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Screen name:

Evan C. Jones

Age:

Gender:

Male

If you must know:

I'm single

Travel status:

Traveling soon

Hometown:

Born: Houston, TX; Raised: St. Louis, MO

Currently in:

Columbia, MO

Expert St. Louis, Missouri, United States

When I tell people I'm from St. Louis, I usually am asked these questions, after I'm asked where St. Louis is:
1) Do you know Nelly? (No, I do not.)
2) Can you go up the Arch? (Yes, you can.)
3) Is there anything to do in St. Louis?
Though I pause with the third question at times, St. Louis holds infinite possibilities, from touring the Anheuser-Busch brewery, exploring Forest Park's many museums and the Loop's many shops, or taking in a Cardinal's game with an ice cold Budweiser. St. Louis holds many gems in its crown like great restaurants (Chef Gerard Craft of Niche was just named one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs of 2008), energetic nightlife downtown and a lot of history, such as hosting the 1904 World's Fair and Summer Olympics.
I am more than happy to discuss what St. Louis has to offer, so if you're interested, just drop me a line!

Favorite places I've been:

Toronto, London, Washington DC, Seattle

Places I want to go to:

Tokyo, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Dublin, Prague, Moscow, Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Sydney, Melbourne, Cairo

About me:

I'm a magazine journalism major at the University of Missouri graduating in May 2009.

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/evan-c-jones

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I'm fired up on:

Writing, Cooking, Music, Sports

Tunes I rock out to:

Alkaline Trio, Blink-182, Bloc Party, Brand New, Death Cab For Cutie, Explosions In The Sky, The Fall Of Troy, The Mars Volta, Minus The Bear, Muse, Sigur Ros, Thrice, Thursday, Radiohead, The Receiving End Of Sirens, Russian Circles

Quote:

"Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heart-ache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, to discover what is already there."

Sports I do:

Basketball, Soccer, Water Polo

Favorite books:

A Cook's Tour, Animal Farm, Catcher In The Rye, Choke, Chuck Klosterman IV, Invisible Monsters, Killing Yourself To Live, Kitchen Confidential, Misery, My Brother Sam Is Dead, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Salems Lot, Sex Drugs & Cocoa Puffs, Survivor

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

Anyone & Everyone

Languages spoken, other than English:

German

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

I helped an old man cross the street in Glasgow, Scotland. He proceeded to call me a "big strong Yankee boy."

Why I travel:

I want to explore everything the world has to offer.

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

On an ocean