A Weekend in St Louis

Abigale, Dad, and I are in Downtown St Louis for the weekend since Abigale is on spring break. We started our journey with a check-in at our hotel, followed by a lovely Italian meal at Charlie Gitto's. I had some bread, a few toasted ravioli, a side salad, some fettuccini (split with Abigale), and some chocolate cake to finish it off. I am soooo full. But it was soooo worth it. If you are ever in the downtown St Louis area looking for a good Italian meal, give it a try.

On Saturday, we ate breakfast at a restaurant called Rooster, which is amazing. I recommend the French toast. SO good! We then headed to the St Louis Zoo. After a few hours there, we decided to look for some good lunch. My phone led us to a place called Sweetie Pies. As we drove by, we weren't sure if it would be good, but decided to give it a try. As we walked through the doors, we were greeted by a line wrapping all through the inside of the restaurant. We knew it had to be good, so we decided to wait. While standing in line, we noticed some camera men, and overheard they were filming for a show on the Oprah network. I looked on my phone, and it turns out this restaurant will have its own reality show on the Oprah channel. How cool. So if you ever see it on, look for me. Haha. We waited in line for about 30 minutes, and it was well worth the wait. Amazing fried chicken, Mac and cheese, green beans, mashed potatoes, and of course cornbread. Mmm.

With our bellies full, we headed to the city museum to work it all off. Or sweat it off, rather. Always an enjoyable experience, except when you have a headache. That was not too fun.  So, after a few hours of playing, we headed back to the hotel to get medicine in me for my headache and rest a little. After about an hour, we headed back to the museum for round two.

When returning to the hotel, Abigale spotted a horse-drawn Cinderella carraige that she wanted to ride, so we did. It turns out we had a trainee, as well as the "professional." What an experience. I'm glad we survived. He tended to enjoy pulling out into lanes of traffic without looking first. I'm surprised we didn't die. Haha.

And finally, on Sunday morning, we concluded our trip by having breakfast, (or brunch), at the 12th Street City Diner.  Mmmmm, so good.  We then loaded up the car and headed back to Greenville to drop me off, and then Dad and Abigale returned to Nashville.  What an enjoyable weekend.

Here are some pictures from the trip...

Abigale and I in our hotel room.

The clouds on the way to St Louis were absolutely incredible. So weird.

Abigale discovered a hole in the middle of the menu. Such a goofball.

Yep, we're weird and proud.

I just thought this was really cool. My iPhone camera focused on the raindrops instead of the clouds in the background.

Yes, we pulled an "Elf" in the elevator and lit up the buttons like a Christmas tree.

The view from our hotel room.

 Abigale seemed to have an obsession with shoving her headphones up her nose.  She would proceed by yelling "Fire in the Hole!" and blowing the out. What a goof. Gotta love her.

 The family that brushes together, stays together.

 Abigale and I and the bloated figurine.

My airbrush tattoo. It didn't last long. :/

Elephant at the St. Louis Zoo! 

 Abigale and I. She had her face painted like a peacock. Too cute.

 Sweetie Pies, and the hour-long line.

 Our Cinderella Carriage.

Giraffe, too cute.