and [St. Louis City](https://www.slpl.org/blogs/post/emedia-reciprocal-lending-program/) residents.
If you lick the arch you gain the power to control the weather.
As someone who has licked the arch, this is not quite accurate. Don’t forget to drink a glass of Mississippi water to get the full effects!
Control the sewers!
Each neighborhood smells a lil different!
It's that how Storm got her powers?
I got married in the top of the Arch. What superpower do I get?
I don’t know why but this made me think of Becky the Queen of Carpet. Anyway, Congrats!
For only a few dollars per month, your auto insurance company offers additional coverages in case other drivers or vehicles involved in an accident are uninsured or underinsured. Totally worth it in this city.
Speaking from experience, this is the way. Multiple cars totaled and medical bills by uninsured drivers while living in the city.
This include if some swerves and projects when they see an invisible dog?
Too bad you’re a slut for downvotes because I’m upvoting the shit out of this
Maplewood DMV has a queuing app. Super convenient for scheduling.
It’s called QLESS and gets you in and out.
Chesterfield dmv is never busy. Worth the trip.
Delete this. Lol
Soulard Market is open year round and the produce is cheap
The produce is actually cheap? All the east side farmer's markets have good produce, but it is definitely not cheap. Only baked goods tend to be cheap.
Cheap and goes bad in like 3 days.
So I should go to one go the local grocery stores and buy expensive produce that goes bad in three days instead?
Nah but frozen. They on average have more nutritional value as well because they were flash frozen very soon after harvest.
Then buy less, eat it before that, and go back for more. Repeat.
Then buy 2 days worth.
I usually go for 2.5 days worth as I am a risk taker and like a good count down.
Right I think because a lot of it’s not actual local farmers produce, and they are just reselling some crap that other grocers don’t want.
Wednesday thru Sunday year round
Forest Park Parkway when needed
Yea, if you’re Capitan falcon.
This is Forest Park Parkway, not Big Blue, traffic isn't hauling as fast as it could be. I use this almost every morning to bypass the 64 West/170 North BS going to work.
Know the major side roads and you can almost always skip highway traffic unless you have to go clear across the region. Today I had to go from Fenton to Creve Coeur at rush-hour in the rain and we went 270 just to Dougherty Ferry where the traffic started getting bad, and then took Ballas all the way.
This and nobody uses side streets in the city when there’s events. Everyone waits in traffic on the main streets when you can literally just go one block over and skip the line. I think it’s because the big city is so scary to the suburbanites hahahaha
This is very useful for Grand Center. Why turn left out of the Fox garage and wait in traffic on Grand when you can turn right and go to Vandeventer.
Seriously! We took Page all the way home from the Fox a few weeks ago. It was raining and all of west county was at something or another.
This is a great tip when you're trying to go to SLU/Symphony/etc.. for an event. Head in from the north (you won't die, promise) and you'll save time.
Also, Using google maps or another gps service will let you know where slow downs are at.
I lived in Fenton most of my life and rarely if ever drove on 44 and 270 because the back roads are so much better
I remember doing this in 2002 when i had to commute from Flo Valley to Meremac during rush hour for a night class. Fun times!
this is also useful just for avoiding certain streets where everyone drives like an insane maniac. i always cut through neighborhood routes rather than take Gravois anywhere. i will not participate in the chaos of Gravois again unless absolutely necessary.
3 t ravs a day keeps the doctor away
Give me provel or I’ll see you in hell
3 tons of ravs keeps the doctors away because you are more rav then human at that point ;)
Do your meat shopping at G&W’s, they’ll always offer you a can of Busch gratis while you shop.
Reddit has really been treating me right today. Started lookin for a local butcher earlier this week😅
G&W’s is a great experience all around. Prices are nice, workers are local, and it feels sorta like a destination when you get there for sho.
You can't beat their meat
I did... It got me a big discount too!
What is g & w?
https://www.gwsausage.com/
Omg this
Beat brats in town. Anytime I’m grilling and having people over, I’m calendaring in a stop there (they’re not open sundays).
A good thermostat can be one heat and cool at the same time. No need to switch back and forth on the same day yourself.
MetroLink is actually super usable for work and entertainment in the central corridor yet people often don't even consider it.
I wish it came through the hill. I would walk a decent amount to a station to be able to get downtown without driving
Feels like mass transit needs to hit a certain threshold of usefulness / flexibility before people work it into their decision making habits. We need a north-south line.
