Saint Louis

The timing could not have been better. It turns out that we have been planning a roomate reunion for months. I lived in a house with 7 girls during college and we have all gone our seperate ways, but still stay in touch. Most of us have our masters or PhDs, some are married, some have kids, one lives in Spain...but we all get along so well!

So, as the date of the trip approaches, Best Buy ends up needing me in work for Saint Louis a few days before our reunion! So I head down a few days early, then catch up with the ladies over the weekend!

I met up with Corinne (finishing her PhD in neuroscience) and NJ (just finished her MD, and is practicing in vascular surgery in Saint Louis.) Corinne was my best friend in college, and my roomate for 3 years. She came in on Thursday night and stayed at NJ's. We hugged, drank bubble tea, went to the free zoo near her house and walked down to a street that reminded me of my college days. NJ lives close to campus so everything was within walking distance. We ate Middle Eastern food and chatted the night away. Amanda (finished her PhD in nueroscience) and Jake (just finished her PhD) arrived from Pittsburg at 10pm. We drove to the airport and picked them up.

--penguins at the free zoo in Saint Louis. This zoo is AMAZING!--

 --puffins, one of my favs!--

--tigers that were born in the zoo last year, all grown up now!--

--chowing down on amazing food!--

After we picked up the girls we talked for hours then called it a night. The next day we hit the zoo again, headed to the arch, ate at a local pub, watched Penelope, partied downtown, watched the naked bicyclists, and danced the night away!

 --NJ, Amanda and Jake heading out!--

--walking in the park by the arch--

--the arch was huge, and the wait to go up was like 6 hours, so we just took pictures from the ground--

--walked to the boat house and sat by the water--


--we went downtown only to see that the annual naked bicyclists had just finished their ride--

 --corinne dancing by the camel bike--

What a fun trip. Although it has been years since we were all together, you wouldn't have known it as we all started up right where we had left off. So amazed at where we all have ended up in life, and so proud to be part of the life of these amazing women!