Weekend!

[tabaqui]

Whooo!
Now, that was fun. :)
The zoo, the art museum, wandering around St. Louis trying to force the GPS to acknowledge the street we were looking for.... Wheee!


All the details....

Friday night we visited the De Mun Oyster Bar. Ooooh. So awesome. Snow was craving oysters and I wanted scollops and they were both *fantastic*. As was the duck potato salad (wee purple potatoes!!). We sat out on the patio and watched the students wander around (it was near Washington University). The whole neighborhood - once we found it - was gorgeous, the campus and the houses, so that was spiff.

It was *very hot* Saturday at the zoo, but the butterfly dome and baby elephant and sleepy hyenas made it worth it. Also, PETTING THE STINGRAYS. Omg. Of course, by mid-day, we had to go back to the hotel and collapse, but later we went out again to the Lemp Mansion, which has a reputation for being haunted. It's also *amazing*, right down to the imported Italian tub that has pride of place in the middle of the woman's restroom. Plus a fireplace. Plus twelve-foot doors and mosaic tiles and, well....yeah. :)

In honor of our hours spent watching Chef Ramsey destroy people's souls, we had beef wellington. Yum!

Sunday was stormy-looking, but no rain, and we headed to the St. Louis Art Museum for a few hours and then hit the Courtesy Diner on our way out of town. It was so VERY Sam'n'Dean, heh.

Stingrays! A butterfly! Culpeppers, where we at on zoo day. And, last but not least, me and Snow with the vista of the Grand Basin in Forest Park behind us.







One of the highlights? This car, in the parking lot of the Art Museum. We giggled liked loons, and then we had to leave a note. Snow took a picture, so...if she posts it i'll link it. :)



I now realize i need a Show sticker for my car.

Forgot to say - they had a print out on the glove-box inside (we peeked) from the_dean_show. One of the 'Memoirs of a Muscle Car' images, I do believe. So they *must* be on LJ somewhere! :)

So that was our trip! It was a blast, we talked a lot, got a little culture, ate delicious food and just...enjoyed. Next time will be *sooner* than four years!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Ha! Reminds me of someone else's vacation photos where she came across a houseboat called Buffy :) But yeah, definitely sounds like an LJ fandom person.

The Lemp Mansion sounds interesting. We'll likely be back in St. Louis at some point. I'll try to remember to check it out.

[tabaqui]

Hehehe. It was neat to see some fandom out and about in the wide world.

Oh, will you? Yes, you should - it was really lovely and interesting. We made a reservation, and though they weren't full, that seemed best. They also do dinner theatre there, murder-mystery plays.

[ruric]

Looks like a really fun break!

[tabaqui]

It was! So much fun. :)

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fantastic trip. We've only been to St. Louis once (for a baseball game) but thought it was great fun. Time to hit it again.

I had never thought about a show sticker for my car but now I totally need one! Solidarity!

[tabaqui]

It's a fun city! And yes - sticker! I mean, how many other fans have i missed? :)

[reddwarf75.livejournal.com]

Look and sounds like a great time :D
Marie

[tabaqui]

It was really quite nice. :)

[missus-grace.livejournal.com]

It's great to get away with your buddies. I love my Girlz weekends!

So cool to find an SPN fan - I'm jonesing for the Keep Calm and Call the Winchesters sticker.

[tabaqui]

It was so fun!

Yeah, that one is awesome. I'll have to look around online and find one i like.

[zonikita.livejournal.com]

YAY for a great week-end :)

Finding fellow fans out in nature is oddly exiting. I once gave a complete stranger a huge smile because he was wearing a Sons of Anarchy T-shirt. He must have though I was weird... ;)

[tabaqui]

Yay!


It is, isn't it? I love it, though it doesn't happen often.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

I wonder if anyone knows whose car that is? :)

I'm currently observing a zeitgeist where fans want to recognize each other out in the world. The old hand signal for "live long and prosper" would do in a pinch, wouldn't it?

Yesterday I was wearing my Nyan Cat Tardis shirt (http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f36f/?srp=2) and another Who fan recognized me. I love wearing fannish clothing or jewelry so that people can recognize me as a fan. I do need to get more bumper stickers though!!

[tabaqui]

We were hoping someone might identify it. Since they had a 'The Dean Show' chibi boys panel on their glove box, *someone* knows them - that's an LJ comm! :)

Heee! Cool shirt. :)

[lostakasha.livejournal.com]

What a nifty time!

And you know what sticker I'd like to find? Singer Salvage - so it matches my one and only fandom tee-shirt. :)

[tabaqui]

That would be cool!
I have a Winchester brothers t-shirt. My only fannish 'thing' besides my three Avengers drinking cups (87 cents at the horrible W-M!!)

:)

[realtsunamigirl.livejournal.com]

If only the car had been an Impala; Fanvana would have been achieved!

At least it was black :)

Sounds like an ideal girls' vacation was achieved. Glad you had so much fun :)

[tabaqui]

I know! I think i'd die if i saw a '67 out 'in the wild'....

It was awesome. So much fun! We must try and do it again soon, as four years is too long a gap.