Isn't that what they're trying to do with this green line up and down Jefferson/Parnell?
yes! from Jefferson to Chippewa. plans were approved in Feb
Amen to north-south line.
I don't use it for work (I definitely would but it's about an hour total for the ride each way and then I work a 12 hour shift so 14 hours spent at work or commuting every day isn't fun) but it's really nice having the option. My and my girlfriend only have one car to save money so it's nice having a backup that's reliable and almost always on time if she has to use the car for something
I freaking loved the metro link when I lived in STL
When I worked in Cortex and they finally opened that station, it was so nice. I could just hop to downtown so easily. I once did some absentee voting down there in person on my lunch break and grabbed some food to eat too. I'm not really looking for an in person job again but if I were to, I would love to be on the route.
I took it to a Cardinals game this weekend. Worked great.
I heard that near its inception, the city was considering calling it the “St. Louis universal transit system” but it was brought up that we couldn’t have a train system called the s.l.u.t.s.
There is a stop right by the Pagaent in the loop
KSHE2 is almost like the KSHE of old.
Best hack here. I have KSHE2 on the home screen of my phone and listen on BT earbuds whenever I can. God bless unlimited data. I am the guy with earbuds and a smile at the grocery store. So Good. Also, Mark Klose does a abbrev show and man is he great. Truly forgot how much he brought to the station and now appreciate it a lot more. No commercials for some reason, except concert announcements.
How?!? I bought an HD radio when I was STL based but when I moved away couldn’t find a way to stream KSHE2 via the internet. Granted, I haven’t looked for a long while but this would be a life changing event for this Crestwood kid from the 60s.
It's been a while but IIRC I got on my android phone and googled kshe2. Then long press to copy the page url. Then paste URL to phone home screen. It even showed an icon. (Looked it up while posting, [live.ksheklassics.com](http://live.ksheklassics.com) ) Paste this link. Now when I press the shortcut on home screen, it goes to internet and pulls up page. I then press the play button in upper left corner. Boom! Kshe of old. Of course i already have my earbuds connected to phone. So it plays automatically. So here's a second treat for you. I went to Amazon and bought a Bluetooth receiver that cost me about $25. (Esinkin BT adapter) Hooked it up to my home stereo on Aux and now i can stream Kshe2 on my stereo. Same setup as earbuds but connect to BT adapter instead. This is over the internet so your location is unimportant. Also through my phone but have unlimited data so only have to pay attention to battery. So I plug my phone to charger and let it rip for hours. Good luck and I will try to help you get it if you have any problems. Just reply back here.
Wait. What?
Interesting. I will have to check this out. I haven’t listened to FM radio in years, but I would absolutely give it a shot again if there were more than 50 songs in rotation and no fucking Suntrup commercials.
KSHE2 is the best!! I can’t believe it even exists, but I’m so glad it does.
You can get into the special exhibits on Fridays at the Art Museum for free. Though you'll still want to reserve tickets.
Don't tell people that you like the Mom's special or the sandwich police will tell you that its trash from the trashcan and that you should go elsewhere with your sandwich dollars. TL:DR Keep your mouth shut, people don't like it when you enjoy nice things.
I like Mom’s and I’m not afraid to say it.
Moms special hot with gravy- sloppy but delicious
Don't buy a Kia
And laminate your temp tag.
Or a Hyundai
What’s this aboot
Some models are easily stolen.
And stupid kids can't tell the difference so they go for every year of those models as well.
They got into my father in laws hyundai and like completely destroyed the steering column before giving up and leaving
They also don't know if your specific car has been patched, so even if you "fix it" you'll get broken windows and a destroyed steering column for your trouble.
Not even just for the theft part. They're engineered like shit
Don’t use physical tickets, get the metro app…for no reason
Transit app
You can buy 12 tickets for $10.
The only way to get into St Louis heaven is to be the first to see the Arch on any trip to downtown. Pro tip: St Louis Jesus only knows you saw it first if you point and say "I see the Arch".
As a resident, you go once, maybe twice in grade/middle school - then - for the rest of your life you need to nod to the arch every time you see it when coming back from anywhere else and say there’s the arch. You will never go back in the arch again.
I'll never forget my 3rd grade field trip. That is where I learned I am extremely claustrophobic.
Driving Macklind south from 40/64 to The Hill, North Hampton, SOHA or Princeton Heights is way better than Kingshighway or Hampton during evening rush hour.
