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So yes. Did not die at the City Museum, despite the fact that it has MANY OPPORTUNITIES. It's filled with sharp pointy things and narrow tunnels and stairs and small children to trip over.

I did have a total blast despite near death, and despite all my bruises this morning. The attention to detail is stunning -- everything has another thing inside it or on top of it. Tiny little details and things you have to step back to see. I can see why it's so popular and beloved. I mean, the ten-storey slide doesn't hurt (though the nine flights of stairs you have to climb kind of do). We were there with a five year old, which is a great excuse to do all kinds of stuff, so we did the giant slide and explored the caves and climbed up to the big scrapped airplane which still has bits of cockpit intact, went through the wire tunnel (BRUISES) and saw the shoelace-making machine and bought shoelaces. Also we got eyeballed by the giant catfish, holy crap.

We also hit up Crown Candy Kitchen, which is apparently a St. Louis landmark and does serve the best grilled cheese sandwich I have maybe ever had. Plus, malteds!

Then we had MOVIE NIGHT and I got to see some old friends I hadn't seen in a while, and will be seeing even more this afternoon for a potluck. Though admittedly I did drift off a few times during the movie. It was a good movie, I was just Very Tired.

I took more photos than I posted, but you can see the ones I posted to instagram if you check @ouija_sam on twitter for the last day. Including my super-cool new shoelaces which, because I am an ADULT, a GROWN MAN, I definitely did not pick due to them being Iron Man colours.

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[givemethechild.livejournal.com]

The City Museum is always the first thing I take out-of-town friends to do in St Louis. The first time I took my husband there he turned into a five-year-old, literally jumping up and down in excitement. My favorite photo is of him in the scrapped airplane, grinning like a maniac!

[super-tricie341.livejournal.com]

...I want to go to there. D:

[shortypunkgirl.livejournal.com]

I love taking people to the City Museum, I always feel like I should go to the gym more so that I can climb more. You can spend hours and hours and hours there and still not see everything.

And there's the one cavey slide that smells like feet.

I'm envious of your trip to Crown Candy, I've lived here for over 7 years and haven't made my way there yet.

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

Let's face it, doing childish things is one of the best things about being an adult.

Last night, my partner and I sat in bed and ate the last of the ice cream from the tub with one spoon, and I never would have been allowed to do that as a kid.

Also, because we did that, there's now room in the freezer for the leftover risotto from dinner, so there was a purpose to it, but still, ice cream in bed!

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

Oh man, Crown Candy. Their milkshakes are The Real Thing, Yo.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

YEAH THEY ARE. That malted was exceptional.

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When we were there this summer my 9-yr old looked at me at one point and said, laughing, "Wow, Mom, you're acting like a teenager." For the record, it's been 25 years since I was a teenager. I could not get enough of that place and I couldn't stop exclaiming "WOW!" the entire time. It's like Gaudi built the Mines of Moria, Peter Pan's Lost Boys island/tree-house and the movie Labyrinth rolled into one. Cracked me up that the mosaic flooring morphed from tiles to coins as you got closer the gift shop.

[anchoredhope.livejournal.com]

The city museum is my favorite place eeeeevvvvveerrrr.

You could not PAY me to try to supervise a child there, though. Many tunnels they can fit through that adults can't, and many ways to die or be injured.

I've always wondered what happens if you get trapped in one of the tunnels...

[stlscape.livejournal.com]

Awww...If I'd known you were there I'd've gone to the door and yelled "Hi, Sam!" (Not wanting to disturb your fun there.) My grown daughter loves it.

Glad you had fun.