St Louis (I wish we had a travel subforum)

[Jorge]

I'm going to St Louis in October for a wedding. We're there for 5 days and staying in the Central West End area.

What is there to do in St Louis please

[tragabigzanda]

There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

[JuanHamm]

The Budweiser factory tour was a good time.

[verb_to_trust]

City Museum. It might be best for kids but it's an interesting place to look at.

[tree_]

I live an hour south of there. I lived there for several years before and have visited many times throughout my life. Specify what you’d be interested in doing and we can figure something out.

[Jorge]

Interested in hearing about good restaurants and fun attractions. Arts and culture. Honestly open to whatever

[tree_]

Interested in hearing about good restaurants and fun attractions. Arts and culture. Honestly open to whatever

There’s a fun little bar I would frequent pretty often for open mics or to see local acts called Venice Cafe near the Budweiser factory (which I hear gives good tours)

[tree_]

Also I would highly recommend the zoo. It’s world class. But I would try to go on a weekday cause it can be pretty crowded on weekends. I’m not much of a restaurant connoisseur so can’t help you much there. But I’m pretty sure central west end and The Loop and The Hill (genuine italian food) all have some good options. There’s Lebanese food at a place in the loop my wife loves. I think it’s just OK.

[tree_]

Oh there’s a place called Pi that has expensive gourmet pizza if you want that in central west end. People rave about the barbecue at a place near there too. I’ll look up what it’s called

[tree_]

Pappys smokehouse. It’s close to where you’re staying.

[tree_]

Oh and the local breweries are all pretty good. Schlafly is where I met my wife.

[spike]

Go to a Cardinals game to witness American racism in all its glory.

[tree_]

Maybe go to a Cardinals game if they’re playing. They’re crazy about the cards in that town. There’s always scalpers selling tickets outside the stadium.

[Monkey_Driven]

I'm putting together a list of places to eat/visit around the PJ show in September. I'll share it with you too!

[verb_to_trust]

I like Pappy's Smokehouse

[wease]

I'm putting together a list of places to eat/visit around the PJ show in September. I'll share it with you too!

I’d like a copy please.

[Simple Torture]

Go to a Cardinals game to witness American racism in all its glory.

Went to a Cardinals game and was challenged to a fight for wearing a Red Sox jersey. 10/10 would recommend.

[Monkey_Driven]

I'm putting together a list of places to eat/visit around the PJ show in September. I'll share it with you too!

I’d like a copy please.

You bet!

[Simple Torture]

Lots of stuff--including the art museum and the zoo--were free, which is nice.

[Monkey_Driven]

Want to plug seeing the Arch. It's the cliche thing to do downtown, but it's worth it. They recently remodeled and redesigned the museum below it. A majestic monument and feat of engineering.