The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
Doug had already visited the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, and didn’t feel the need to go again. I was on the fence, since I wasn’t especially interested, but we …
I am not particularly interested in boats, so I would have skipped this attraction based on its name alone, but Doug said he was very interested in visiting, so we went. Well, it was amazing, …
And here’s another artist I didn’t know, but apparently was one whose work Doug was very familiar with. In truth, while I didn’t recognize Thomas Hart Benton’s name, I recognized his work when I saw …
St. Louis is home to many art and history museums and sites. Here are a few highlights. Missouri History Museum The Missouri History Museum is housed in the beautiful Jefferson Memorial Building, which dates from …
If you ask me, the Saint Louis Abbey (pictured in the cover photo, with an interior snap above) looks like a big Bundt cake. It was built in 1962 and currently is home to a …
We took every opportunity to go birding in some of the great parks around St. Louis, but of course I don’t walk by flowers without stopping to look so here are some photos of colorful …
I always have good intentions regarding trying new things as we travel, but sometimes there are just too many foods on The List for us to get to them all! While we were in St. …
I keep promising myself that I’ll cut back on historic houses that are all show and offer little in the way of interesting history, but I can’t seem to help myself. The Samuel Cupples House …
After a couple of sites with somewhat dubious Frank Lloyd Wright claims, we finally got to tour the genuine article. The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park in Kirkwood, Missouri, (just West of St. …
I talked Doug into the Missouri Botanical Garden because it’s also a birding hotspot. Alas, it was a hot day and there were tons and tons of people there, so he didn’t enjoy it quite …
