Scenes from my Weekend

My weekends of travel are officially over until Christmas!!  Despite the crazy weather we had in this part of the country, we had a great weekend.  

Thursday I was planning on spending the day at Silver Dollar City but it just poured and poured and poured so we came up with plan B, a rodeo

Dolly Parton (yes, you read that right) has a rodeo in Branson

She owns some of the biggest, most beautiful horses I have ever seen

Of course no photos in the rodeo, but it was really a great show.  It was a Christmas show with Santa so I think it softened the blow for my girls who were so disappointed we never made it to Silver Dollar City.

I am in LOVE with the bathroom sink, it looks like a watering trough and would be perfect in my laundry room

Friday I made it back to the Lou just in time for dinner

Saturday was my little staycation with some friends, we started with a food tour of the Central West End.

We stopped by 5 restaurants for a sampling of their best dish and best cocktail

Dressel's Public House 

I love this place, it has the first urban garden

and the cutest gift shop

Cafe Osage 

Pi Pizza 

Bar Italia

and our last stop

Bissinger's Chocolate

Once we were stuffed it was off to the spa

after we were all feeling refreshed we grabbed a coffee and did a little shopping

At this point we were FREEZING, I cannot even begin to tell you how cold it was on Saturday.  I hope this is no indication of the winter we have ahead of us.  We decided  the best thing to do was to warm up at the Whiskey House

cheers to girlfriends, birthdays, and great weekends!!

Pack, Unpack, Repeat

I cannot believe I am going out of town again this morning, but this is a very quick trip.  I am taking my girls and my mom and heading down to Silver Dollar City

If you are not familiar with Silver Dollar City the best way to describe it would be a cross between 6 Flags, colonial Williamsburg and Vegas minus the hookers.  It is about 4 hours south of STL in a town called Branson.  The hubs thinks it is totally cheesy ( I completely agree) but my kids love it here.  I don't like going in the summer it is hot, sweaty and crowded but I love going this time of year.

The place is totally decked out in lights

you can ride the Polar Express

there is a Christmas parade

and of course Santa is around

This trip always gets me in the holiday mood!!

I am rolling back in town Friday night just in time to go to dinner with my adorable next door neighbors.  The cutest 80 year old couple ever.  He wears a suit with an ascot everyday and she is always in pearls.  I would love to be as classy as them when I get older.  They are taking me and the hubs to their club which I think has one of the best views of the city skyline

Saturday I am having a little staycation with for a friends birthday.  We are starting off the day with a food tour of the city.  This event is hosted by a local food magazine.  We go to 5 different restaurants within walking distance of each other for a small plate of their best dishes plus a cocktail

then we are hitting up the spa

at the hotel we are staying at for the night

with most likely some late night craziness!!

Have a beautiful weekend!!

Scenes from my Weekend

I had such a fun weekend with Heather, weekends spent with friends makes me realize how lucky I am to know so many fabulous, genuine women!!

We started our weekend on Friday with a late lunch at our very famous (well at least in STL) tea room. This tea room is famous for 2 things...

their amaze-balls salad

and the hand-made cherry dresses for little girls.

After I picked up my kiddos from school and got them off to where they needed to be it was happy hour!!

We started off with my new favorite

then it was time for our massages....

and after, a little more wine and some munchies

Saturday we decided to hit up the new outlet mall that opened in August

I found a few things, but Heather made out like a bandit!!

Saturday night we did a little restaurant tour of St. Louis.  We got all dressed up and headed to the Central West End

Our first stop was Central Table Food Hall.  We sat at the bar

ate some sushi

and ordered from their extensive wine list

we had so much fun we missed our second reservation and went straight to our third...

where we had martinis 

and the most amazing artichoke ever!!

Needless to say I was not the best hostess to Heather Sunday morning!!  However after getting her to the airport and taking a much needed nap, I rallied in time to celebrate my son's birthday

Dinner at Maggianos, that where every 14 year old boy wants to eat apparently.

And now it is crunch time, our auction is in 5 days!!

Happy Hour

Last month when I was in Michigan my brother in law got me hooked on a new cocktail...

The Moscow Mule.

It's a fairly simple recipe.

 ginger beer

plus vodka

with a slice of lime

A traditional moscow mule is served in a copper mug, I've heard it is to keep your drink colder, longer but I just like the idea of drinking out of something a little different.  The copper mug is like a bit of flair for your drink,  a little je ne sais quoi.  Over the weekend I was flipping through some catalogues and came across the most perfect copper mugs...

The order has been placed and I hope to be enjoying my ice cold beverage, in a copper mug, by Labor Day