I took about a billion pictures on my last day in Saint Louis - brunch, then the more-fascinating-than-it-sounds City Museum, then the arch (from below) and dinner. It was my favorite day in the city - it was nice to get out of suburbia and see some of the unique things that Saint Louis has to offer, as corny as that might sound.
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Shameless Grounds from the inside. Pretty adorable. |
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Scott's tempeh satay with asian slaw. Yum. |
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The City Museum! I loved this area - the ceiling was like icicles, with giant sea creatures everywhere. So pretty. |
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An enormous whale. |
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Scott climbing one of many, many tight passageways. |
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Giant chameleon! |
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Some of the interesting architecture (most of which can be climbed through, like the sphere on the left). |
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The vault room, taken with the help of mirrors. |
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An amazing kaleidoscope hallway. |
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Pretty sure this is ages old. The dust made it look eerie and pretty. |
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Perhaps the best part - the top floor of the museum has a combo vintage thrift store / coffee and alcohol bar.
Such a better selection than SF too! |
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So many wool skirts. I picked one of my favorites ($6!) and plan on altering it from calf to knee length when I get home. |
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Gorgeous vintage dress. Don't actually know if it's my size, and it was $75. But oh my goodness! |
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Looking up - organ pipes on the left, tons of spiral slides (including one that is 10 stories tall) in the center.
And a skylight. |
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Insane pipe organ. (Not gonna lie, I'm kinda proud of this picture.) |
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After the city museum, we wandered downtown and took photos. |
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There were some legit fall leaves... so of course I took 28490382 pictures. |
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And umm maybe laid down in the leaves and took pictures of me in the midst of fall. |
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And of course, the arch. |
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And Scott took some too. |
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Taking a break. |
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After a long day of walking, dinner! Mine. |
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Scott's. Both way delicious, especially with everything dipped in chipotle ranch.
Oh food, the highlight of my (every)day. |
Now I'm enjoying New York with some old friends (and by myself while they all do that job thing - wandering on my own is actually pretty fun and relaxing). More updates soon!
That museum seems really cool. I was into the icicle things, the owl, the organ and the unexpected vintage store. Way to go St. Louis! haha.
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