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    St. Louis (Part 2): An Arch and More Beer

    April 21, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    My last St. Louis post was just from the first day!  So I needed a part 2 to record the rest of our fun travels!  Of course, we had to go see the Gateway Arch, which was pretty impressive, I’ve got to say.  We saw the free movie about the engineering that went into this structure, and it makes you really appreciate engineering!  630ft tall, and made entirely of curved steel.  More than that, they had to build the arch piecemeal, and it had to stand alone without being completed until they could add in the keystone piece.  Pretty amazing when you…

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  • St. Louis: Pizza and Beer from the Ol’Midwest

    April 14, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Here I am in the great Midwest, writing from St. Louis, MO!  This is a much needed trip, just to get away from the crazies in my life right now. Wedding planning, house hunting, house buying, and still trying to go to work and live a normal life besides. So it’s nice to get away for a few days. We’ve only been here one full day so far, but we’ve packed it in!   We started off the day wandering around Forest Park, while my parents were attending to some logistical stuff, and my sister and I found some pretty…

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