Saint Louis Toile

When we were in St. Louis a week or so ago, we discovered Saint Louis Toile at the Missouri History Museum gift shop. I think this is a great idea - custom toile for your city. As far as I can tell, they don't sell the fabric separately, but they do have some great pillows, dish towels, etc.

Treasures of Napoleon

We went to St. Louis last Friday and stayed through Saturday. One of the things that we did while we were there was visit the Treasures of Napoleon exhibit at the Missouri History Museum. It was fantastic. I was really impressed by the number and variety of the objects. We saw (among others) a chair from Napoleon's personal office, a foot cushion used at his coronation (with bees embroidered on it), a fabric sample from Versailles (also including a bee - Napoleon's personal symbol), and a signet ring.