Ian Froeb
@ianfroeb.bsky.social
St. Louis Post-Dispatch restaurant critic. Sailor in a big green boat. Orioles fan. Dad. Progress, not perfection.
I am very tired
Orioles hire former Padres manager Mike Shildt to help with player development: www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...
Orioles hire former Padres manager Mike Shildt for coordinator role
The Orioles are bringing former Padres manager Mike Shildt aboard in a minor league player development role, a source confirmed. Shildt, who recently departed San Diego after two seasons with 90 wins ...
www.thebanner.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I am very tired
Oh man, personal list
“Airbag”
“Everything in its Right Place”
“I am Trying to Break Your Heart”
“Terrible Love”
“Thunder Road”
(Yes 2x Radiohead lol)
“Airbag”
“Everything in its Right Place”
“I am Trying to Break Your Heart”
“Terrible Love”
“Thunder Road”
(Yes 2x Radiohead lol)
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Oh man, personal list
“Airbag”
“Everything in its Right Place”
“I am Trying to Break Your Heart”
“Terrible Love”
“Thunder Road”
(Yes 2x Radiohead lol)
“Airbag”
“Everything in its Right Place”
“I am Trying to Break Your Heart”
“Terrible Love”
“Thunder Road”
(Yes 2x Radiohead lol)
I read this when it was first published a couple months ago but laughed just as much at “Walketh Hardeth” today
ICYMI, looks like HAMNET is finally screeching at a theatre near you.
ICYMI, Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social) on HAMNET from Telluride. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tell...
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I read this when it was first published a couple months ago but laughed just as much at “Walketh Hardeth” today
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One of local restaurateur Dave Bailey's restaurants has filed for bankruptcy, with plans for a second restaurant to soon follow suit, after years of shuttered eateries and a handful of recent lawsuits involving his businesses.
Another of Bailey's Restaurants files for bankruptcy, but the eateries will stay open
One of local restaurateur Dave Bailey's restaurants has filed for bankruptcy, with plans for a second restaurant to soon follow suit, after years of shuttered eateries and a handful of
www.stltoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One of local restaurateur Dave Bailey's restaurants has filed for bankruptcy, with plans for a second restaurant to soon follow suit, after years of shuttered eateries and a handful of recent lawsuits involving his businesses.
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
idk maybe we should try a big summer music festival in a different park, tower grove, lafayette, interco (too soon?)
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
idk maybe we should try a big summer music festival in a different park, tower grove, lafayette, interco (too soon?)
You can change
You can change
You can change
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Baby you can change and still choose me
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
Baby you can change and still choose me
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
Baby you can change and still choose me
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
You can change
Baby you can change and still choose me
just trying to enjoy the weekend ok
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
just trying to enjoy the weekend ok
Chefs always use Anton Ego and that freaking quote when they want to mock restaurant critics, but real heads know deep down we’re all Strongsad
a cartoon character is standing next to a sign that says i don t like food anymore
ALT: a cartoon character is standing next to a sign that says i don t like food anymore
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Chefs always use Anton Ego and that freaking quote when they want to mock restaurant critics, but real heads know deep down we’re all Strongsad
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An excellent Weatherbird today
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
An excellent Weatherbird today
New from me. Been working on this one for a while now.
St. Louis restaurants have taken to social media to reveal their financial predicaments, to explain the stakes and to ask for customers to help.
As sales drop, St. Louis restaurants issue pleas on social media. 'Help us get through'
St. Louis restaurants have taken to social media to reveal their financial predicaments, to explain the stakes and to ask for customers to help.
www.stltoday.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New from me. Been working on this one for a while now.
God bless the 68-minute rock show.
Also Blondshell is amazing. See them if you can.
Also Blondshell is amazing. See them if you can.
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
God bless the 68-minute rock show.
Also Blondshell is amazing. See them if you can.
Also Blondshell is amazing. See them if you can.
Anyone else going to see Blondshell at Delmar Hall tonight? Say hi. I’ll be the old man struggling to rock past his bedtime.
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Anyone else going to see Blondshell at Delmar Hall tonight? Say hi. I’ll be the old man struggling to rock past his bedtime.
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Our love grew quickly, like bamboo. But distrust quickly spread underneath it, like the roots of bamboo. Looking back, I was naive. Green. The color of, you guessed it, more bamboo.
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Our love grew quickly, like bamboo. But distrust quickly spread underneath it, like the roots of bamboo. Looking back, I was naive. Green. The color of, you guessed it, more bamboo.
Lmao I hate it here
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lmao I hate it here
<donning my old Nick Markakis Orioles shirsey>
The time is now.
The time is now.
The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot as announced moments ago by @baseballhall.org (baseballhall.org/news/2026-bb...). Results will be announced Jan. 20th. Game on!
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
<donning my old Nick Markakis Orioles shirsey>
The time is now.
The time is now.
You want to see unfiltered righteous indignation, explain to a 7-year-old the phenomenon of adults scalping Pokémon cards
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You want to see unfiltered righteous indignation, explain to a 7-year-old the phenomenon of adults scalping Pokémon cards
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Get that Nuzzi garbage out of here. Out. Out!
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Get that Nuzzi garbage out of here. Out. Out!
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i don't mean this in terms of hypocrisy, i mean it in literal, linguistic terms: what is this if not censorship by the state
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
i don't mean this in terms of hypocrisy, i mean it in literal, linguistic terms: what is this if not censorship by the state
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
Intentful
Mike Elias, from yesterday, said the Orioles are “very intentful on talking with those free agents and checking in on trade possibilities there,” regarding late-inning relievers. “Our preference is to land an experienced closer this winter.”
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Intentful
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I would absolutely eat a blue jay.
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I would absolutely eat a blue jay.
I…worked on this INSIGHT for a year…and…he…he just REPEATED it
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I…worked on this INSIGHT for a year…and…he…he just REPEATED it
I wish my reactions didn’t now default to ah well nevertheless but that tweet is the ur text of the past 10 years
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I wish my reactions didn’t now default to ah well nevertheless but that tweet is the ur text of the past 10 years
Tally at the Schnucks on the Hill might be drunk. Approach with caution
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tally at the Schnucks on the Hill might be drunk. Approach with caution
Incredible show just now with S.G. Goodman and Fust at Off Broadway. S.G closing with a cover of “Pepper” was just a delight.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Incredible show just now with S.G. Goodman and Fust at Off Broadway. S.G closing with a cover of “Pepper” was just a delight.