Posts by Gingerbread Gal

Thanks for your post. We go up to St. Louis (2 hrs north) once or twice a month for my husband's medical appointments. The accent we're familiar with here doesn't seem to carry that far north. We'll just have to see what the new...

I grew up on the Illinois side of Hannibal, Missouri, so everyone had a southern kind of twang, probably from the river influence. When I went to UI-Urbana, straight across the state, I definitely sounded (and acted) like I was from...

Mike, today my husband and I went to Cape to the old Esicar's, a 1 1/2-hr drive from our home. Though the business name has changed, as you mentioned, the Esicar's sign, entry inlay, etc., is just like it was. Alas, the wonderful...

Mike, you'll be thrilled to know that Esicar's is back in business!! Though the Esicar family no longer owns it, one of their long-term employees (21 years) still works there. It is now owned by someone in the family of a local fresh...