Since I’m on the subject of St. Louis ties, I might as well let y’all know I got my cardio in and celebrated the 4th by walking the entire Forest Park to check out our own Akon as he headlined the Sunday concert for Fair St. Louis. It was plain as day that some of the volunteers and staff acted like they didn’t want certain people to patronize the festivities, if you get my drift. It irked my last nerve. If I had ever seen him live before, I would have charged it to the game and walked the 6.2 miles right back to my car. He was great though –and the general population that had the area around the stage packed as far as the eye can see – got their life as much I did. I was thrilled that he shouted out Katherine Dunham and East St. Louis in between telling the folks to “smack that.”
