Crawl Through the Drain Pipe to Freedom
For my birthday (which was a long time ago), Gentleman Caller gave me a trip to St. Louis. Yesterday, we finally went. We started off at the Science Center to see Mysteries of the Nile OMNIMAX. I love IMAX and OMNIMAX movies. The subject doesn't really matter; the format is what I love. I did, however, really want to see this particular movie, because I'm a bit of a masochist and love to read books or watch movies about Africa. I used to live there, you see, and get quite nostalgic and pine for Africa. My last trip back was eight years ago, when I studied in Zimbabwe for a summer and took a side trip to South Africa for a week. Good times.
Anyway, after the movie and lunch, we went to the City Museum, which is pretty much a huge jungle gym. Inside are caves with secret tunnels and nooks for small children to get lost in; outside is a building-size network of monkey bars and slides, with two gutted airplanes and wire tunnels. My knees are bruised from crawling and climbing so much. Also inside is an aquarium, with Plexiglas tunnels through the giant tanks, so you can crawl though and be surrounded by brightly colored fish or sea turtles and sharks. Some huge tanks captivated Gentleman Caller, who was content to sit on the floor and watch the fish swim and dart around. This is by far the coolest museum I've ever been to. I want to build a replica and live in it. How awesome would it be to crawl through tunnels and emerge into a magical food court (or kitchen), then climb through a small porthole and slide down to the bedroom?
On our way back home, we stopped at Trader Joe's and World Market to stock up on junk food, wine and beer. Greatest birthday present ever.
Dinner last night: leftover fish tacos (for GC) and leftover chicken tacos for me