We took a fun little trip with some friend to see the sights in St. Louis over Labor Day weekend. Neither John nor I had ever been. We left on a Thursday evening, and at the advice of some locals who had moved into our area, stopped at Lambert's Cafe, the home of the throwed roll--that's right, throwed. I'll post a clip of the experience in a bit. It was great. It's home-style cooking, lots of southern fried food. Yum. They walk around with pots of sides and just pile them on your plate, not to mention the huge rolls. My kind of eating. We went to the temple Friday morning, then went over to Union Station and walked around. We took a Mississippi riverboat tour as well, and walked around the arch.
The City Museum was our favorite part of the trip. What a place! It's designed so that any little nook or cranny that you can fit in, you're supposed to go in. It'll lead somewhere. I wasn't feeling very adventurous (being seven months pregnant will do that) so I didn't squeeze anywhere exciting. But they had a whole spelunking area, a whale you could crawl around in, an aquarium, a seven-story slide, and a whole outside cage climbing area that was pretty fantastic. I'd love to go back with kids. Below is a photo of the outside area. At the very top is the tunnel the guys crawled through. Then there's a photo of the group of us in the first room with the whale. It's such a cool place!
We went to the top of the arch aferward--pretty anticlimactic. I'd say it was worth it to do it once, but that's about it. Here's the view from the top:
We also went to the St. Louis Zoo and Grant's Farm, and took the Budweiser plant tour--those Clydesdales are amazing horses. The zoo was pretty impressive, though we didn't spend a whole lot of time there. The Science Center was also fun--kind of Omniplex-ish, for those who grew up in OK. Then there was the Cathedral Basilica, home of the most extravagant mosaics in the country--also pretty cool. One of the great things about St. Louis is that most all these exhibits are free--you just pay for parking.
We had a great time on the trip! It was a great break from school and work, and a nice little last hurrah for John and I before little boy Ketcher comes along.