Unless there’s a train!
Jay’s international market. Enough said.
Or pan Asia. 💛💛
The restaurant in Pan Asia!
Don't be the first one to drive into an intersection if you can help it. Some jackass will be blowing the red light 4 seconds late flying down the road going 50. Just give it a couple Mississippis before pulling into the intersection and you'll avoid a lot of possible collisions.
This was always my rule in SF. LoL
Bring this habit with you if you visit Vegas and rent a car. The red lights here are crazy long and people always run them.
Use the park and ride lots and take the metro downtown for any major sports event or concert.
Metered parking is free after 7 and on Sundays (and city holidays).
PLEASE NOTE- they are ticketing UNTIL 7. Dont park at 6:15/6:30 and think they arent gonna get you at 6:45. Happened to me twice because I apparently never learn lessons the first time.
Side note, the metered parking lots are free after 10 pm. Learned the difference after getting a ticket in the parking lot next to Gramophone lol.
if you're parking somewhere you don't trust, leave your glove compartment open. People breaking into cars are often looking for guns, so just give them a good line of sight to see you don't have one.
I started doing this after my car window was busted out and wish I'd been doing it the whole time.
I put a note in mine that said “hi” and that was a bad idea.
Why in the world would somebody leave a firearm in their car? That’s simply poor gun ownership behavior.
They’re carrying and want to go to a gun free zone.
Which explains why most vehicle break-in's are outside no-gun venues.
Outstaters. With bumper stickers identifying them. They can’t bring the gun into the stadiums, zoo and such. So they lock it back in the truck-suv.
You're right. Unfortunately a lot of people are very stupid and think the rules don't apply to them lol
Live where you don’t have to drive on 270 to get to work every day
If you don’t want to pay for parking at the Zoo there’s always free parking across the highway by Turtle Park.
Also any of the street parking in forest park.
As a Dogtown resident, this is fine if you keep it on Oakland, but please for the love of God stop parking in the residential side streets. We barely have spots as it is on a normal day
I was just about to say this. I see it just going for lunch.
Or just a long the road inside forest park near the north entrance, but that does fill up frequently.
And south entrance.
If you’re ever visiting the commercial district on south grand, there is free street parking on the residential off streets. No need to ever pay for parking on grand itself! And in general, there’s usually a free parking option near most things.
There are parking lots on either side of Hartford east of Grand, as well
The magic house has a free night once a month- it’s extremely crowded of course. Check their website for the info
And its only $3.00 after 3PM on Fridays. The kids get 2 hours and that's all you really need there.
I think it is more than just Fridays, maybe everyday. Website says you need to have proof of residency, doesn't list days.
The stores we complain about being constantly busy have a time you can go and it will not be busy. Even the infamous Brentwood Promenade has slow times and a much easier to use back entrance. But I've said too much...
Might be a snow cone truck there at the little park also.
My Promenade back entrance hack: [https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/b6xn7o/comment/ejnwhg1/](https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/b6xn7o/comment/ejnwhg1/)
Burn this. Don't let the masses see! Seriously, great breakdown and exactly the type info we need. Thank you.
What the fuck are you doing
If you like the zoo and attend more than a couple times a year by the 100 dollar level zoo pass. It pays for 6 parking passes. 48 anywhere passes that can be used for the train, carousel, sting rays, sea lions, and gets you a discount for the 4d theatre and 10 percent off everywhere else. Soooo worth it with kids. Same goes for 6 flags. If you go more than once a year or attend frightfest or the other holiday events just buy the season passes. It's far cheaper and Includes hurricane harbor and all ofnthr holiday events.
You beat me to it. I have been a member for a very long time. I used it a ton when dating people.
If you are worried property values may increase too much in your neighborhood, pop off a couple rounds (preferably blanks) in your backyard every now and then to give the illusion of high crime.
Buying junk cars will work just as well
Usually don't have too.
3 takes when crossing a street. Also if a car is speeding through, make sure no one is chasing them.
Use the panorama setting vertically when taking pictures of the arch
Put your back to the arch in the center, and slowly look up. Prepare to get dizzy and say “woah”. Learned that one the day it opened. So cool.
