Shaw Neighborhood Bucket List

By: Emma Klues

Hey folks! I’m back. It’s now been 4 months and I am loving Shaw just as much as ever. I’m still getting to know the neighborhood and I would like your help in the process. Here’s the start of my personal Shaw neighborhood bucket list. A few of them I just wrote for fun, but I am very eager to hear YOUR additions; I know I have a lot to learn! Leave a comment and let’s build (and then conquer) this list together.

  1. Enjoy being able to get to Tower Grove Park without a car.
  2. Check out the Tower Grove Farmer’s Market.
  3. Sell or buy something at Olive Branch Exchange.
  4. Spend a little time picking up trash in your alley.
  5. Support a local business with a word of encouragement or a review.
  6. Eat a full meal on the patio of Thurman Grill & Provisions.
  7. Marvel at how spacious & cool the bathroom is at Sasha’s on Shaw.
  8. Contribute to Nextdoor.
  9. Attend a neighborhood meeting or event.
  10. Take a walk.
  11. Appreciate how good some people are at landscaping.
  12. Dream of the day that you will be good at landscaping.
  13. Represent with a Shaw 'Nuff or Tower Grove t-shirt or sticker from STL-Style.
  14. Eat a cupcake from SweetArt.
  15. Realize how good their food looks and resist the urge to get a cupcake.
  16. Start going there with the admitted intention of eating a delicious and nutritious meal AND a cupcake.
  17. Get a haircut in this neighborhood (we have multiple options!)
  18. See the inside of all of the churches here.
  19. Spend at least 5 minutes at Dorothy Park (Shenandoah and Thurman) being totally still and silent.
  20. Go down a slide at Juanita Park (40XX Shenandoah).
  21. Volunteer at, contribute to, buy from or just visit the annual plant swap and sale.
  22. Make all your friends jealous by biking/walking to the Whitaker Music Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
  23. Buy all new bedroom furniture on a whim from MOBOT’s Little Shop Around the Corner‘s annual clearance sale.
  24. Interact with the Shaw Art Fair in some way, shape or form.
  25. Enjoy the home cookin’ of Mama Josephine’s.
  26. Patronize both Regal Food (Shaw & Klemm) and Salamah’s (Shaw & 39th).
  27. This is a tad outside of Shaw but it’s worth it; eat the best blueberry muffin of your life from Fresh Gatherings, the cafe run by nutrition students at SLU.
  28. Get stuck on a dog walk without a bag to pick up you-know-what and thank Shaw for having a dogpark stashed with extras that you can use (and replenish later).
  29. Walk every square inch of the streets of this neighborhood.
  30. Read the neighborhood blog.
  31. Go on a historic or open house tour.
  32. Lend something to or borrow something from a neighbor!