NOIR FANS: FREE LES EDGERTON EBOOKS AVAILABLE

There are TWO books of Les Edgerton's being offered FREE as Kindle editions through Amazon right now:
THE PERFECT CRIME
http://www.amazon.com/The-Perfect-Crime-ebook/dp/B005I654PM/ref=la_B000APH7SI_1_9_title_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1358013264&sr=1-9

JUST LIKE THAT
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Like-That-Edgerton/dp/0615572227/ref=la_B000APH7SI_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1358013264&sr=1-6

If you were lucky enough to hear Les Edgerton read at Noir At The Bar back in April then like Lupe you are probably a fan!

If you didn't get to hear him read, and you are a fan of true noir**, you will like Edgerton. 

He is the real deal.  In the Noir world he has the street cred for actually having served 2 years in prison.  And as a writer he is perhaps better known as the author of numerous Writer's Digest guides to writing.

He himself is like a real life book or movie character.  In fact, the man has had such a strange life it could probably be told in a whole series of stories.

He is most compared to Ed Bunker, as a writer.

So check it out if you have a Kindle!

Also, you can find many of the print editions, plus the EXCELLENT Noir At The Bar 2 (which includes an Edgerton short story, at Subby!!!

See you in The Loop!!!

**And Lupe says "true noir" because there is a kind of Tarantino-esque element to Noir these days. She finds it kind of tiresome. Not so much lurid as suburban fantasy.  Meaning to shock and thrill "respectable" society, instead of telling true stories of noir. 

Or the stories revolve around the narrator or protagonist adventure with a "tragic girl" or "dangerous woman" or a transgendered person, or drug addict, or felon.  "Bad" words are used liberally and casually to cover the fact the writer has gotten most of his information from other writers (Thompson, Stark, or perhaps Goines and Iceberg Slim).

LOOP GROCERY PROMISED BY 2012

Hey, maybe 2012 won't be the end of the world as we know it after all! (Had the ancient Mayans visited our lovely neighbourhood, they might have changed their prophecy, right? ;o)

By the end of 2011, as St. Louis Today promises, we will have a grocery store of our own!

Delmar Farm and Food, brought to you by Loopie Jonathan Parker!

Yay Jonathan!

See you in the Loop!!!

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/off-the-menu/article_89706ea0-f1ce-11df-a809-0017a4a78c22.html

PARKING METER CHANGES

(EDIT: Update 6 March 2013: Parking meters on Delmar are Monday through Saturday, until 9 P.M. and 25 cents for 20 minutes, with an average 4 hour limit.)

Lupe had forgotten that the parking regulations in the U City portion of the Loop had changed. She had forgotten because the signs have not changed.

However, an article in the West End Word reminded her.

The new parking meter regulations are:
8AM to 8PM Monday through Saturday
and it is going to be 75 cents per hour instead of 50 cents.

These will go in effect June 17th, Lupe supposes. Hopefully U City will get the new signs put in before then.

See you in the Loop!!!

WATER MAIN FLOOD IN THE LOOP

Well, if you read this post, you know that Lupe is not happy with the way construction, traffic, and crosswalks are being handled in the Loop.

Today, at the corner of Limit and Delmar, the contractors hit an unmarked water main, flooding the street and making a general mess! Public Works opened the street with a jackhammer, and then opened a fire hydrant to control the flooding. Water service was interrupted temporarily.

So, the westbound lane is shut off, the east sidewalk is closed, so you have westbound traffic in the middle of the street, eastbound traffic dodging the pedestrians, and in area celebrated for alcohol consumption, general "not safeness."

During graduation weekend... Lupe just does not understand...

SEE YOU IN THE LOOP!!!