Saturday | St. Louis

I decided yesterday before Friday even started that it was going to be a great weekend. 

.... So far, I'm still right (: 

Today = Something of a late start, but it was entirely worth it. I got some gorilla bread finished before 11am, which in and of itself was something random since my original plan was the traditional weekend scrambled eggs & potato deal. So yeah, definitely not an awful first step.

Poor Stella spent a loooong time cooped up yesterday, so it was the yard and some sunshine for her right away this morning: 

big smiles... for a gorgeous day!!

We finally got ourselves together and hopped in the car with an entirely blank agenda. That's what we usually do. We took off in the direction of St. Louis, knowing we would eventually find something that would interest us. It didn't take us long. 

Stop #1: Union Station in downtown St. Louis. 

union station | st. louis, mo
++ my new favorite shot of us .. just sayin' (: 

We walked around Union Station for a little bit; it reminded me of a blend between Easton Towne Ctr in Columbus [Ohio] & Newport on the Levee in Newport [Kentucky]. Whatever the case, it was pretty awesome, if nothing else than for the change of scenery and the fact that I'd just never been there. I decided today that I'll be back, probably with the D90 in hand.... hah.

Stop #2: Food. A must, for any weekend excursion, no matter where you are. Rob & I share an affinity for places off the beaten path, or in this case, right in the middle of it, but off the radar of the corporate food chain. Plus, it's nearing that fun little Irish holiday, so it seemed fitting all together for us to make it a pub stop. Llywelyn's it was. I'd never been, but I know now that I'd go back. 

in honor of my two favorite gingers...haha

Oh, and when we were finished, the server reminded us about their participation in one of those famous MDA fundraising things. We bought a clover, and I decided I would include my two favorite gingers, in honor of us being at an Irish pub and neither of us actually being Irish. Good times ;) 

Stop #3: His house. We stopped to check his mail and a couple of other things, and maaaaay or may not have snuck in a power nap here... [[*yes. Insert nap here.*]]

Stop#4: Broadway Oyster Bar! This part wasn't scripted, either, but as is nearly always the case with us, nobody would've known. A couple of his friends were there, plus Aaron Kamm & the One Drops were playing.... so the question would've been why NOT?

Yeah... we made that happen. 

yes, yes.... and yes, please.

Stop#5: HOME. That's now... and that's a wrap on another great day, folks. 

Today = WIN.

xo | cmd

[Backdated] Birthday Wishes!

I love birthdays! (:

Despite my hesitation from not feeling well yesterday, I woke up in amiable condition this morning and decided to tackle cleaning the bulk of my house. Go figure. Sydni even helped, in spite of her feeling just as crummy as I was just hours earlier. Hmm. That out of the way, I opted for a nap, warding off any oncoming creep of whatever bug I thought I was fighting yesterday.

Ali came over this afternoon bearing gifts, haha. She ordered this little guy for me, and I love love love it.

thank you, friend!!

I decided I did feel well enough for birthday festivities. Ali volunteered to watch Sydni for the evening, so I entrusted her wellbeing to Sydni [yes, I phrased that right], and we headed out to St. Louis to the Broadway Oyster Bar to rendezvous with Rob's friends and celebrate Kyle's birthday. We stopped at Kyle's and picked up both him and his sister, and made our way through the rain to St. Louis.


broadway oyster bar

B.O.B. = Delicious.

From there it was off to Kramden's for some more celebrating, before our final stop out at Jacobsmeyers. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KYLE! (:


♥ celebrating kyle's birthday

Ali is pretty much awesome for hanging with the monster tonight, and I was pleasantly relieved when we got back and found that Ali had in fact avoided Sydni's wrangling and was not tied and stuffed into any closets ;)


ali & monster ;)

I'll tell ya what..... I have some truly incredible people in my life...♥  Real talk.

xo | cmd