marcy byrne | janet mcafee real estate
I am originally from Pensacola, Florida. I was a Navy brat, but my dad was a native St. Louisan. We moved to Creve Coeur when I was in grade school. I went to Spoede Elementary and Ladue middle and high schools. I live in Ladue now.
What are some of the best things about St. Louis?
Forest Park with its world-class art museum and zoo, Missouri Botanical Garden, and, of course, our Cardinals. I love playing golf with my McAfee friends at Forest Park.
What is your favorite room in your house?
The sun-filled family room, which has three sides of windows and overlooks our private yard and pool.
What do you like to do in your leisure time?
Play golf at Boone Valley in Augusta and go running around Ladue with my rescue dog, Max.
If real estate weren’t your profession, what else might you have done?
This is my second career. Previously, I was a buyer for specialty stores.
Where do you like to vacation?
In the winter, we like to go to different islands—St. Bart’s and Turks and Caicos—and love walking along the beach. In the summer, my husband and I always try to visit a new national park— Acadia in Maine, Grand Teton in Wyoming and Glacier in Montana.
If you could have your dream home, where would it be, and what would it look like?
A charming log cabin with a horse barn overlooking Grand Teton National Park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
What’s your favorite movie/book?
My Ántonia by Willa Cather. I love her soulful and rich writing about a family’s incredible journey across the plains of North America in the early 1900