Meeting In St. Louis

Books By Patti Liszkay
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​MEETING IN ST. LOUIS

     On Thursday, August 18, my mate Tom and I drove from Columbus, Ohio, to St. Louis, Missouri to meet up with family and celebrate the wedding of my nephew James and his fianceé Samantha. 

    Interstate 70 ​ west from Ohio was a dense sea of 18-wheelers which made driving somewhat vexatious,

...until the thought occurred to us that mayhaps all this truck traffic was a sign that supply lines were up and running again, which thought made us feel a little better about having to share the road with so many semis.

     After an eight-hour drive we reached our destination, downtown St. Louis,

 ...where my sister Romaine rented us an Airbnb to share in a très vogue condo building in the heart of the city on 10th Street,

...across the street from a cute mini-park where folks held yoga classes.

     The interior of the building was urban arty,

...and our loft condo was lovely and spacious.

     We did have a couple of minor complaints about the place.
     The first was that one had to wrassle with the door to get it opened or closed.

...and the second was that whenever one of the toilets was flushed some interior pipe would toot a loud, long but melodious tone that sounded like a French horn and was vey close to a perfect F. Hence one did not wish to flush after hours.
       However in spite of those two small peccadillos we very much liked our Airbnb, which was in a great location within waking distance of the wedding reception venue, a number of restaurants and the major downtown attractions, including the Arch,

...and the old Union Station.

       And we were mere steps away from a first-rate full-service supermarket called Schnuck's,  

...and just as close to a 24/7 urgent care, which would prove to be fortunate before our trip was over.*

       We left our car at a parking garage a few blocks from the Airbnb,

...then we walked back.

       Soon thereafter we met up at our loft with Romaine and Stanley, who flew in for the wedding from Portland, Oregon.

      After we'd all settled in a bit,

...we walked a short block to a restaurant called Sauce on the Side located in a pretty square,

...located next to a discussion-worthy piece of artwork.

   Sauce on the Side specialized in calzones and salads,

...which we all agreed were very good.

     Tom and I split a Caesar salad and a Garden Calzone,

...and gave a rousing thumbs up to both.
      After dinner we sat around chatting for a bit,

...then we headed on back.

To be continued...
    *Okay, I shouldn't do teasers. Tom woke up on the last day of our St. Louis trip with a painful swollen knee, which kinda wadded up our plans a bit. But, as the Urgent Care was so close he was able to walk there. Turned out it was a bout of bursitis but and now he's good as new and all's well!