St Louis or Bust!

Ahh the final night of my two week escapade to the land of the arch, St. Louis, MO. Ready to be back in Hotlanta! Not my first trip to STL, but it was the first trip where I was able to create my own agenda outside of work.

When I arrived, the second I checked into my hotel I bolted down to the Gateway Arch, which is an official national historic landmark representing westward expansion. It stands at 630 ft tall and was completed back in 1965. Man, don't I sound smart! Thanks Wikipedia! As paid my $10 ticket fee and began working my way towards the entrance my palms began to sweat (not sure if it was from the anxiety and nervousness of thinking about sitting in this tiny pod and slowly and rickety making the climb to the top or if I really need to hit the gym b/c the walk to the arch was too much exercise for me...I'm thinking the former). These pods are seriously small by the way...it was difficult enough stuffing 2 tall people into the thing much less a fat American a family of 4! Makes me wonder if there's a weight restriction! The view from the top was amazing to say the least. On one side you can see all of downtown St Louis from above and on the other side the great Missip' river. Very cool experience and highly recommend to all, unless you get really claustrophobic!

View from the top looking straight down. eeks!

My next free day I was able to take a tour of Anheuser Busch, again something I've always wanted to do but never had the opportunity. This place is something serious. Between the giant kettles of brew to the fancy chandeliers and giant murals in the tank room, it definitely had some elegant German influence. The architecture details inside and out of the buildings was insane! Its just a brewery for Pete's sake!
Away I go back to the A. Love.

My First Blog

Taaada! I've finally got on the band wagon with this whole blogger thing. Hum now what to blog about. I'm going to use this to talk about special projects, different happenings in my life, my serious obsession with cupcakes and of course the sassiest member of my life, my Pooch Princess Lola.


This past weekend I had to leave my showgirl with my sister in North Carolina while I do some traveling over the next few weeks. Before I left Nini and I packed up the pups and headed to the beach. I didn't quite know how Lola would handle the sand and surf, but you can see for yourself:



Yet another reason why I need to move closer to the coast. She loved it!

Also on this awakening trip I found the most glorious thing to come in a cup...

Get ready...Wait for it...Wait for it...

CUPCAKE MILKSHAKES! Fully equipped with frosting and sprinkles! Apparently they've been out since November so why/how am I just finding this out?! I don't know but it's as delicious as it sounds...

Now off to the Great Midwest. More to report once this week is over. Love.