AN ARTIST’S EYE
Two years ago, Jamie Corley embarked on a special project. It was the first summer of the pandemic and, needing a respite from her tiny San Francisco apartment, she decided to drive the four days home to St. Louis with Pompidou, a German shorthaired pointer named after her favorite art museum in Paris. Corley, 35, wasn’t expecting to stay long—two weeks, tops—but she soon found herself feeling more connected to St. Louis than she had since leaving for college in the mid aughts.
That feeling got Corley thinking about putting down roots here. She hired a real estate agent, and together they
