The Geek Bar Beta is in Wicker park at 1941 West North Avenue. A friend told me about the event and I dressed up, though I think my outfit turned out more like a pirate then steampunk, and met my friends at the bar. The Geek Bar Beta hosts a lot of events. The night prior [...]
Nadoz cafe
There are a couple Nadoz cafes in St. Louis. After some shopping we popped into the one at 12 The Boulevard Saint Louis, Richmond Heights. The Nadoz Cafes serve breakfast, brunch, and lunch with crepes, soup, quiches, sandwiches and drinks. They also make desserts and have a bakery. I ordered their turkey and cheddar quiche and the Grinch [...]
St. Louis-Tower Grove Park
Tower Grove Park is located at 4256 Magnolia Avenue in St. Louis. The 289 acres (1.17 km²) of land the Tower Grove Park resideds on was donated in 1868 by Henry Shaw, who also started the Missouri Botanical Garden. (The Botanical Garden is also near the Park.) There are 11 beautiful pavilions throughout the park. The [...]
St. Louis- The London Tea Room
Located at 3128 Morgan Ford Road The London Tea Room is a bit of Britain in St. Louis. A friend told me about it before I left to visit my sisters. The London Team Room is broken up into two different rooms, one is for people who have reservations for high tea/afternoon tea, and it's [...]
Lights at Anheuser-Busch Brewery and Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
There are several places to go in or near St. Louis to see lights around the holidays. One of the first was at Anheuser-Busch holiday light display at their St. Louis Brewery located at 1200 Lynch Street. It's free and open from Late November to early January (ending on January 4th). It's the 29th year [...]
Sip Coffee House
Sip Coffee House is located at 1223 West Grand Avenue. It's nearish the grand blue line stop and right next to a 65 bus stop. They have over 26 flavors of tea and a large variety of coffee drinks. If you order their loose leaf tea for there they'll brew it in a pot and give [...]
Versailles Cafe
Versailles cafe is located at 4102 North Pulaski Road and is a quaint, rather laid back French cafe in Irving Park. They serve a variety of crepes and I was rather sad I was too full to even contemplate ordering one. After seeing some photos of their crepes I definably wouldn't have been able to finish one. [...]
Expo 72
Expo 72 is a free art exhibit located at 72 East Randolph Street downtown in the loop. I've passed by it several times never quite sure exactly what it is or when it's open. I saw people inside recently and decided to check it out. The exhibit currently up until the end of February is [...]
South Carolina: Redcliffe Plantation
Redcliffe Plantation was completed in 1859 by James Henry Hammond and is the smallest of his many plantations. He named it Redcliffe because the dirt is red around the house and it sits up high. It was his show plantation, the party house, or the place to show off just how well he and his [...]
South Carolina: Hopelands Gardens
While visiting family in Georgia we spent some time in South Carolina and one of the first places we visited was the Hopelands Gardens. The Hopelands Gardens were given to the city of Aiken and opened in 1969 as a public garden, however there are still private residences on the 14 acres. While we were [...]