Meet Me in St. Louis…

This past weekend I flew into St. Louis (as I have many times over the past 6 months) ready for a weekend in Greenville.  It would be my first weekend in the new digs…new digs that I have to admit, I was not overly excited about.  However, I had mostly accepted it and was looking forward to a weekend with Trent after a long week that included a Valentine’s Day party at school.  I was ready for some R & R.

Trent picked me up from the airport and turned the opposite way than we normally do when we leave the airport.  My radar immediately went off, but I decided to go with it and be spontaneous for once.  Maybe he had picked out a new restaurant for us to try.  After a little drive Trent announced that we were going to be staying in St. Louis for the weekend so I could cross something off of my 30 Before 30 list.   I was very excited to find out that on Saturday we would be visiting the Arch!

On a side note, I would not have guessed that trying to eat dinner at 9:30 on Valentine’s Day would be that tricky, but it was.  After finding out it would be a 45 minute wait at Olive Garden and Applebee's, we settled on a lovely Italian meal at Fazoli’s (no complaints on my end) where I presented an e-mail coupon for a free slice of cheesecake on February 14th…bonus!

So, after a lazy Saturday morning at the hotel that included a run at the hotel gym and some cable TV, we headed downtown St. Louis for the main event of the weekend.

Number 5 on my 30 Before 30 list can be checked off!  One down…29 to go!

The view of downtown St. Louis…

Me and the man behind the plan at the Arch…

So fun to see it up close…

After visiting the arch we headed to my favorite restaurant in St. Louis, PW Pizza where I devoured the cheesiest calzone in America that guarantees a bellyache.  It was definitely a fun weekend getaway!  Lots of eating unhealthy food and exploring new things.  Looking forward to crossing some more items off my list!

{The Launes}