"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in
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>
> Dog3 wrote:
>
>> Not really. St. Louis has 2 very large ethnic communities, along
>> with several smaller communities. The 2 major groups are German and
>> Italian. Strassenfest is brats, buckets of beer and polka bands.
>> Oktoberfest is a little bit of everything from all ethnic groups.
>> Both are a lot of fun AND the Greek Festival will be coming up soon
>> if it has not already taken place. I've been so behind the past few
>> months I'm not sure of the date
> of
>> the Festival. All of them offer up great food, lots of booze and fun
>> people.
>
>
> The Greek Fest is F - U - N...went a few years ago when I was
> visiting. There is also the Veiled Prophet thing and the Soulard Mardi
> Gras. The Mardi Gras was always pretty fun (this was about ten or so
> years ago), but then apparently things started to get a bit out of
> hand (rowdiness - wise) I still have some beads from the times I
> attended....

I remember the Veiled Prophet but not the Soulard Mardi Gras. I can't
imagine it getting any more out of hand than it does in NOLA.

> The Halsted Street Fair is this weekend in Chicago. It's always a big
> deal, the nabe is packed (about a half mil usually show up for it,
> Halsted St. is closed from Belmont to Addison). It's the closest
> Chicawgo gets to a NOLA party vibe....

I only lived in Chicago brief, during a Fall and Winter. I heard of the
Halsted Street Fair, but was never there for it.

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Wayne in Phoenix

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