Oh, no, we thought. The Gateway Arch website won’t sell us any tickets. Five of us wanted to go fully appreciate the landmark after the Library and Marketing Conference 2019 had concluded. We’d witnessed the majesty from the adjacent Hyatt Regency at the Arch often during our stay. Let’s walk over and see if we…

You didn’t think I’d go through a several-day stay at a very nice St. Louis hotel for a strenuous yet fulfilling Library Marketing and Communications Conference without checking out the joint’s pub, did you? I felt a special tie when I spotted the jersey of Keith Hernandez on the wall. Yes, I did realize it…

I wondered where I would eat my first dinner in St. Louis. My colleague from Onondaga County Public Library system’s Central hub, Cara, told me during day one’s LMCC19 sessions that she’d found a somewhat satisfying dinner on the night of her arrival from nearby Chinese takeout joint The Red Door. I Googled it, decided…

I thought I’d be taking a couple-minute break from an afternoon session in my room. The three fellow Library Marketing and Communications Conference attendees had a different idea. They asked me if I’d like to join them on an excursion to discover the Hyatt Regency’s top-floor terrace. Agreed. The door was unlocked. Our spirits soared.…

The person who checked me in at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch sent me to a room on floor 18. They didn’t go any higher. Yes, I thought when I pulled the curtains aside the next morning. That is the Mississippi River behind the Gateway Arch. I was as thrilled to walk into the…

I told my cab driver to point the van toward the Hyatt Regency at the Arch, home of the Library Marketing and Communications Conference 2019 and also where I’d be resting my head during my stay in St. Louis. He dropped me off in the circle with my eyes wide and jaw dropped. On of…