Rik Brown

Just thought I'd pass on this nice video of China sightseeing highlights from the Video Sharing area of TRAVEL.com. I hope you enjoy it and sample some of the other videos online.

Likewise, if you have a YouTube video you like, we'd be glad to see it online in the Video Sharing Forums. This also means that you can embed videos into your blogs!

-- Rik

St. Louisians well know that Chuck Berry will almost monthly be found playing at Blueberry Hill in the Loop. Now is your chance to see him in a different venue: The Argosy Casino across the Mississippi River in Alton, Illinois.

Chuck is scheduled to wow you with his rock classics on Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 7:00 PM. Tickets are only $30 per person to see this Rock and Roll legend. Give yourself a pre-Christmas treat.

Argosy Casino
219 Piasa Street
Alton, Illinois

Phone: 800-711-4263

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If you are in St. Louis this Labor Day Weekend, be sure to check out one of the city's best annual festivals at the Missouri Botanical Garden. This event includes access to one of the largest Japanese gardens in the world outside of Japan.

Festival Hours

Saturday–Sunday, August 30, 31
10:00 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Grounds open at 9 a.m.
and remain open until 10 p.m.
for candlelight walks.

Monday (Labor Day), September 1
10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.

General Admission

Admission (ages 13–64): $10
Seniors (ages 65+): $7
Children (ages 3–12): $3
Garden members: $3
(free for members' children 3–12) ...

I'll post a list of favorite restaurants in St. Charles County:

• Bristol's at Winghaven for fish
• McGurks in O'Fallon for quasi-Irish and outdoor dining
• Crazy Sushi in St. Peters for sushi (best value)
• Kitaro on Highway K for sushi (best decor)
• Joey's on Highway K for fish and chips (OUT OF BUSINESS, SORRY)
• Cold Stone Creamery at Lake St. Louis (OUT OF BUSINESS, SORRY)
• BC's Kitchen at Lake St. Louis (The Meadows) for best new restaurant
• Bombay Grill on K near N in O'Fallon (O'Fallon Plaza) for Indian cuisine

Its not that long of a list yet. I still haven't found a great place in the county for steaks.

Feel free to suggest some more.

From time to time, I'll post comments regarding restaurants and sightseeing in the St. Louis, Missouri, USA area (guess where I'm from?). Hope that other users will join in as well as start blogs about their own hometowns or travels.