My St. Louis

While I was bartending at the Oyster Bar J and I made a lot of friends that traveled. We learned it was possible to travel for almost nothin...

My mom finally read my blog and pointed out a few facts I had wrong. Some of which my dad told me. I didn't know Bob Koester actually li...

If you head southeast about 20 minutes past Carbondale , Ill. you can’t miss a terrifying giant smiley face looming over beautiful wooded ...

December 31 st 1990 I was at a small airport in Sparta , Ill. when I received a phone call. The Broadway Oyster Bar’s gates were padloc...

The Broadway Oyster Bar in the 80s was much more austere than it is today. For heat in the winter we had 2 fireplaces and a sleeping bag ove...