Grillaxin'

This week started out with the promise of being a difficult one at work (one week to install a temporary Abstraction show and tie up the loose ends on a Teaching Gallery show that has been lingering near finished for weeks—with the requisite amount of pedestal building/painting/refurbishing thrown in to make it interesting) and it has more than delivered in that respect.

After a fairly tiring day yesterday, Claire picked me up from work and we raced over to the sushi happy hour at Wasabi in Clayton. An easy (and early) treat for dinner which set the stage for an uncharacteristically lazy evening of lounging in bed and nodding off to sleep before midnight (!) in anticipation of getting to work an hour and a half early to get a jump on things.

After an 11-hour day, I get home to find Claire cutting up veggies for the grill and 2 of the pinkest tuna steaks I've ever seen (they looked like watermelon!) in queue in the fridge. The best way to take it easy after a long day (and before the next one) and to take advantage of the last evening of a small break in the summer weather.

My girl.

We both look so tired. We are.

See? Like watermelon.

Perfect.

And for dessert...

...mmmmmmmmmm.

Superman Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Still playing a bit of catch-up here, but what's this summer heat good for, if it's not a good excuse for summer laziness? On the way back from Nashville over Memorial Day, Claire and I stopped in Metropolis, IL and visited the Superman Museum. I hadn't been there in a few years, but i don't think they had more than 10 new items on display. There's so much crammed into it though, that it doesn't really matter.

Upskirt and away.

I think he's so angry because he just realized that he has no use for a motorbike.

Pre-Death of Superman.

Post-Return of Superman.

Big Superman statue at City Hall.

Bigger Big John statue at grocery store.

Checking in on the business on the way back to St. Louis.

Soulard Coffee House

June 6, 2010 - we hadn't been to Soulard coffee house in a while, so we made it for brunch.

it has such a beautiful garden outback and some great food!

waiting on our yummy breakfast

prime location next to the water fountain

ron, his coffee and a zine

Memorial Day Weekend 2010

May 28, 2010- im.promp.t.Q

Dan, the grill master

Dave, love all the cardinals red!

Leslie (strawberries), Barbara (icebox cake), Me (spatula)

Ron and red cup

May 30, 2010- wine and cheese night and Rock Band

Dave (guitar), Barbara (mic), Ron (Bass), Amanda (drums)

me (smile), Ron (goof)

me (emo), Ron (emo goof)

me (smile), Ron (CHEESE!)

May 2010: Nashville

Well, it's time to play catch-up here again. Can't believe it has really been a month and a half since the last post. The good thing about having a lot going on is that there's a lot to post here. The bad thing is that there's no time to post it.

Going all the way back to the beginning of May, Claire and I went down to Nashville (or Tullahoma, to be more specific), TN for my younger sister Christine's graduation from nursing school. It was the first time that my family had all been together in about 3 years.

(Pictured in the following: Dad (Ron Sr.), older sister (Tara), her kids (Anna Chey, J.T., Cierra), younger sister/graduate (Christine), her husband (Brian) and kids (Aubrea, B.J., and Cayce), and of course, Claire and me.)

Finally got a picture of him after trying all day.

More on this guy here.

The graduate.

On our way out of town, I took Claire by the Parthenon, which she had never heard about. (I think that it's really strange that Nashville even has this, especially since no one in Nashville really cares and no one outside of Nashville really knows about it. All it's really ever used for is for high school kids to have a place to drink and such. Or so I've heard. That and artistic re-enactments, as pictured above.)