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Old 02-14-2013, 04:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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St Louis Trip 19th - 23rd of February

So my company decided to send me on a short notice work trip to St Louis next week and I know next to nothing about this city.
Arrive Tuesday evening, work during the day Wednesday and Thursday but free in the evenings and the whole Friday. Hotel in Downtown close to the Stadium.

So I'll ask google some questions over the weekend but I was hoping for insider advice from the lovely KATG fans. Any recommendation on what I should see or do while there?
Or dare I even hope anybody would be up for a drink Friday night with a fun blond German chick?
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Old 02-15-2013, 05:51 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Go to the top of the arch. I think that's the main attraction, although natives will probably tell you differently.
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Go to the top of the arch. I think that's the main attraction, although natives will probably tell you differently.
Cool I didn't know you could do that - sounds fun
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Old 02-16-2013, 11:52 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Not sure if you're up for a road trip but I'm 3.5 hours away by car!! KC is way cooler that STL.

Seriously though, if the weather is nice go to the zoo. And the strip clubs in East STL are the best in the midwest, I'm told.
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I'd love to see you but I think that will have to wait until April ;-)

We need clients in cooler cities I think.
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Old 02-19-2013, 10:49 PM   #6 (permalink)
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if you like bbq, go to Pappy's.
if you want to see a unique museum, try the City Museum. it's a strange place built from all recovered metal and junk materials. it has a manmade "cave" that you can explore that goes up through the floors. when you're done climbing, there are slides you can go back down to the main floor. where there is a bar to hang out in, and other obstacle course type things... towards the top, there are actual museum stuff... i really recommend it.
Forest Park is the central park of stl and has the zoo, the main art museum, both are free.
the university loop area has a bunch of boutiquey, eclectic shops. there's also a big theater there that puts on comedy/music shows called the pageant.
fine dining can be found in clayton and the central west end neighborhoods.
there's an italian section with a lot of said restaurants called The Hill.
lots of local music and pub type restaurants can be found in the soulard section, it's where the annual mardi gras is (the 2nd largest after orleans). you're not going to be there that long, but a huge awesome farmer's market is in soulard too.

mentioned already, east st louis (actually in illinois, over the mississippi river) has a lot of strip clubs, and yes they're the best i've ever seen. if you look right across the river, there are a few towns called cahokia and sauget. that's where they are. but also, somewhere over there, there's a big rock club called Pops that puts on good shows.
this area of illinois is not great either. if you've ever seen national lampoons vacation, the first one, when they're lost for directions and get their hubcaps stolen, that's in east stl.

st louis is a lot like detroit in crime (each year they go back and forth on which is the most dangerous city in america). that reputation stands mostly in the north city area. my suggestion is find washington ave on the map and don't go north of that...

you can go up in the arch. you get into this little egg shaped contraption and it slowly climbs up. when you're up there, you get a view of the landscape... it's kinda ehhh... there's a lewis and clark museum underneath the arch that's not bad though.
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