Archive for June, 2010
Being a St. Louis Tourist
Taryn, my eldest daughter (the one going to China) for at least a year came to visit me in St. Louis.
We did the whole tourist thing while she was here this last weekend. We started the visit with of course shopping and eating. We went to a new restaurant and it was so BAD that we asked that the meal be taken off the bill because of the Terrible service and the food for the price was just terrible. So after almost 2 hours and no meal we headed off to find another place to eat, one that we frequent quite a bit. Of course, the first place was because I had a coupon- sometimes its so not worth it!
Second meal was great!
We decided we needed to see Anhueser Bush. The tour is really good.
After our tour and the free beer, we decided to go and taste test the Chocolate Bar in Lafayette Square. We started out with a Cookie and Cream shake then a cheese platter, Spinach Salad, small pizza and finished the meal with the Eve's Apple. Oh my, we died and went to heaven. ( Breanne, the youngest works there, so we got to visit her at work) Taryn was also a server so we tested Breanne out! She did Good!
She got a nice Tip! ( The weather was hot!)
The next day we went rafting. We started at the Meramec Caverns and were bussed to Meramec State Park . We rented a raft and we had so much fun! I can barely move my back because I got a little toasted.
We are not that great of paddlers, so we took turns rowing. We went around in circles for a while to get the hang of it.
It was so beautiful, we saw turtles sitting on logs, a couple of Cranes flying about and lots of rocks that made you feel you were in the jungle.
3 hours of rowing and being hot and of course sunburned we were Over IT! Finally we hit the end of the river and we found some cold drinks and a couple of ice creams. Good Times! We are only an hour and 15 minutes from the Caverns a nice fast drive.
We did get in an educational activity in – The St. Louis Art Museum in Forest Park .
Of course after the educational part we needed substance and we found the restaurant PI Squared http://www.restaurantpi.com/. Great pizza! Great location- sits in the Central West End.
Taryn stayed an extra day so we could cram as much stuff in as we could. She had to get a new laptop to go to China so that also got done and all set up for her by Mike the computer Guru - http://www.netservices1.com/
So she is all set to teach English in China now.
I will miss her but this is a chance in a lifetime to see and participate in another culture. I am so proud of her!
I hope that St. Louis intrigues you enough to come and visit and don't forget to check out St. Charles. Lewis and Clark and Daniel Boone all stopped by-
