St. Louis Central Library Grand Reopening

It's beautiful. It's going to be full of people. Thank you SLPL for making this investment.

The Arch is sneaking up on you

My birthday lunch, London Tea Room

It's been a couple week, but this was so tasty, I thought I should mention it. After we watched the launch of the Itiodarod, Julie took me out for a pot of tea and marvelous roast beef boat of a sandwich.





Thank you very much, Julie.

Idiotarod: MUSH!

More from the STL Idiotarod

Downtown St. Louis Idiotarod

JD and I wandered downtown Saturday to see silliness for a good cause.

Discovering the London Tea Room, Downtown

After our book binge at Left Bank, JD and I stopped in for tea and scones at the London Tea Room, which is, of course, in St. Louis and not anywhere near London. Not even London, Ohio.



(The St. Louis Tea Room is in Tower Grove South - totally different place. More on that later, I'm sure.)

Anyway... I've enjoyed the London Tea Room's website and blog for a while, so we decided we should stop.



It was a classic Julie & Lainey outing: good food and drink, people-watching, Julie tweeting, Lainey taking surreptitious photos, complete with live music from a violin & guitar duo. We even had the table of ladies next to us finish their drinks and ask if I could take their picture.

Why doesn't anyone ever ask Julie to take their picture? History shows it doesn't matter how I'm dressed, where I am, or what I'm doing; strangers pick me out of the group, hand me their camera and ask if I'll take their picture. I guess I have a "good camera karma" sort of vibe. Or maybe it's a "she too fat to run away with my camera" vibe. Oh well.

Here's Julie checking out the list of loose leaf teas, deciding what we needed to take home with us.

Holiday Shopping @ Left Bank Books Downtown

JD and I did some of our Christmas / birthday shopping downtown last week.


Do I want to read this? I think I might.
Unfortunately, I don't get to shop for me for a few more days...


Here's Julie hunting down a copy of Anna Karenina.

Indie Underground @ Lumiere Place

St. Louis Fashion Week
aka Let's All Wear Boots







I enjoyed seeing familiar faces from Katatomic Labs and TwIsTeD. I enjoyed the people watching. The event offered me loud music and free drinks on a Friday night, so really, I can't think of much to complain about.

I didn't really know what to expect going into this event. Three days later and I'm still not sure. That's probably just my cold talking...

Don't worry, I'm medicated.

Central Library, St. Louis Public Library

JD and I had a great time on our tour of the Central Library last weekend. It's a phenomenal place.

Citygarden - go ahead, touch it

Kids love to climb. Citygarden doesn't care.





Okay, for that one, I was the only one climbing. I was inside this head.

Citygarden - downtown, St. Louis

Outside City Museum

Inside City Museum