On the Road Again

"Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can...And when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand, that I was born a ramblin' man." Allman Brothers

Have I yet mentioned that fall gets really busy for me? Well, fall is started. The kids are back in school and I am ramping up for my biggest meetings of the year in September and December. There is lots of work to be done and I am just the girl to do it. :)

It's been a busy couple of weeks so time to catch you up.

Had people in town and did the STL tour guide thing. I made an itinerary because that is what I do and it was pretty fun. The highlights for me were the Zoo and the Missouri Botanical Garden

We didn't get to see the new baby elephant like I wanted to - but I will see her sometime this fall! Isn't she cute? If you go to the website you can help name her.

Also at the zoo we saw the tiger and rode the train. It was fun fun fun. I sound like I am a 10-year-old so I will move along.

I think that Dale Chihuly is amazing. The exhibition at the garden was beautiful and we had a great day to just walk around. I took a zillion pictures with my camera phone, which I will share with you, but I couldn't get a good shot of the one piece I liked the best - the chandelier under the bridge in the Japanese Garden. Isn't it beautiful?

I also loved the installation at the reflecting pond. My pics aren't as good as the professional one but I had fun taking them!

And more - herons, hornets, swans, lots of pretty amazing art glass. I decided not to spend $5000 on a bowl. But I thought about it for a delusional second.

This weekend I went to Chicago to see Jen. We had a lovely time, saw other friends, and ate & drank too much. We walked on the lake and saw the end of the Air Show with the Blue Angels. That was cool.

We also saw Talladega Nights and laughed and laughed.

Sunday night was an odd night. We went to see a show at The Second City (funny) and then went to one of Jen's favorite dive bars, the Dubble Bubble. Many adventures ensued, but one of the highlights of the night was later on in the evening (or in the morning) when we went to Carol's Pub and I sang "Crazy" and "Stand By Your Man" with the band. It was fun and we stayed out way past my bedtime.

Monday we went to lunch on Michigan Avenue and decided to go into the American Girl Place for some inappropriate giggles at the frightening army of dolls there. I think the workers there take things quite seriously so we tried our best to behave. But that didn't stop me from taking some funny pictures.

Here is Jen playing the guitar. And me getting ready to wash my face. And Brian and Brockman with their scary doll twins. We saw lots of obnoxious spoiled children and I vowed to never take a daughter there for high tea. That place is seriously twisted.

I'm leaving again Sunday for Denver for our company's annual meeting. It is always a good old time and I am sure that I will have stories to tell!

Be good!