Everyone knows what huge St. Louis Cardinals fans we are, and I always love the opportunity to see games in person (Russ prefers to watch them on TV). It just so happened that we had a coupon for buy 1 seat, get 1 free for this season, and it was only good for games M-Th and seats $20 or more. Since we were in town only for the month of April, our choices were reall
y limited. In fact, the only series available to us was the week of April 17 against the Cincinnati Reds, and after looking at our schedule, we decided to go on the evening of the 17th. We arrived early, purchased seats for $25 a couple levels up in right field, watched a litt
le batting practice, got something to eat, checked out the gift shop, and then settled into our seats for an exciting game. It was a real pitchers’ duel that went into extra innings. Along with over 35,000 fans, we watched the Cards win 2-1 in the bottom of the 10th! Woohoo!!
The next day we drove out to see Russ’ brother and his wife at their farm in Wentzville (about a 45 min. drive). We always enjoy our visits catching up on each others’ lives, and after a couple hours chatting, we followed Ron and Jackie to
Stefanina’s Italian Restaurant (
http://www.stefaninas-wentzville.com/). Everybody knows them there, and Ron doesn’t go anywhere that he can’t wear his signature bib overalls! The food is always excellent, though most of the time we get the huge 21” pizza…great for leftovers!
Each trip to St. Louis includes a visit to the parents of one of my best friends who no longer lives in town. Bill has been living in a nursing home since his last stroke, and Alice lives in their home only a few blocks away. It just so happened that the day I was planning to visit was his 85th birthday, and I was thrilled to be able to spend some of it with him. Alice had baked y
ummy carrot cake cupcakes for us to enjoy plus a full size carrot cake for the staff (Bill loves to share). In fact she brought him some flowers from their yard, and he was just finishing up physical therapy when we arrived. She handed him the flowers saying happy birthday, and he immediately handed them to the therapist (told you he loves to share!) She also brought along birthday cards that had arrived so far, and he so enjoyed opening them. As always we had a great visit, and time flew by way too quickly.
Gloria’s son is the manager at the
Cecil Whittaker’s Pizzeria (
http://cwpizza.com/) location not far from the nursing home, and I had made plans to meet her and some friends there for a late lunch. Afterwards Mary Ann had to run, but Gloria and I came up with a plan of something we wanted to do in honor of our friend, Ellen, who
passed away earlier this year. When we were in high school, my mom, my sister, Ellen, and I (and occasionally Gloria or another friend) would go “park hopping”. My mom would drive us to one of the nearby city park playgrounds, and we would swing on the swings, slide on the slide, and just have silly fun. The funniest part of all this is that it was done at night! So even though it was daylight, Gl
oria and I decided to drive down the road to the playground at nearby Carondelet Park, and we talked Mary into joining us (someone had to take the photo!) We’re sure Ellen was smiling down on our silliness, and from there the three of us shared a pitcher of margaritas at
La Casa Frijole aka
The Bean House (sorry, no website)…the perfect end to a thoroughly enjoyable day.
The rest of the week was spent either going to somebody’s house for a delicious dinner (ooops...no pics from Steve and Patty’s), or people coming to the RV for dinner. Michelle and Randy made the trek over from Illinois for my homemade lasagna, and she brought some incredibly large chocolate covered strawberries for dessert...yummmm!
We also enjoyed what I had planned as a couples BBQ, but you know what can happen with the best laid plans! Even though Jim, Gloria, and Diane were the only ones able to make it, we still had a great time chatting, watching Cardinals baseball, and sharing some delicious food…a terrific way to end the week.
Everyone knows what huge St. Louis Cardinals fans we are, and I always love the opportunity to see games in person (Russ prefers to watch them on TV). It just so happened that we had a coupon for buy 1 seat, get 1 free for this season, and it was only good for games M-Th and seats $20 or more. Since we were in town only for the month of April, our choices were reall
y limited. In fact, the only series available to us was the week of April 17 against the Cincinnati Reds, and after looking at our schedule, we decided to go on the evening of the 17th. We arrived early, purchased seats for $25 a couple levels up in right field, watched a litt
le batting practice, got something to eat, checked out the gift shop, and then settled into our seats for an exciting game. It was a real pitchers’ duel that went into extra innings. Along with over 35,000 fans, we watched the Cards win 2-1 in the bottom of the 10th! Woohoo!!
The next day we drove out to see Russ’ brother and his wife at their farm in Wentzville (about a 45 min. drive). We always enjoy our visits catching up on each others’ lives, and after a couple hours chatting, we followed Ron and Jackie to Stefanina’s Italian Restaurant (http://www.stefaninas-wentzville.com/). Everybody knows them there, and Ron doesn’t go anywhere that he can’t wear his signature bib overalls! The food is always excellent, though most of the time we get the huge 21” pizza…great for leftovers!
Each trip to St. Louis includes a visit to the parents of one of my best friends who no longer lives in town. Bill has been living in a nursing home since his last stroke, and Alice lives in their home only a few blocks away. It just so happened that the day I was planning to visit was his 85th birthday, and I was thrilled to be able to spend some of it with him. Alice had baked y
ummy carrot cake cupcakes for us to enjoy plus a full size carrot cake for the staff (Bill loves to share). In fact she brought him some flowers from their yard, and he was just finishing up physical therapy when we arrived. She handed him the flowers saying happy birthday, and he immediately handed them to the therapist (told you he loves to share!) She also brought along birthday cards that had arrived so far, and he so enjoyed opening them. As always we had a great visit, and time flew by way too quickly.
Gloria’s son is the manager at the Cecil Whittaker’s Pizzeria (http://cwpizza.com/) location not far from the nursing home, and I had made plans to meet her and some friends there for a late lunch. Afterwards Mary Ann had to run, but Gloria and I came up with a plan of something we wanted to do in honor of our friend, Ellen, who
passed away earlier this year. When we were in high school, my mom, my sister, Ellen, and I (and occasionally Gloria or another friend) would go “park hopping”. My mom would drive us to one of the nearby city park playgrounds, and we would swing on the swings, slide on the slide, and just have silly fun. The funniest part of all this is that it was done at night! So even though it was daylight, Gl
oria and I decided to drive down the road to the playground at nearby Carondelet Park, and we talked Mary into joining us (someone had to take the photo!) We’re sure Ellen was smiling down on our silliness, and from there the three of us shared a pitcher of margaritas at La Casa Frijole aka The Bean House (sorry, no website)…the perfect end to a thoroughly enjoyable day.
The rest of the week was spent either going to somebody’s house for a delicious dinner (ooops...no pics from Steve and Patty’s), or people coming to the RV for dinner. Michelle and Randy made the trek over from Illinois for my homemade lasagna, and she brought some incredibly large chocolate covered strawberries for dessert...yummmm!
We also enjoyed what I had planned as a couples BBQ, but you know what can happen with the best laid plans! Even though Jim, Gloria, and Diane were the only ones able to make it, we still had a great time chatting, watching Cardinals baseball, and sharing some delicious food…a terrific way to end the week.
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