The Salute countdown begins. That’s right, we are just about a month out from the blueprint for top tier galas of Black St. Louis. The St. Louis American Foundation’s 38th Annual Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards Gala will take place Nov. 1st at America’s Center. I’d tell y’all I’ve attended them all, but we know I’m only 31. I’ve been to plenty though, and a time has been had at every.single.one. Now that’s not to say that I haven’t had my wardrobe challenges. There was the time where I fell off my annual Salute diet a week before the gala. My dress was so tight, I had to breathe like the late great Danny Aiello in that safe in “Harlem Nights.” There was also the year that “The Wobble” came out. My gown clearly didn’t have enough wiggle or wobble room. When the song

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