Lessons Learned: St. Louis edition
- If you're picking friends up at the airport....whatever you do....DO NOT accidentally use the bus lane.....it results in lots of yelling and honking.
- Drury Inn offers free appetizers and three free drinks for guests during Happy Hour...a big time win for anyone on a budget.
- The Big Bang Piano Bar attracts bachelorette/bachelor parties like you wouldn't believe. I think we counted around 8-10 bachelorette parties alone....pure insanity!
- You DO NOT get complimentary bread if you order an appetizer at The Spaghetti Factory (even though all meals are advertised to come with bread, soup/salad, etc)...unless you ask the waiter, then he'll bring you three loaves just to be snarky.
- To have a delicious breakfast/brunch/lunch, just visit Roosters for a yummy crepe.
- The older I get (ahem, which is still on the younger side of the line), the less travel-friendly I become.
- The free Anheuser-Busch tour is totally worth the time...which is saying a lot since I don't drink beer. For you beer lovers, they give two free nice-sized samples.
- If you're in the mood for a movie....I suggest checking out Chase Park Plaza, which is actually housed in a hotel....the theater even has a man playing an organ to entertain the crowd prior to the previews!
- On the movie subject.... "Midnight in Paris" is a very endearing movie...it harkens back to older Woody Allen films. Definitely a charming film for those who love Paris and have a nostalgic disposition.
- Oh, and don't start watching "Reservation Road" when you're getting ready to go out....it's a serious downer.
- I feel like all the fleur-de-lis around town made more sense after I made the obvious connection that St. Louis was named after the canonised king of France.
- St. Louis is actually home to a cathedral housing the largest mosaic installation in the world.
- Holly = Patron Saint of Hospitality (at least to Carla, Damona and me!) ....after some research in relation to one of our many convos, I learned that St. Louis is the Patron Saint of many areas (including, but not limited to):
*button makers
*difficult marriages (really??)
*distillers (this could be why it's the home to Anheuser-Busch!)
*grooms
*tertiaries (which I'm choosing to believe that this relates to the definition pertaining to birds)
I think I relate to Saint Catherine of Alexandria much more....I mean, she is the patron saint of old maids, spinsters and secretaries. ;)
As you can probably guesstimate, the trip was great....it even included a cruise through downtown with the windows rolled down/sunroof open just so we could blare "Just a Dream"(even though "Country Grammar" would have been my first choice) ....such a great way to commemorate being in Nelly's hometown!
I only wish I would've watched "Meet Me in St. Louis" before the trip!
random mondegreen moment of today:
singing the lyrics to Ke$ha's Tik Tok as.....
The party don't stop til I walk in
yeeeesh...I certainly don't want a party to end just because I show up....that's probably why the actual lyrics contain the word start.....
