St. Louis - Concluded

We got breakfast in Soulard, a neighborhood of St. Louis that is home to the second biggest Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States.

Veggie Benedict.

I hung out in the business center of Megan and Luke's apartment, working on homework.

Came outside and it was dark and rainy.

We got some St. Louis style pizza (hardly any crust/super thin).  It was delicious.

Family picture.

Hit the road.  Stopped at a Quiktrip on the way home.  Best gas station ever.

St. Louis - Day 1

My nuclear family went to visit my sister for Thanksgiving.  We got there Wednesday evening, and left Saturday night.  This is what my mom packs for such a short trip.  Yikes.

Yeah, I got all my shit in there.

Luke brought us inside.

Then we went to lunch.  Megan was still in school and was not missed.

We met up with Megan at SLU, the law school she's going to.  Seems like a typical college campus.

I intended to work on my Woolf thesis while in St. Louis, but I forgot my primary texts.  Luckily, my sister was able to check them out of the library.  Pretty cool cover of The Voyage Out as well.

Only SLU students can even go into the library.  The irony of me needed A Room of One's One, an essay that discusses being locked out of a library, was not lost on me.  Here is an excerpt:

"...but here I was actually at the door which leads into the library itself. I must have opened it, for instantly there issued, like a guardian angel barring the way with a flutter of black gown instead of white wings, a deprecating, silvery, kindly gentleman, who regretted in a low voice as he waved me back that ladies are only admitted to the library if accompanied by a Fellow of the College or furnished with a letter of introduction.

           That a famous library has been cursed by a woman is a matter of complete indifference to a famous library. Venerable and calm, with all its treasures safe locked within its breast, it sleeps complacently and will, so far as I am concerned, so sleep for ever. Never will I wake those echoes, never will I ask for that hospitality again, I vowed as I descended the steps in anger".  

Locked out. 

We explored the SLU Law School.  Here's Megan's faculty.

The Prince of SLU Law.

We went back to the apartment and took naps.  Gizmo is so cute.

Then Luke made an excellent dinner.

Last Day

Megan is moving to St. Louis, so we hung out one last day before she left. 

Started the day off with some coffee.

And then we had to take her dog, Gizmo, to the vet.

After business was handled, we went to the Denver Film Center to see Page One: Inside The New York Times.

The film shows the New York Times during the the first batch of Wikileaks' documents, demonstrates the importance of the paper in history, and how the organization is trying to survive in a world with easily accessible and free news.

Here is the trailer, go see it!

Also, good luck to my sister during her years at St. Louis Universities' School of Law!