Last Updated on January 3, 2007 by stlplace
Happy New Year to all the readers, whether you are from the US, or China (would be very hard these days), or Europe, or somewhere else,…
I started this blog about a year ago. My original intension is to share things related to my work and life experience in mid-west US, from software to things in St. Louis. This has been changed a bit since I changes focus to stocks, and personal finance lately. While I don’t think money is the most important thing in life, I do believe financial freedom is a dream for myself and many ordinary people. I hope we can all come close to that in the not too distance future.
The “STL” portion of STLPlace is obvious, it’s the airport code for Saint Louis. I got “place” mainly because in the city where I live, Creve Coeur, there is a business park called “City Place”. Unlike many cities in St. Louis area, Creve Coeur does not have a downtown. The city is planning to build a downtown now, and City Place is an integral part of all this. I like this idea very much. As some of you may know, I wrote many blogs in a Panera Bread Co near my house (5 minutes walking distance). I like this place because its relaxing environment. I hope the new downtown will have more places for Panera Bread for people to walk, eat, shopping and just hang out. Life in the US is a bit hectic for many ordinary people, sometimes we just need to slow down a little. I remember one afternoon before Xmas, I met an old black lady in Sam’s Club. She asked me to get a drink for her because she is just too tired. I guess she had lots of stress for shopping etc. She just need to sit down and drink a soda.
Happy New Year to Everyone, from the St. Louis Bread Co. at Olive Blvd (near Spode).