Despite our weekend to ourselves in St. Louis having too much focus on dealing with Charter Cable to get cable hooked up at Chris’ parents place.. we did get out and have a chance to be tourists!
On Saturday, we did a brewery tour at Annheiser-Busch.
It was very cool, but I must admit – after the frustrations with Charter, the free beer samples were much appreciated.
After the free beer, we drove around a bit and came across the Soulard Farmer’s Market, which was started in 1779. We browsed around it for a while, and scored 8 kiwis for 50 cents, 3 avocados for a dollar, a delicious pineapple for a buck ninety and two pairs of fuzzy socks for five bux.
And then it was on to the famous Ted Drewes for concretes (a frozen custard mixed with fun stuff.. sorta like what DQ tries to replicate with a blizzard). I had the Cindermint.. very yummy!
On Sunday, we joined Chris’ Aunt S and Uncle S for a day of exploring the City Museum. Let me preface this by saying that the name ‘City Museum’ may give one a different impression of what you’re about to experience.
It’s a museum showcasing found stuff around the city (old bridges, airplanes, building materials) and such – and put together in a unique, artistic and interactive ways. It’s much better described as being a year round midwest embassy for Burning Man.
It’s entirely interactive.. and not just press-buttons interactive. More like: crawl around inside 5 story tall wire tubes and slide down 3 story tall spiral slides, crawling through mounted open airplanes that exit into castles, explore the inner funky caverns constructed in the middle of the building, watch teams of bouncy circus performers, find hidden cool shops and bars and such. Kinda like a human habitrail that had to be conceived while tripping on something. It’s art! It’s imagination! It’s incredible construction, architecture and vision. It’s the ultimate in reuse philosophy. It’s a playground, and adults can play too!
Words, pictures or stories really can not convey the awesomeness of this place. If we ever settle down somewhere, renting a loft in this building would be *so* cool!
Oh, and the best part.. City Museum is host to the official Midwest Spatula Museum:
After the City Museum, we had the best pizza ever at Feraro’s New Jersey Style Pizza. And it got even better cold for breakfast this morning.
(As always, click on thumbnails to see larger versions of the pictures on Flickr, and I do have more photos posted there that I don’t include in the travelogue.)
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