Happy Monday! I hope everyone's weekend was fabulous! Aleric and I got back last night from a weekend trip to St. Louis. Our 2-year anniversary was yesterday and the Cubs were playing the Cardinals Saturday night, so we figured there wasn't really a better way to celebrate than watching a ball game! (Last year, we drove to Pittsburgh to watch the Cubs play the Pirates!) I've mentioned before that I am a sucker for craft beer, so St. Louis was a fun area to explore.
We met up with a couple of our close friends, Brenda and Andrew (they were on the blog in March!). We shared a room at City Place in downtown St. Louis, which had an awesome 29th-floor balcony view of the entire city. We were right smack in downtown, so we had a great view of the Arch, Busch Stadium, and the bridges, which was perfect for my obsession with photographing just about everything I see. On Friday night, we went to Schlafly's. We love Schlafly's beer, so it was neat to visit. I got their black bean burger, which was pretty delicious. And, I couldn't pass up their pita bread with beer cheese dip. Seriously, who doesn't love beer cheese?
On Saturday, we walked to Morgan Street, which was just a few minutes from our hotel. I included a homey-feeling photo below from the inside. Aleric absolutely loved it because it was decorated with bear photos and paintings. He has been trying to convince me for some time now to let him get a pet bear, so I think this was his happy place. I loved the moody lighting and wood everywhere. We actually spent a decent amount of time there and shared a couple of pitchers. Next, we walked to 4 Hands Brewery, which I really loved. Their nachos were honestly to die for! We shared some yummy stouts and relaxed there for a couple of hours. I really liked the vibe of the place and that you kind of served yourself, instead of having a waiter or waitress come to the table. It was super relaxed. After lunch there, we went back to the hotel for a swim and an incredible roof-top view of the city. I'm terrified of heights, but I could hardly pay attention to that because it was just so cool to look at all of the bridges, water, and surrounding buildings. Looking over at all of that was truly calming. The game started at 7:15 and the sun was just about down, but that didn't stop us from suffering in 90-degree heat. It. Was. So. Stinking. Hot. We had pretty awesome seats, though, which were in the bleachers, and we were nice and close to the souvenir booth so we could grab our usual home-team-themed baseball for our Cubs display at home. Thankfully, the Cubs won 6-3, so it definitely made nearly dying from heat exhaustion worth it. Aleric and I wandered around the city a bit more, and I snapped some photos of the lit-up buildings to add to our collection at home. Aleric is a civil/structural engineer and has a love of buildings, metal, and skylines at night, so I'm always sure to have my camera on-hand so I can print out the images and hang them on our walls.
