On today’s addition of gorgeous college campuses and amazing regional food:
- Another note on Atlanta- we found ourselves free at night and thought we’d take in some regional live theater. Couldn’t find any live theater on a Tuesday night. Obviously, this is very different from NYC.
- great hotel feature- little gooseneck lamps on side of bed that isn’t next to night table. Brilliant for both people to be able to read in bed with proper lighting
- Our St. Louis hotel has a breakfast buffet included. They give you little table placards to put on your table to show that the table is occupied. Another brilliant idea.
- Of course, at said breakfast buffet we couldn’t find plates and couldn’t figure out how to properly get around buffet, but I guess that was just this mornings brain teaser
- When we visited colleges in the Northeast and DC, no one talked about student cars. On this particular journey, all we here about is kids taking their cars to school. This is a bit of culture shock to my daughter as she doesn’t even have a learner’s permit yet, and none of her friends drive, and there is no way she is getting a car during college…
- Washington University gives the best swag- water bottle and collapsible backpack thingy
- Colleges campuses are just outstanding. Felt like I was at Hogwarts today- waiting to watch the Quidditch team in action…
- On another note, how cool is it that quidditch is an actual word according to wordpress…
- As you are about to see, Botanic Garden today…
- Grateful to my Mom for watching my pets
- Grateful to my neighbor C for helping my Mom with helping her when she screws up the air conditioner and the tv
I still use one of our Wash U water bottles every day at work
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The campus and tour really was amazing
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Ya’ll just doing the grand tour, ain’t you?🤗🤩
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Seeing some states I’ve never been to!
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#1-go to a movie. In the rest of the world theatres are far and few bettween. Tragic. Anyone who wants to be an actor(not a STAR) should work in theatre.
#4ask staff
#5evil laugh…
And give your mom a break. Someday your daughter will be texting her friends about you…and complaining
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My daughter already texts and says mean things about me…
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My sympathy. I got a teen age son(17).
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😉
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Sounds like this trip has been worthwhile!! I’m so excited for your daughter and her journeys ahead!! 😁
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Been an excellent trip. I’m a huge fan of Americana and visiting different places!! Great learning!
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“Quidditch” ,that’s a new one for me. 🙂
Love Japanese Gardens.
Always so nice to have someone we trust take care of our furry friends!
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I’m obsessed with Japanese gardens. If I see one I must visit !!!
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🙂 You made me want to find one now ! It’s been so long!
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So beautiful!!
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I’m enjoying your college tour.
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😀😀it’s been fun!!
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I am proud of your daughter for wanting to leave her comfort zone in Manhattan and see the other 49 states! She is adventurous! How about the West? Wide open spaces and fewer people.
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She’s young enough to be adventurous,!
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True. Although I hope we never lose that sense of adventure. A friend of mine is touring the Miami area and his pictures are so interesting. I would love to see this part as we missed it our tour to the Everglades.
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I love traveling everywhere!!
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Ted Drewes-so good! Washington Univ is in a beautiful area of St Louis. Forest Park is one of our favorite places to visit. They have a great ice rink there.
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The area around wash u is just beautiful!! Really liked St. Louis!
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Love Ted Drewes – we were visiting relatives in St. Louis several years ago and drove Route 66 (as much as we could) on the way home. Ted Drewes was a must-stop. We just got a Shake Shack here and I have to say “meh.” In and Out is much better and a lot less expensive. It looks like you’ve visited some beautiful campuses. What an exciting time of life for your daughter!
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She is very excited about her next chapter! Visiting the schools has been so much fun!!
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A wonderful way to see the country…educational wise, atmospheric wise , blowing around wise.
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I love traveling and seeing different things/places!
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College campuses really tend to be the most beautiful places.
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We saw university of Chicago today! Oh my!! It was spectacular!.,
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These are some interesting insights. It’s easy to be a fish in water with some of what you’ve mentioned, like the driving thing. In the South and some parts of the Midwest, a car is almost mandatory, but I could see how coming from the Northeast that would be borderline absurd.
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I didn’t like how cars were mentioned before academics…it was a priority thing
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I could see needing a car at WashU … but if she went there many of her friends would probably have cars so that could work. But St. Louis is soo different from NY … says the expert who has never been to NY city 🙂
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You are right. Very different. Both wonderful, but have different vibes!
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Beautiful pictures!!
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Thanks!
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The pictures from the St Louis Botanical Gardens are wonderful. I have had that place on my list to see each time I have been to see my son and it always seems to get the thumps down from him. Never mind that Mom wants to see it! Thanks for giving me a glimmer of hope that I might still be able to see it one day,😂
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The Japanese garden is gorgeous!!! Try to see it!!
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I’m so glad you enjoyed your visit to my home town of St. Louis! And also glad that you made time to visit the Botanical Garden and of course, Ted Drewes. If you daughter does happen to select Washington University, don’t worry about her not having a car. That’s a pretty walkable neighborhood, and in a pinch, she can always just get a Uber ride.
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Was very impressed with St. Louis. Fun town and beautiful architecture. And the gardens,!!!
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I love the flower pics. I love flowers
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I am obsessed with flowers! Could stare at them all day!
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I love flowers too. My husband been bugging me to pick to pick some out for the front the house. How am I to choose? They all are so pretty
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Right! That’s one of the things I miss not having a house. I would love flowers
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Love the flower photos
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Thanks! I’m obviously obsessed with flowers!!
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