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As we edge closer and closer to 2024, life just keeps getter better and better. For many of us, 2023 brought us abundant blessings. For some, although some rain fell, the sun still came out eventually. Now, a new year is dawning, and no matter which way the winds may blow in this sometimes tumultuous, sometimes beautiful, yet always endearing world of ours, 2024 is ripe with possibilities.

Take a big, juicy bite out of your city, your world, your universe by reading Sophisticated Living. You can count on us to bring you something fresh in each and every issue. Whether it’s taking back the reigns of order as our new St. Louis Circuit Attorney is doing. Or foodies who have become key Insta influencers. Or the way the Contemporary Art Museum encapsulates the new, the now, the next of the world that is art. Or rediscovering the beauty and history that is Europe in the trip of a lifetime — all nuggets to unearth in our January/February 2024 issue — we’re bringing it!

Sophisticated Living St. Louis holds one promise for 2024. We will help you keep your finger on the pulse of our city’s most affluent and influential. As we have for eleven years, we will continue to bring you the new, the now, the next, and as always offer you, valued reader, a sophisticated world view.

Celebration of Life

Gabe Gore was named St. Louis Circuit Attorney when the office was in a state of complete chaos and violent crime had reached epidemic proportions.

Of Friendship & Food Influencing

Four St. Louis foodies have taken Instagram by storm and made lasting friendships.

The Trip of a Lifetime

What better way to celebrate key milestones in life such as a 35th wedding anniversary and our 60th birthdays than with our kids and dear friends in the place where it all began for us in Florence, Italy? While there is no shortage of love stories told about the Tuscan countryside and cuisine, ours started in 1985 —and is still going strong. And to share this place with adult kids and great friends was a dream come true...truly an unparalleled experience.

New. Next. Now

CAM captures the city’s love of contemporary art.