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njenney wrote:
The lady in the #10 Minerva jersey was at the game against LA. I wasn't sure which side she was supporting though, but I guess since she's at the Athletica booth, she must be a home supporter.
Looks like it was a fun time.
That would be Minerva Lopez, owner of the soccer-oriented store, Gooolll, on Cherokee Street. Additionally she has a small Mexican cultural center at the same location.
St. Louis has got to be top 3 strangest cities in America. New Orleans sets the bar pretty high, but St. Louis also gets strange. Certainly much more so than any other mid-western, northeastern, mid-Atlantic, or southwestern city. San Fransisco might be up their (certainly was) but their oddity is threatened by programmers and bankers. Portland is supposed to have a nice weirdo coefficient. But seriously: City Museum, Brewery, Venice Cafe, tons of music, the entire Northside, laissez-faire liquor laws and police, decadent Gilded Age history colliding with rambunctious Missouri and Ill-side wahoos. St. Louis is strange in all the right ways, typified by these Cinco de Mayo photos. Nice work. Wish I'd been there.
Wabash wrote:St. Louis has got to be top 3 strangest cities in America. New Orleans sets the bar pretty high, but St. Louis also gets strange. Certainly much more so than any other mid-western, northeastern, mid-Atlantic, or southwestern city. San Fransisco might be up their (certainly was) but their oddity is threatened by programmers and bankers. Portland is supposed to have a nice weirdo coefficient. But seriously: City Museum, Brewery, Venice Cafe, tons of music, the entire Northside, laissez-faire liquor laws and police, decadent Gilded Age history colliding with rambunctious Missouri and Ill-side wahoos. St. Louis is strange in all the right ways, typified by these Cinco de Mayo photos. Nice work. Wish I'd been there.
I agree that it's up there for strangeness, and I believe this to be it's one of our greatest strengths. Add Mardi Gras to your list.
The problem is again that contingent of people that do not see this as a strength, and rather focus on silly mottos that change every couple years...like being "connected". (I still prefer simply "Meet me in St. Louis") Horrible horrible horrible marketing. The folks who run the marketing of St. Louis need to be fired, IMO.
Most people outside of stl don't see stl being strange, only those who have friends to introduce them to those parts. Most people outside stl see only downtown, the arch, beer, and baseball...pretty much a typical Midwest town, and I blame most of that on how city promoters have promoted the city in the past decades. More than likely, those in charge of marketing st. louis are not "strange" individuals and do not see the relevancy of this "strangeness".
Great pics!!!! I wish I couldve made it.
phoaddict wrote:I still prefer simply "Meet me in St. Louis"
Continue OT: I think you're onto something...
What a great, simple and probably effective marketing campaign (moreso than recent efforts anyway)...
Meet me in St. Louis... for Cinco de Mayo
Meet me in St. Louis... for a Cardinals game
Meet me in St. Louis... for Mardi Gras
Meet me in St. Louis... at the Zoo
Meet me in St. Louis... at the Arch
Meet me in St. Louis... for a convention
Meet me in St. Louis... for a flight to China
Meet me in St. Louis... (enter anything going on in St. Louis)
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Those pictures are fantastic, njenney - I feel like I was there!
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Too often St. Louis is marketed to folks in Witchita and Des Moines as basically those cities with Cardinals baseball, a zoo, and a brewery.
And nothing against Witchita and Des Moines, but those who experience STL, really experience it, know that it is not your typical midwestern city.
as phoaddict said, we'll never be New Orleans or San Francisco. But we are more like those cities than most people realize.
I think the best marketing for STL is to promote it as the most funky city in the midwest. Yes we are a midwestern city, and that is a selling point in itself, but you can find neighborhoods and customs here that aren't what you would expect.
And nothing against Witchita and Des Moines, but those who experience STL, really experience it, know that it is not your typical midwestern city.
as phoaddict said, we'll never be New Orleans or San Francisco. But we are more like those cities than most people realize.
I think the best marketing for STL is to promote it as the most funky city in the midwest. Yes we are a midwestern city, and that is a selling point in itself, but you can find neighborhoods and customs here that aren't what you would expect.
Anyone else think Javier Mendoza looks like Adam Sandler in this pic?!
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I like the "meet me in st. louis....." theme. FAR BETTER than remarkably centered or whatever it is..can't even remember it's so lame. St. LouIS.....come on Fleishman....
Yeahhh or even get rid of the St. Louis part and just make it "Meet me at the zoo/downtown/soulard/city museum" because the "meet me at" part implies St. Louis anyway. I like it.JakeKTU wrote:phoaddict wrote:I still prefer simply "Meet me in St. Louis"
Continue OT: I think you're onto something...
What a great, simple and probably effective marketing campaign (moreso than recent efforts anyway)...
Meet me in St. Louis... for Cinco de Mayo
Meet me in St. Louis... for a Cardinals game
Meet me in St. Louis... for Mardi Gras
Meet me in St. Louis... at the Zoo
Meet me in St. Louis... at the Arch
Meet me in St. Louis... for a convention
Meet me in St. Louis... for a flight to China
Meet me in St. Louis... (enter anything going on in St. Louis)
because the "meet me at" part implies St. Louis anyway. I like it.
no it doesn't. only if you are from St. Louis would you think of that. this would be an ad for the rest of the country/ world.
Now all they need is a "Meet me in St Louis" t-shirt logo, like the "I (heart) NY"
Seems so simple.
How in the world did they think "St. Lou is all within reach" was a good campaign?
Seems so simple.
How in the world did they think "St. Lou is all within reach" was a good campaign?
make it "Meet me at the zoo/downtown/soulard/city museum" because the "meet me at" part implies St. Louis anyway. I like it.
So, it could work something like this: "Meet Me at The Muny . . . The Muny in Forest Park!" Maybe, it could even be set to music, like a little jingle.
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^^check here
http://stl-style.com/tshirts.html
they have both the G rated "Meet Me in St. Louis" design and a PG-13 one that adds "b*tch"
the latter is in my closet
http://stl-style.com/tshirts.html
they have both the G rated "Meet Me in St. Louis" design and a PG-13 one that adds "b*tch"
the latter is in my closet
southsidepride wrote:"Meet Me in St. Louis" design and a PG-13 one that adds "b*tch"
the latter is in my closet
That is my favorite t-shirt of all time. Get a lot of laughs, compliments out of it. May need to order a new one, because mine's getting a little worn.
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Just hammered La Vallesana for lunch. I didn't see any cinco de mayo set up going on.
Edit - ahahah the festivities are not until saturday.
Edit - ahahah the festivities are not until saturday.
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Do they even celebrate it on Cherokee Street? It's pretty much an American holiday.Moorlander wrote:Just hammered La Vallesana for lunch. I didn't see any cinco de mayo set up going on.
Edit - ahahah the festivities are not until saturday.
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I see mostly Americans.Moorlander wrote:nope... the pictures on page 2 are CGI.
Mexicans pretty much ignore it. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza ... -mayo.html
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Pretty much.lukethedrifter wrote:So it's not much different than St Patty's Day.