Saint Louie!

This week Kelly's Korner asked fellow bloggers to share a bit about their home towns and I was shocked to see that St. Louis was not represented so I just had to share a post about our great city!

Welcome to St. Louis!

While I am not originally from this great city, I HAVE lived here almost as long as I lived in my hometown of Portage, IN so I do believe I can serve as just as good a tour guide as anyone else!

St.Louis is home to the World Series winning Cardinals and let me tell you, it's not an exageration when people call this city "Cardinal Nation". They are fanatic about baseball here.

We also host the St. Louis Blue hockey team and the Rams football team (although the jury is out on whether or not we're claiming the Rams as belonging to us! lol).

Apart from sports you will also find the world famous "Arch" which is our most noteable landmark.

One of the great parts about this monument is that you CAN go up inside of it. If you look closely as the pictures you will see small windows along the top of the Arch. These windows are a part of the lookout deck. One of the most amazing views of St. Louis comes from this look out. In order to get to the top, you climb into a small Jetson looking egg and take an elevator ride to the top!

St. Louis is also the home to Forest Park where you can find the wonderful St. Louis Zoo, Jewel Box, Art Museum, History Museum, The Muny (one of the only outdoor open-air live theatres in the nation), The Boathouse, Steiner Ice Skating Arena, and many baseball diamonds and golf courses. This are really is a treasure!

 (Pictured below : The Muny, The Zoo, The Art Museum, The Jewel Box)

        

Not far from Forest Park is the Delmar Loop which is home to many eclectic shops, eateries, concert venues, and the occassional street musician! You will find "Blueberry Hill" here, which is Chuck Berry's restaurant. He appears and plays here every few months.

The sidewalks are lined with stars denoting the various actors, musicians, and other noteables who call St. Louis home.

If you're looking to come to St. Louis for educational purposes, you're in luck. You will find well over 20 colleges in our city including Washington University, Saint Louis University, University of Missouri STL, Fontebonne University, Harris Stowe, Missouri Baptist University, Maryville University, and MANY more.

If you're looking for great food, we can definitely help you out there. St. Louis is known for the delicacy that is toasted ravioli. DO NOT come to STL and leave without trying it! We have a great neighborhood of family owned Italian restaurants known as The Hill.

You cant go wrong with Italian mama's cooking up their best ancient recipes for you and your family to enjoy. We also have our own style of pizza! Check out Imo's to enjoy St. Louis's own thin crust, provolone cheese wonder.

For the best fried chicken EVER, head over to Hodak's. You will likely have to wait in line but it is MORE than worth it for their prices, food offerings, and taste creations.

For dessert grab our famous Gooey Butter Cake or Frozen custard. Just about every town around here has 5 or so custard shops. Check it out for a yummy treat.

There is sooo much more in St. Louis and I could go on for much much longer but I encourage you to come and check it out yourself! This is a great city for families and singles alike. For a better finger on the pulse of our city check out our local arts/events/city paper and website @ http://www.riverfronttimes.com/

Here you'll find everything that is going on in and around St.Louis at any given time as well.

See you soon!