So, on the way home from St. Louis, driving through the whole big bunch of nothing that is southern Illinois suddenly we saw THIS:
Obviously, we had to stop and check it out.
All of these weird amazing things are out in a field in front of this HUGE antique mall. We spent about 15 minutes stretching our legs and taking these pictures – we couldn’t stay as we were in a big rush to get home but we are definitely coming back here to treasure hunt. Such a fun little adventure!
Since I’m home sick and I’ve already dealt with my boredom by sleeping, cutting my own bangs, sleeping some more and spending way too much time at Zoo Borns… it’s time to accomplish something and blog.
So we went to St. Louis over the weekend to see Bon Iver. We have not, until now, gone on a “weekend away” since we’ve been together. I mean a weekend where we go, just we two, somewhere out of town, for the sole purpose of hanging out with one another. To all you couples out there who are able to do this often or at all, please take a moment to appreciate how incredibly lucky you are. To all you who are like us and have things like money and children to worry about, don’t fret. Turns out you can survive eight years of marriage (albeit perhaps by the skin of your teeth) without such luxuries, but best of all, when the opportunity finally arrives… IT WILL ROCK SO F-ING HARD.
Observe:
Our hotel room was gorgeous, overlooking the “Loop” area.
Free breakfast at the hotel restaurant, served with a side of OMGGUESSWHOISSITTINGNEXTTOUSOMG! (Note: If you like running into members of your favorite band, staying at the hotel right next to the venue where they are playing is a FABULOUS idea.)
Then it was out on the town, for record shopping and Thai food eating.
Bon Iver’s set was amazing. I can’t believe how… professional they’ve become. The set was so tight, even with technical difficulties. It was a real joy to watch. The only damper on this whole thing was the undeniable fact that I was definitely getting sick. After the show, we went back to the hotel and took a quick rest because sick or not, I was NOT going to miss out on drinks at the rooftop bar.
Yep. That’s a moon on the roof. If any of you ever are in St. Louis, I highly recommend the Moonrise Hotel. Totally wonderful.
Oh yeah, and clearly they had this painting made just for me.
More from the crazy trip home later!
The end of summer, in photographs:
Summer drinks + Hell’s Kitchen.
The never-ending commute to work.
Walks on the dock.
Finding new things to love about Lake Geneva.
More walks by the lake.
Enjoying the best parts of the Midwest.
The last of my flowers are blooming. (These got to 11 feet high this year.)
Hanging out with butterflies.
…and taxidermy.
K. I should be packing for St. Louis. More later!
I’ve been away for a while. Truthfully, work has just been so busy I’ve been having to take home reports and other grown-up sounding business home to do on the weekends and just haven’t had time for a good old blog. I’ll do a recap of the less grown-up type business we’ve been up to later (plus I have some exciting news to share!) but like I said… later.
Since I am at a place in my life (read: I am too old) where I can’t really get away with wearing the whole animal print thing anymore, I’m at least going to share my faves here in case any of you younger sorts want to indulge. Confession: If I find the rabbit dress in stock anywhere, even if I’m 50, I am totally wearing it.
1 – Top Shop
2 & 3 – Lulu’s
4. ModCloth
Also, I’m finally buying myself a new pair of glasses. I was totally inspired by this pretty French lady:
(Also, can I please have her hair and lips and eyebrows too? Kthx.)
So I did the Warby Parker trial glasses and finally settled on these:
(Oh yeah, that’s a lego sphinx me and Marky made in 30 minutes. No big deal.)
It was between this and another pair which my brother very bluntly described as looking like I was “wearing a Halloween costume” and my dad told me I looked like “a TV character, someone named Madge.”
Oh well. Can’t win ‘em all.
More later!
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