September 2008 Archives

For anybody who cares:

Hazelwood West is a Suburban North football power this season! They are 5-0. Last week they knocked off Hazelwood East for the first time in 30 years. Yesterday they defeated the only other undefeated team in the SNC, McCluer.

You can read stories in the Post-Dispatch about the McCluer game or the Hazelwood East game

The West-East game story was written by my friend Joe Harris. Joe also had the opportunity to do a broadcast of the West-McCluer game. You can listen to the the archive of this broadcast (for free!) at prepcasts.com

Last Saturday, Hurricane Ike hit Galveston and Houston. Early Sunday morning, the remnants of the storm inundated St. Louis with rain. Ferguson got 5 inches in an hour. Of course, I slept through it all.

While we were in Bolivia, Ferguson's new Maid-Rite opened. It's in the space where O.T. Hodge used to be. I miss the Hodge, but I was eager to check out the new place with its loose ground beef burgers. It's the first Maid-Rite franchise in the St. Louis area.

I wasn't sure if I'd like it. I'm not a huge sloppy joe fan. But Maid-Rite isn't a sloppy joe. It's a loose, crumbly seasoned ground beef, but without sauce (unless you order a specialty one with BBQ or something like that).

I bought the $8 Bacon Cheese-Rite basket. Basically you get the sandwich, fries, and a drink. The food was excellent. I really enjoyed the sandwich, and the fries were perfect.

A little bit pricey for my taste, but I bet we'll take the kids every once in a while. They have corn dogs and other stuff which will be perfect. Jadzia can scarf corn dogs down like there's no tomorrow.

Since Yoli still has our digital camera down in Bolivia, I didn't take any photos of the inside. But the Maid-Rite website already has a bunch of photos of the Ferguson location here