Spent the day out with my parents after a morning at Grant's Farm. We went down to eat at Crown Candy but ended up at La Mancha Coffeehouse for a coffee and treat break :) (side note - cool place, they had a kids area with toys... it's family owned and the owners have elementary age children that sometimes come to work with them!). They actually display artwork there and I asked about maybe displaying and selling some of my prints, the girl took a business card (man those come in handy! :P) and I guess we'll see what happens. (Here comes a rant ...) I mean, I'm not that overly concerned about getting my work up. Yes, that would definitely be awesome if I could display and/or sell it ... but really, I take the pictures for myself. I don't care if Joe Schmoe loves it - I care that I love it. (End rant)
So after our coffee break we decided to check out what Old North St. Louis Restoration Group has done for 14th Street. It's nice, the buildings look great - except they're empty! But we did find a cute store called Rambles (another place I could sell my work :D) and there was an art studio for teens and a barber shop ... but all these beautiful buildings that have been restored are sitting there waiting for businesses! It made me wish I owned a business to put in down there! LOL
Anyways ... here's some shots from that day!
