Since I live in St. Louis, Missouri, I thought I would make a page with a few things that I love to do here in my own city. This page will be set up slightly different than the other pages since I won’t be doing a day by day account of home base, but I just want to highlight some of the fun and different things that I do while I’m not travelling.
Keep on reading for updates on our life in the Midwest!
January 4, 2024: Mobot
We always go to the MO Botanical Garden’s “Garden Glow” at the end of the year but we decided to do one more round of the lights before they took them down for the season. I think these dandelion flowers are so pretty!
We saw Mrs. Doubtfire as part of our Fox Theatre subscription.
January 20, 2024: Nashville to see Kristin Chenoweth
We drove down to Nashville and we got to see Kristin Chenoweth perform.
February 24, 2024: Circus of Dreams Pop Up Event
My friend Naomi and I went to this pop-up event called Circus of Dreams. I love how the pop-up events have themed drinks and food, the venue is decorated, and these events also have a “show” and some games involved. This one had dancers and performers who used light up hula hoops too.
March 22, 2024: Zoo Lights
The Zoo did a lantern light festival that happens in the evening. We went with Bryce’s cousins that were in town for a sports tournament.
March 31, 2024: Easter
Let’s not forget Nico on Easter!
April 11, 2024: Spoonful Desserts
We tried a local Korean dessert place and ordered Bingsu and Taiyaki for the first time.
April 13, 2024: IDK How But They Found Me
I had a free night and I’ve occasionally listened to IDK How But They Found Me so when they came to St. Louis, I thought I would check out their concert.
April 20, 2024: Leslie Odom Jr.
This weekend we drove up to Chicago to see Leslie Odom Jr. perform at the CIBC Theatre. He was all business. He got onto the stage and sang his songs. This wasn’t my first time I’ve seen Leslie Odom Jr. but he’s a delight to hear sing.
May 9, 2024: Erik Larson
Erik Larson came to speak in St. Louis about his new book: The Demon of Unrest. I haven’t read this and I’m not sure when I will get around to it but it was interesting to hear how he complies his research in order to write books.
May 30, 2024: Megan Thee Stallion
My friend wanted to see Megan Thee Stallion so we drove down to Memphis to see her in concert.
June 10, 2024: Corpse Flower
We stood in line for a few hours to see and smell the corpse flower at MoBot. When the flower blooms, it smells like rotting flesh. At least the evening was nice while we stood outside to see and smell this flower!
July 12, 2024: Goodman Theatre (Chicago)
We took a short road trip to Chicago to see the world premier of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil based on the novel of the same name. The music was by Jason Robert Brown and starred J. Harrison Ghee, Tom Hewitt, and Sierra Boggess. It’s not in Missouri but it’s still part of our Midwest life.
July 28, 2024: Bean (Chicago)
We ended up going to Chicago again to see Norbert Leo Butz. But I did have to add our classic Chicago “Bean” photo up.
August 2, 2024: City Museum Prom
The City Museum held a 90’s Prom event for adults to play at the City Museum. While I did not climb everything (since I was in a dress), we did go on the rooftop Ferris wheel and danced to the music.
August 4, 2024: Kernels of Culture: Maize Around the World
The Botanical Gardens had a special exhibit, the Kernels of Culture: Maize Around the World. It explored everything related to corn including art, pop culture, and information about corn, farming, food, tools, community, etc. Bryce enjoyed seeing all the displays about the corn.
September 7, 2024 Pool Day with Nico
The community pools throughout the St. Louis area close on Labor Day but many have dog days at the pool the following weekend. We decided to take Nico to the Arnold Community Pool and he had a blast!
September 7, 2024: Broadway Rave
I am not one to go out and dance often but when they have a night out with only Broadway music, I am in. I took a friend and we danced (and sang) the night away.
September 14, 2024: St. Louis Mid Autumn Festival Concert
A co-worker of Bryce invited us to the St. Louis Mid Autumn Festival Concert where multiple artists and groups performed Opera songs. It was our first exposure to Opera and we both enjoyed ourselves.
September 20, 2024: New Society Bar
Some friends and I went to New Society Bar which is a speakeasy type bar that was very fun. The drink I ordered was “corn”. It was comprised of poblano, queso fresco infused alambique serrano, buttered corn, licor 43, sherry, cheddar popcorn air. It tasted like corn!
October 6, 2024: Eckert’s Pumpkin Patch
I love fall and I love all the fall activities so we decided this Sunday would be a good day to go to the pumpkin patch. Even though it was October, it was hot outside.
October 10, 2024: Twenty One Pilots Clancy World Tour
Twenty One Pilots is my favorite alternative band and it was the perfect start to my birthday weekend.
October 12, 2024: Birthday Bonfire
For my birthday, I decided to have a hayride and bonfire at the Pere Marquette Riding Stables.
October 13 2024: Lincoln Memorial Garden
We traveled to Springfield to visit a friend at the Lincoln Memorial Garden Festival for the afternoon.
October 15, 2024 Boo at the Zoo
For my birthday, I wanted to go to Boo at the Zoo. The Zoo puts up a lot of lights that are all Halloween themed. It’s one of my favorite fall events.
October 19, 2024: Grant’s Farm
We got to see the headless horse when we went for the Fall Fest at Grant’s Farm.
October 20, 2024: Lime Kiln Hike
We took Nico on a hike at Lime Kiln and saw a family of deer.
October 25, 2024: Spirits in the Garden
Every year we make it to Spirits in the Garden. This year I decided to be a Squishmallow.
December 12, 2024: Zoo Lights
We made it to the Zoo lights again this year.
December 14, 2024: Decorating Gingerbread Houses
We drove to Springfield to visit friends and make Gingerbread Houses. My friend’s mom baked all the house parts so all we had to do was decorate. I think at the point of this photo, all of the kids were over gingerbread decorating and were playing around the house.
December 20, 2024 MoBot Garden Glow
We always to go the MO Botanical Garden’s Garden Glow. This year, they have these really fun tress that were lit up. This was a new light feature of the year.
December 21, 2024 Zoo
We decided to walk around the zoo before lunch and we got a good photo of the polar bear, Kali.
December 24, 2024 Christmas Eve
The Christmas Cookie for 2024 was the Cicada due to the influx of Cicadas and because we found a small town in France that had a lot of Cicada items. I was super busy with work this year, so Bryce gets all the credit for making the cookies.
December 25, 2024 Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from Katie, Bryce, and Nico.