Lauren Milford

St. Louis

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Breaking the Ice

1 week ago | thestl.com | Lauren Milford

Savannah Eggert never misses watching a St. Louis Blues game. Although she’s always loved hockey, now that she’s 12 years old, her parents worried they’d missed the boat in signing her up for a program where she could learn the game herself. That is, until they found the Blues’ Girls Development Program. The low-cost Learn to Play program allows girls between the ages of 4 and 14 to experience hockey for the first time.
DestinationDessert - STLMade

3 weeks ago | thestl.com | Lauren Milford

Monica Lee, a former public relations executive turned restaurateur, fell in love with travel as an undergraduate student at Kenyon College. After studying abroad six months each in Spain and China, she immediately moved to Beijing upon earning her degree. There, she embarked on a corporate job and a life of globe-trotting, exploring countries across Asia such as Japan, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand, as well as European cities like London and Paris.
Ready to Roll

1 month ago | thestl.com | Valerie Schremp Hahn |Michael Thomas |Lauren Milford

The players with Arch Rival Roller Derby might be the nicest, most welcoming, yet toughest and most determined group of people in St. Louis. They’re proud to represent home. “Fueled by the Mississippi River and energized by the Gateway Arch, we skate, hit, and high-five among the best in the world,” says the league’s website. Indeed. In November 2024, 13 of the best roller derby teams worldwide met in Portland, Oregon, for the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association global championships.
On the Right Track

1 month ago | thestl.com | Cheryl Baehr |Lauren Milford |Michael Thomas

Luke “Spike” Kohlbecker can’t remember the exact moment he fell in love with racing, because it’s always been a part of him. Growing up in a family of car and racing enthusiasts, the Kirkwood native was itching to get behind the wheel not long after he could walk, donning his Superman cape at the age of 3 before jumping into his electric go-kart to do laps on the track his dad sketched out with chalk in their driveway.
Seeding Solutions

2 months ago | thestl.com | Ginger O’Donnell |Jennifer Silverberg |Lauren Milford

Katie Murphy was an undergraduate research assistant at Stanford University when she discovered her passion for corn. Every morning, she and her colleagues would weed and tend to a cornfield while cultivating their ability to ask meaningful and measurable scientific questions. As a first-year chemistry major seeking any available paid research opportunity, she had serendipitously landed a spot in the lab of one of the world’s premier corn experts, Virginia Walbot.
Style Icons

2 months ago | thestl.com | Nancy Stiles |Lauren Milford |R.J. Hartbeck

The best T-shirts are often the cheekiest — at least for Randy and Jeff Vines. At their Cherokee Street shop, STL Stylehouse, you’ll find tees, stickers, hats, posters, and all manner of St. Louis swag. Jeff’s favorite shirt design actually predates the store, which the twin brothers opened at the corner of Cherokee Street and Compton Avenue in 2010.
Good to Grow

2 months ago | thestl.com | Heather Riske |Lauren Milford |Jennifer Silverberg

Knee-deep in dirt and covered in mosquito bites, Kay Wells knew there had to be a better way. Not long after moving back to St. Louis from the West Coast with her family in 2012, Wells, who was working in the aerospace sector at the time, decided to start digging up an in-ground garden at her home.
Connecting Care

Jan 28, 2025 | thestl.com | Cheryl Baehr |Lauren Milford |R.J. Hartbeck

Danish Nagda describes himself as a reluctant entrepreneur. A physician by training, Nagda assumed he would spend his professional life as a clinician, and was well on his way down that path as an ENT resident at Washington University School of Medicine. Then, life presented him with a situation he could not ignore — one that would alter his professional trajectory and has the potential to change the health care industry at large.
Centered on Art

Jan 23, 2025 | thestl.com | Ginger O’Donnell |Lauren Milford |Jennifer Silverberg

Hilda Andres, executive director of the Foundry Art Centre in historic St. Charles, grew up in Lebanon and moved to the United States to attend college. She studied interior design at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she met her husband, an architecture student. Over the years, as they built a life together, they moved multiple times for professional reasons. In each new community, Andres found herself searching for a place of belonging and enrichment.
Sweet Spot

Jan 13, 2025 | thestl.com | Heather Riske |Lauren Milford |R.J. Hartbeck

Lia Holter has recently had a few friends rewatch the fourth season of TLC’s “The Next Great Baker,” the reality competition she won with fellow pastry chef Al Watson in 2014. In addition to a $100,000 cash prize, Holter won the opportunity to move to Las Vegas or Hoboken, New Jersey to work in one of the renowned bakeries owned by host Buddy Valastro (aka the Cake Boss). It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So why, her friends wondered, didn’t she jump at the chance?