St. Louis Party Time

Black Friday is not what it used to be, and I'm not as motivated by hoarding junk either. HOWEVER I was highly motivated by this Life and Trust deal. It's the successor show to Sleep No More which I am obsessed with so I did the deal.

Grandad and Zoe met up with us at the Magic House in St. Louis, MO for some exploratory play.

These little job stations are very cute.

This cereal box transported me back to my working at Ralcorp days.

The bathroom at Sugarfire was fun and Missouri themed.

Side Project Brewing is a highly regarded local brewery so I stopped by and stocked up a bit.

The Airbnb above Southwest Diner is very funky and full of weird art.

We had another little get together with the St. Louis gang.

Copious amounts of food and fun were had by all.

Clownvis Still Has Talent

I took the opportunity being in St. Louis to hit my favorite restaurants. Sugarfire is pretty darn good barbecue.

The sauces... the sauces.

I checked out the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.

I love an opportunity to immerse myself in the 1904 World's Fair.

This was a weird thing that I don't remember learning about before. They have some jars of preserved fruit from an agricultural exhibit. If I was a supervillain I think I might break in the museum in the dead of night and feast upon 120 year old pears.

Our annual pumpkin beer tasting was coming up so I was excited to stock up on delicious St. Louis beer.

I got a little carried away though... I couldn't make it all fit in my suitcase. Sacrifices were made.

I was super excited about this event. Silver Ballroom is maybe my favorite bar in town, and Clownvis is a very fun and unique local act... plus free pinball? I'm there.

I suited up for the occasion.

It turns out that the event was promoting a new Clownvis beer from 4 Hands Brewing Co.

Seago and Nora joined in the fun. It was fun talking to Clownvis a bit about the olden days. He recognized my shirt as being a relic from an earlier time. I discovered Clownvis very early in my St. Louis life so there was a fair bit of nostalgia involved as well. Good times.

Andre was there too.

Clownvis even gave me some swag. What a good night.