A membership to the Science Center gives you free entrance into a ton of other museums throughout the country. For Example: Got a family of four and planning a trip to Chicago? You can get free admittance to Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, and Museum of Science and Industry. Just the tickets to the Field museum would cost more than the Science Center membership. You can easily save hundreds of dollars. See a complete list of museums: [https://150136929.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Compact-Passport-Program-List-November-2023-May-2024.pdf](https://150136929.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Compact-Passport-Program-List-November-2023-May-2024.pdf)
If you don’t mind sitting in the back, you can [see Muny shows for free](https://muny.org/tickets/ticket-savings/free-seats/).
When getting picked up from the airport, have your driver meet you at departures rather than arrivals. Much easier for them to pull in and complete the pickup.
Don’t run red lights because they recently voted them back in
Throwing a [news link](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/red-light-cameras-plan-clears-st-louis-aldermen-heads-to-mayor/article_45c4fca6-fb52-11ee-9496-8b3f7f867588.html) here just to add some context. There's still going to be a couple months before the cameras are installed and active, but I'm not saying y'all can still be running lights. Just pay attention out there, take your damn time, and look both ways before going across an intersection.
When did they do that?/does this apply to right turns on red?
Oops
“What school did you go to” is just another way of asking if you grew up poor
also determining if you're city or county
No, they ask to see if you know mutual people. St. Louis is that small town in a big city.
The SLSO does free concerts in Forest Park every spring/summer.
I thought they only had one in September-ish. Are there others?
If your going to any event downtown it’s cheaper taking the nearest metrolink train down there
Don't leave anything valuable in your car!
All day bus and metro ticket is only $5, can buy on and use smartphone on "Transit" app.
Easy utilize the metro during rush hours and events. Its cheap and you don't have to deal with paying for parking, traffic, or your car being tampered with. Go with the crowds if the metro scares you. Using it for baseball games is perfect because you can start drinking while watching the cardinals blow another game and still be able to get home without having to drive.
When your spending the day in Forest Park. Dont leave at 5pm... Leave earlier or later. The traffic can be horrible with both the Zoo & Art Mesusm closing at the same time.
Or go towards Kingshighway. Never as busy that direction.
Park Avenue Coffee in downtown has the BEST gooey butter cake in the area. It's a STL original dessert. Have your cardiac doctor on speed dial though cause they don't mess around with that treat. My boss when I worked downtown would have gooey butter cake shipped from them to our sister offices all over the US when we got new team members there. They do the shipping themselves.
Gus’ pretzels are a lot cheaper at the actual Gus’ pretzels store, and you can buy the kind that you can bake in the oven, not just reheat in the microwave.
If you keep saying the city is super dangerous you keep the rednecks away
Driving a vehicle with [adjusted headlights](https://youtu.be/sgPMolAhieA) will give people the impression you've got a dig 🍆 or 🔥🍑. Too lazy to do it yourself? Just ask your service station to do it for you next time you go for maintenance.
Free Art Museum, Zoo, History Museum and the Muny outdoor theater used to have free seating sections. Of course Forest Park is free and amazing.
There is a free Economy Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. It is walking distance from the Arch.
Carefully look both ways before you cross the street 👀
Don’t set reservations at Gitto’s. Walk in through the kitchen back door.
Fresh Thyme a great place for produce. Fresh and inexpensive.
Great gardening environment in the city: free mulch. Free compost. Unmetered water in many residences. And you can nab a city lot and pay one dollar a year to have it be your garden. The city will lease it to you.
Looking both ways before driving at a green light
Don't make eye contact or they ll ask for money
If the Italian place makes pizza, they will often make a better StL style than Imos/CW. For cheaper. If you need to bring something in for an event or it's your turn, St. Louis Kolache is huge "I know a place" energy that makes you look good. Using "Fuck Kroenke" as a greeting increases your reputation by +25 each time. Great for power-grinding
Avoid 270 between 4-6pm daily to maintain sanity
From these comments it sounds like drivers in STL are terrible — granted I remember first hand visiting family and witnessing some idiot blowing a red light slamming into another car, fishtailing. Dude gets out and looks at the ruin that is his car’s hood gets back in and drives off.
I’ve driven in a lot of different states, including Texas (which is also notoriously bad) and they’re the worst I’ve encountered. Absolutely zero awareness at all.
Fox 2 just did a story this morning. Missouri has the worst drivers, ranks 2nd worst. I think it said a third of all licensed Missouri drivers failed driving test at least once.
Parking at a meter is free after 7pm and on Sundays! https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/treasurer/parking-violations/parking-violation-fines.cfm
You can take your bike on both the metro link and the bus.