I'm sure everyone has seen photos of the St Louis Arch, but it's still pretty impressive in real life!
It is hot here in St Louis today - close to 90, and pretty humid. We had a huge rainstorm last night, with hail blowing around; and more rain is in the forecast - causing an overcast look to the Arch. It is hard to see in this photo, but there is a horse-drawn carriage across the street from where I'm standing (the Old Courthouse).
St Louis has a lot of French names on streets, buildings, and other areas around town. I really notice the contrast to Boston - where everything sounds very British. Driving and walking around St Louis, I noticed it "feels" like Chicago, or Milwaukee, or Minneapolis - Midwestern river/Great Lake towns. It seems more relaxed here than the East Coast, slower in a good way.
My mom used to bring my brother and I to St Louis when we were kids, so I always associate it with trips to the zoo, to the theater, to see the Christmas lights in the windows downtown, and of course - to see the Cardinals! We spent many happy hours in the car on many weekends listening to Jack Buck, the Voice of the Cardinals! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Buck. (If you miss him - here's a short tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58SZPmCn6No) So St Louis has always been "fun" for me - and today was no exception. I even finished off the day at a local restaurant where the very nice waiter stuffed me with Greek Linguini (never had it - now love it!) and recommended a local favorite dessert: gooey butter cake. I couldn't even finish it, it was that good! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooey_butter_cake
Great things in the library here also! The trouble with visiting libraries while traveling is that I want to check out all the cool things I see - so have to spend time writing it all down so I can get materials from my library. This was particularly troublesome here today, as the St Louis county library had "mystery date" books, and I was dying to check them out!! The books are on a rack and identified as Mystery Date Books; they are wrapped up in brown paper, with a smiley sun or an umbrella with rain, and identifying words/ideas are written in each corner. For someone like me, who loves almost all books and has a low tolerance for unsolved questions, the temptation to check them out - or at least to take a librarian aside and beg for the titles, was nearly overwhelming!
St Louis has a lot of other really interesting, very useful, community-oriented programming going on. The range of the authors they bring in is very impressive, and the programming they offer for patrons of all ages and interests is great: http://www.slpl.org/events/calendar.asp. You can take a look at their online exhibits here: http://www.slpl.org/slpl/library/article240109024.asp.
It is hot here in St Louis today - close to 90, and pretty humid. We had a huge rainstorm last night, with hail blowing around; and more rain is in the forecast - causing an overcast look to the Arch. It is hard to see in this photo, but there is a horse-drawn carriage across the street from where I'm standing (the Old Courthouse).
St Louis has a lot of French names on streets, buildings, and other areas around town. I really notice the contrast to Boston - where everything sounds very British. Driving and walking around St Louis, I noticed it "feels" like Chicago, or Milwaukee, or Minneapolis - Midwestern river/Great Lake towns. It seems more relaxed here than the East Coast, slower in a good way.
My mom used to bring my brother and I to St Louis when we were kids, so I always associate it with trips to the zoo, to the theater, to see the Christmas lights in the windows downtown, and of course - to see the Cardinals! We spent many happy hours in the car on many weekends listening to Jack Buck, the Voice of the Cardinals! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Buck. (If you miss him - here's a short tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58SZPmCn6No) So St Louis has always been "fun" for me - and today was no exception. I even finished off the day at a local restaurant where the very nice waiter stuffed me with Greek Linguini (never had it - now love it!) and recommended a local favorite dessert: gooey butter cake. I couldn't even finish it, it was that good! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooey_butter_cake
Great things in the library here also! The trouble with visiting libraries while traveling is that I want to check out all the cool things I see - so have to spend time writing it all down so I can get materials from my library. This was particularly troublesome here today, as the St Louis county library had "mystery date" books, and I was dying to check them out!! The books are on a rack and identified as Mystery Date Books; they are wrapped up in brown paper, with a smiley sun or an umbrella with rain, and identifying words/ideas are written in each corner. For someone like me, who loves almost all books and has a low tolerance for unsolved questions, the temptation to check them out - or at least to take a librarian aside and beg for the titles, was nearly overwhelming!
St Louis has a lot of other really interesting, very useful, community-oriented programming going on. The range of the authors they bring in is very impressive, and the programming they offer for patrons of all ages and interests is great: http://www.slpl.org/events/calendar.asp. You can take a look at their online exhibits here: http://www.slpl.org/slpl/library/article240109024.asp.
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