Day 2 in St Louis was quite uneventful since we spent most of the day doing chores... at the big box stores, costco, target, walmart...
We did manage to squeeze in a movie, Dinner at The Hill and a trip to the Arch.
Glee was a fun movie, not as much fun as I expected.. maybe I should have done a little research because it was talking about their concerts across the country rather than a movie based on the show. It was still fun to watch them prepare for the show, the fans and how the show has changes their lives.. very similar to the Justin Bieber movie we saw a few months ago. I actually liked that one more, just cuz I really didnt know how that kid was.
Here's the Wiki:"Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on Global and Fox Canada in Canada. It touches on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues. The initial main cast encompassed club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester(Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), Will's ex-wifeTerri (Jessalyn Gilsig), and eight club members played by Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz. For the second season, formerly recurring cast members Mike O'Malley, Heather Morris andNaya Rivera were promoted to the main cast."
We had dinner in the italian neighborhood, little did we know it was such a catholic city... most of the places were closed, we ended up in a pizzeria which was quite disappointing.
The Wiki:"The Hill is a mostly Italian-American neighborhood within St. Louis, Missouri, located on high ground south of Forest Park. The official boundaries of the area are Manchester Avenue (Route 100) on the north, Columbia and Southwest Avenues on the south, South Kingshighway Boulevard on the east, and Hampton Avenue on the west.
The Wiki: " The Gateway Arch, or Gateway to the West,[5] is an arch that is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States. At 630 feet (192 m), it is the tallest man-made monument in the United States,[4] Missouri's tallest accessible building, and the largest architectural structure designed as a weighted or flattened catenary arch.[4]
We did manage to squeeze in a movie, Dinner at The Hill and a trip to the Arch.
Glee was a fun movie, not as much fun as I expected.. maybe I should have done a little research because it was talking about their concerts across the country rather than a movie based on the show. It was still fun to watch them prepare for the show, the fans and how the show has changes their lives.. very similar to the Justin Bieber movie we saw a few months ago. I actually liked that one more, just cuz I really didnt know how that kid was.
Here's the Wiki:"Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on Global and Fox Canada in Canada. It touches on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues. The initial main cast encompassed club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester(Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), Will's ex-wifeTerri (Jessalyn Gilsig), and eight club members played by Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz. For the second season, formerly recurring cast members Mike O'Malley, Heather Morris andNaya Rivera were promoted to the main cast."
We had dinner in the italian neighborhood, little did we know it was such a catholic city... most of the places were closed, we ended up in a pizzeria which was quite disappointing.
The Wiki:"The Hill is a mostly Italian-American neighborhood within St. Louis, Missouri, located on high ground south of Forest Park. The official boundaries of the area are Manchester Avenue (Route 100) on the north, Columbia and Southwest Avenues on the south, South Kingshighway Boulevard on the east, and Hampton Avenue on the west.
Its name is due to its proximity to the highest point of the city, formerly named St. Louis Hill, which is a few blocks south, at the intersection of Arsenal Street and Sublette Avenue. The intersection borders Sublette Park, the former site of the Social Evil Hospitalbuilt there in 1873.
Italians, mainly from northern Italy and Sicily, immigrated and settled in the area starting in the late 19th century, attracted by jobs in nearby plants established to exploit deposits of clay discovered by immigrants in the 1830s."
Finally once it cooled down, we went to the Arch, which does look the best at night. The whole construction of this steel structure with a tiny viewing window, the historical significance as an entrance to the west of the city, its egg shaped people mover/trolley... all very interesting and a must for St Louis and history buffs.
Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River where the city of St. Louis was founded, the arch was designed by Finnish Americanarchitect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947. Construction began on February 12, 1963, and ended on October 28, 1965,[6][7] costing US$13 million at the time[8] ($90,491,005 today[2]). The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967.[9]"
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