Ron's birthday

Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010

While everyone was in town for Loufest, we had them over to celebrate Ron's birthday, and

eat some cake!!

(the cake: dairy queen Reese's cup ice cream cake)

("Happy Birthday, Dear Ron!")

(blow out the candles, and make a wish)

(oh look, his wish came true. ME!!)

(LtoR: Randy, Holly, Robert, Kara, Brooke , Mikey, Alice, Beth, Ron, Claire, Tom)

(not pictured, Barbara and Dave )

Mon. Aug, 30, 2010

Ron took the day off for his birthday. Besides ice cream cake, second birthday request was

Laclede's Landing Wax Museum. Barbara, Dave, Leslie, and Dan came along for the adventure!

the wax figures needed a little dusting, and trying to figure out who they were, was fun, but

that is definitely the charm of the place. Can you gues who we saw?

(galaxy defenders. CLAP! CLAP!)

("i think we're getting scammed by a kindergartener")

("Come to this side of the table if you want to be in the picture!")

"Nobody puts Baby in the corner")

(a smooth criminal)

Burger Bar

(chocolate burger: chocolate patty, mint lettuce, strawberry tomatoes, kiwi pickles, orange fruit leather cheese, strawberry sauce ketchup,

whipped cream mayo = delicious!)

Cielo (sky) Bar at the Four Seasons

(claire, Ron)

(Dave, Barbara. what a sexy, hair blowing in the wind shot)

(leslie, dan)

(the olympic torch)

(Dan, Leslie, Claire, Ron, Barbara, Dave)

(Dan gets air)

(birthday boy at the end of a long day)

someone needs a haircut!

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!)