14th Springfield Stop -- Brad Pitt Museum

Have you been there? It's great!

Happy April Fool's Day!

What do you think -- would you go if it is built?

The Jolie-Pitt's visited Springfield in January. I guess we are cool when we see them in the flesh.

http://www.observer.com/2008/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-find-peace-pizza-missouri

http://www.usmagazine.com/exclusive_pics_brad_pitt_and_angelina_jolie_at_chuck_e_cheeses_with_the_kids

Springfield has been in the national spotlight quite a bit over the past few months -- even without the Pitt name involved.

Here is a clip (it's the last stop on this video) of Carson Daly's Route 66 trip and he says a nice thing about the people of Springfield.

http://www.nbc.com/Last_Call_with_Carson_Daly/video/clips/route-66-part-3/940981

Also, Paul McCartney did the whole Route 66 trip and my future daughter-in-law waited on him and his girlfriend at Andy's Frozen Custard last summer. (We are sorry that we didn't believe her at first.)

http://janetcharltonshollywood.com/gossip/paul_mccartney/paul_mccartney_leaves_people_across_the_usa_doing_double-takes_20080815.php

And, now we are getting press from New York about our cashew chicken!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/dining/11cashew.html

13th Springfield Stop -- The Library Station

I know. I'm a nerd. But you have to admit that the library district in Greene County is the best around. I happen to love the Library Station branch (2535 N. Kansas Expressway) because:

• It is smack dab in the middle of Panera and Big Lots.
  
• You can buy a coffee from Panera and take it into the library and read People magazine (and keep going back for coffee refills).
• If you need to get a room (to study in), they have rooms that you can reserve for some peace and quiet.
• You can put anything you want on hold, they will e-mail you when it is in and you can pick it up by going to the drive-up window. Ah, the power!
• Librarians are just all around nice people. They are no longer variations of the scary woman from your junior high school library.