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....

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....

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Best
Greg