Back from the 2015 IAGSDC Square Dance Convention in St Louis Missouri.
Dan Lyke2015-05-20 06:12:40+0000Off for a week to the IAGSDC square dancing convention in St. Louis MO. Not taking a computer. See y'all either there, or after.
Metrolink train interchange at the St Louis airport: "we built this infrastructure for cars first"
This sign is prominent and two sided. The actual bus stop sign is more obscure.
First view of the arch
Missouri drivers are so nice, they tap their horns to let you know they won't so much as swerve to avoid you in a crosswalk.
People wonder at California's real estate prices, Californians are shocked at other people's produce prices.
I understand how this came to be this way, but...
Citygarden. Love this blobby guy with his robot and mallet
Honoring city leaders?
In front of the old courthouses
St Louis from the Arch
Lots of flood debris
A big difference between here and California: the spectacle here is man made
Looking up in the old courthouse
The doors in the old courthouse are all faux finish
Stopped by kids learning to circus
In the Union Station model railroad exhibit
Ceiling in the foyer of the St Louis Union Station Hotel
Very tasty apple carmellita and banana creme torte for dessert at http://1111-m.com/
Geez, I leave town for a day and a half, and y'all have an earthquake. Really, you need me to hold it together back there?
Cannot see this as a toast topping... uh, wait, that sounds like a bondage scene too...
Presumably offering something to run away and join...
Grand buildings in this neighborhood
Lots of cool sculpture around town
Stumbled across the Moto Museum, through the back of the Triumph Bar.
The faux turbine intake makes this
Paging Larry Burton...
Czech 1927 design
Detail in some of the least expected places, on western Pershing Ave
Ate lunch sitting on the wall by this stop sign. The only people who even slowed came from the non-stop direction
Central West End has big 5 story brick apartment buildings, and these lush gated big house areas
Stately old manses on Pershing Place. We could sell our cottage and buy one, but the upkeep...
Seriously St Louis drivers? I will break no more s*** about "California stops". (Asterisks inserted by Google voice recognition)
Reason to end Prop 13? $649k With $3310 property taxes. Back in CA we pay $4600+ on a circa $460k assessment.
Hanging our amongst the art at The Vino Gallery
Yes, the humans just crossed the road to get a better view...
Yes, the humans just crossed the road to get a better view... (take 2)
Re-trying the "providing something to run away and join" from earlier
I think I figured it out, but sometimes "no" means...
Union Station
Naked men on fish
Naked women with fish. And Charlene.
Cough.
Being silly in the Plus room
Dressed for dinner
Planning for 4th of July weekend two years hence...
Breakfast and the annual IAGSDC meeting
Planning for 4th of July weekend two years hence... (take two)
Weird: both Charlene and I lost all the pictures from the "Camera" folder on our phones yesterday. Possible Android bug?
Trying again with the palms and springs
Palm Springs
If you do nothing else this Memorial Day relevant to it, take a moment to re-read and ponder In Flanders Fields http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm
In order to thrive, a culture needs to be more like a garden than a shrine.
Waiting for the shuttle for the train to the airport. Apologies to @lisarokusek that we didn't meet up, but it was a full, fun convention.
Please avoid exuberant athleticism.
Dude, the popped collar? Meh. On a suit jacket? Uhhhh...
Without the "tornado shelter" text, this icon by the bathroom would mean something completely different
