Anna and I were able to get away for an extended weekend thanks to my parents who are watching the kids. We thought it would be fun to head to St. Louis since Anna has never been there and it has been a long time since I have.
We left at 9:00 am from Mom and Dad’s. We stopped a couple of times along the way but we mostly tried to keep going.
(we saw this on the side of the road on Interstate 70. You can read more about the cross and the foundation at Cross USA)
We finally ended up in St. Louis around 1:00 and after finding our hotel we grabbed lunch in the Central West End at Culpepper’s Bar and Grill.
The food was great and the pigeons were GREAT company.
After lunch we checked into the hotel. Anna found us a suite at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.
We then headed out to dinner but didn’t want to pass up an opportunity to walk through the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.
It was beautiful and yet so incredibly empty feeling.
We then went to dinner at Fritz so we could enjoy the world famous, in-house brewed Root Beer.
After four frosted mugs of root beer, we had the privilege of enjoying a free outdoor concert of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Here is the playlist:
TRAD The Star-Spangled Banner
ROSSINI The Thieving Magpie Overture
HUMPERDINCK Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
ARLEN arr. Angela Morley The Wizard of Oz: Fantasy for Orchestra
VERDI Triumphal March from Aïda
TCHAIKOVSKY Trepak from The Nutcracker
RODGERS Carousel Waltz
BERLIOZ Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust
BERNSTEIN Candide Overture
SOUSA Stars and Stripes Forever
The music was great and the night was beautiful.
I can’t wait to see what is in store for tomorrow.
