Category Archives: St. Louis
Free Movie DVDs
Since I recently closed my Netflix DVD subscription, I’ve found another solution with even better choices and the cost is FREE.
The SLCL.org or St. Louis County Library not only has a great collection of older videos on DVDs, but they are keeping up the collection and buying new movies all the time. There’s a bit of a trick to find the list of new dvds. Here is how to do it.
On the Main Page, under the “Start Your Search Here”, change the “Down Arrow” to Classic and then click on the Go button to the right.
Click on New DVDs and you will get a list of new dvds that you can request.
Enjoy!
HooplaDigital.com – movies-music-books – FREE
The St. Louis County Library has added another streaming media service for all it’s patrons. Yeah!!!!
All you have to do is go to Hoopladigital.com and Signup.
You choose the St.Louis County Library and setup your account.
It has ebooks, movies, comic books, audiobooks, and television (older shows). I’m listening to music as I write this, so that’s a nice feature.
To return any emedia, you have to look for a return near the bottom of the page.
While I’m using this program in St. Louis, Missouri, it is also available in other cities and states.
The library allows you to borrow 15 titles each month. On the first of each month, those borrows renew. They’ll be automatically returned when your lending period is over.
Note also that there are apps for this program which seem to work well with my Android phone. You can download books to your e-device.
St. Louis Activities
There’s a lot to do in St. Louis and so I’m going to compile a few ideas on this page.
Idea – check Groupon for Deals.
Also – here’s Trip Advisors list.
- Anheuser Busch Brewery Tour
- Arch and Museum
- Baseball – Cardinals
- Butterfly House – free on first Tuesday of the month for St. Louis city and county residents from 9 am to 11 am.
- City Museum
- Crestwood Swimming Pool – Best Pool Award from Luke P.
- Float Trips – Meramec, Huzzah and Courtois – Black rivers – these are usually about two hours from St. Louis.
- Grants Farm – get parking coupon – about 3 hours – very nice. Bring quarters for food to feed animals.
- Magic House – Kirkwood.
- Missouri Botanical Garden – St. Louis City/County residents enjoy free Garden admission on Wednesday and Saturday mornings before noon – they also have a childrens area.
- Missouri History Museum
- Myseum – I’ve never been here, but saw an article about this.
- http://www.stlpolarexpressride.com/ Exhibit and Train ride from Union Station to Kirkwood
- Powder Valley – exhibits plus hiking.
- Purina Farms
- Roller Skating – close to us.
- Science Center
- Six Flags
- Suson Park and Farm
- Transportation Museum –
- Zoo – Membership is $65. For a family of 5 you could easily spend this much on parking, rides etc. The Zoo is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except on dates listed below:
Christmas Eve – December 24, 2014: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Christmas Day December 25, 2014: CLOSED - Zoo – Wildlights – http://www.stlzoo.org/events/calendarofevents/wildlights/
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Texas – Rob and Melissa
Day 1 – Grants Farm and Swimming at Crestwood Pool.
Day 2 – Zoo, Arch, Rigazzis on The Hills and Ted Drews.
$15 College Classes
Seniors (65+) can signup for classes for $15 dollars at the local community colleges.
You have to wait until the day before the class starts to signup for a class. For a class starting on Friday, you can only signup on Thursday.
Hopefully you have gone over ahead of time and gotten a student number and a registration form where you put in what classes you want. You can check online what classes are available here:
http://classes.stlcc.edu/ClassSchedule/Term_Courses.asp
When you fill out the form, make sure you list a number of classes which you might be interested in. Put “Alternate” in front of classes in case your first class is full or is not going to be held.
I’ve been told by a teacher at the school that they need a minimum of 15 students per class and a maximum of 18.
I got over to the school at 8am and there were 43 people ahead of me. Luckily the computers were down, so they just took the application and said we could pay on Monday. That sure beats waiting in line for the 43 people ahead of me.
2013 – I gave them my form on Friday morning and Saturday in the mail I got my registration form back with my class enrollment and invoice for $15. They also called my on Saturday morning. I’m very impressed.
Note #2 – after paying your fee, you need to go and get your student ID and parking pass. Before you go over there make sure you know your computer login information.
https://selfservice.stlcc.edu/pls/SLCC/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin both your ID and password. I’d recommend making a password that is not too hard. You will have to use it during the year to login to the school computers.
Note #3 When you get your .edu email address, you can also then take advantage of the Amazon student free 6 month Prime account and then 50% off the regular membership.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info
Note #4 – bring a large thumb drive to class – this is where you will keep a backup of your work. In my classes they have a computer at each desk
College Classes – $15 for Seniors – TODAY
Today, Friday, August 17th, is the day Seniors (65+) can signup for classes for $15 dollars.
This is only for St. Louis Community College classes.
Hopefully you have gone over ahead of time and gotten a student number and a registration form where you put in what classes you want. You can check online what classes are available here:
http://classes.stlcc.edu/ClassSchedule/Term_Courses.asp
When you fill out the form, make sure you list a number of classes which you might be interested in. Put “Alternate” in front of classes in case your first class is full or is not going to be held.
I’ve been told by a teacher at the school that they need a minimum of 15 students per class and a maximum of 18.
I got over to the school at 8am and there were 43 people ahead of me. Luckily the computers were down, so they just took the application and said we could pay on Monday. That sure beats waiting in line for the 43 people ahead of me.
I’d suggest you take a picture of your registration form as they don’t give you any copy.
Note #1- I gave them my form on Friday morning and Saturday in the mail I got my registration form back with my class enrollment and invoice for $15. They also called my on Saturday morning. I’m very impressed.
Note #2 – after paying your fee, you need to go and get your student ID and parking pass. Before you go over there make sure you know your computer login information.
https://selfservice.stlcc.edu/pls/SLCC/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin both your ID and password. I’d recommend making a password that is not too hard. You will have to use it during the year to login to the school computers.
Note #3 When you get your .edu email address, you can also then take advantage of the Amazon student free 6 month Prime account and then 50% off the regular membership.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info
Note #4 – bring a large thumb drive to class – this is where you will keep a backup of your work.
Free Plants – Drummond Aster
I’ve got a bag full of Drummond Asters which I’d like to give away. CALL Today.
Taxes and Real Estate in St.Louis County
If you’d like to see what your taxes are, see what houses are selling for in a particular neighborhood or get information about a house you’d like to buy, St. Louis County has a great site with all that information. (click here)
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