Earlier today, I had lunch with a few good (mostly online) friends at Rigazzi's on the Hill (in St. Louis). The food was so-so, the company was great, and the atmosphere in the restaurant was pretty good. It's a little bit tucked away next to Kingshighway, but not too hard to find (plus there's plenty of parking in the area).

I met Snup (from Snup's view from the back pew ) for the first time; she seems to have a most excellent plan in place for the rest of her parish visits. She's about 1/10 of the way through all the parishes in St. Louis, and she's chronicling her visits to various parishes on her blog (link above).

I also met (for the second time) Mark Scott Abeln, who takes many excellent pictures and writes for Rome of the West , an excellent blog looking at the historical and architectural heritage of Saint Louis (with an emphasis on its Catholicity).

There are many other Catholic bloggers in the Saint Louis area whom I have not personally met, but would love to meet, at some point. I think it would be neat if we (St. Louis area Catholics who have an online presence) could get together for Mass and brunch, maybe once a year or once every few months. An intriguing idea to explore, certainly.