Gudamor's Blog

I went to a wedding this weekend in St. Louis.

We left around one in the afternoon on Saturday with my entire family, my cousin Emily, and my aunt Mary. After visting my Grandparent's house on the way, we finally arrived in St. Louis. We had a tough time getting to the hotel, as construction and police activity kept blocking our route. The hotel in which we stayed was the Grand Renaissance Hotel. The hotel was very high-class, but I was disappointed with the pool.

The next morning we went to Forest Park for the pre-wedding brunch. It rained the entire time we were there. Many members of both families were there, and we talked and ate. I was allowed to have some "Mamusa" (spelling?), which is Champagne and Orange Juice. It was delicious. About the time I started to get bored, someone set up a game of ultimate frisbee in the pouring rain. Our team won, but I was muddy and cold afterwards.

The wedding ceremony was to be held in the St. Louis City Museum. This museum was quite possibly the best museum I've ever been to, second only to the Children's Museum. As we were parking, we all noticed the schoolbus precariously tilting over the edge of the roof along with the gigantic praying mantis. Looming over the parking area is an intricate maze of tubing, metal, and assorted junk. An airplane, an old castle looking thing, and a tree all connected to form a giant convulted lair.

Inside, there was another smaller maze thing. This had multiple layers of paths, starting from inside the mouth of a giant whale, under the floor you walk in on, a cave, a giant slinky, a hollow tree, and a series of large vats. Up another floor or two, was the place where we held the ceremony. It was held while we were standing, but other than that, I thought it was very nice. Also on that level was a mirrored hallway, a walk-in safe, and the place where we ate later that night. The fourth floor was mostly closed, but we were able to reach the slide that went from the fourth floor all the way to the bottom, really fast.

We left around nine-thirty or ten, but didn't get home until three in the morning on Monday. I had a lot of fun, and want to go back to that museum someday.