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Road trip to .... ?St Louis?
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My wife wants to go on a road trip
when we get our income tax check in.

Anyone live in/near St Louis
who can give me some ideas
on what to see/do on a Fri/Sat/Sun


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: niteowl]
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There's a few places off the beaten track that you can go to and there's some higher profile places you can go but all of its going to seem kind of underground.

I don't know when your coming but if its warm at all I'd say visit Laumeier Sculpture Park and take a walk around.

The loop is the hipster place in town you can go to bars shops and there's even the pageant, one of STLs bigger concert venues(Still pretty small).

If you're into the night life and getting smashed than you can go to the strip clubs and bars in Sauget.  If you do I'd say stay around Pop's and PT's...East STL is fucked.

Another trippy place to go is the city museum.  It's like a 10 story adult playground with all kinds of cool shit to play on (drunk, thanks to the bar that's there).

STL city zoo is always free and open most of the time, lately they've been taking the penguins on a walk around place.  Actually, not the whole place, the zoo is pretty big.

Six Flags is closed right now.

Cahokia Mounds

The Arch

We have a bunch of awesome museums, all of which are free;  including a science museum, a history museum, a museum museum.  Kinds have the magic house.

The river front has some awesome bars.  The Dueling Pianos is a bar where piano players duel, obviously. 


..........................Alright, I've done enough, actually while link harvesting I found this, which might interest you.


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: Idiot]
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the city museum was a great place. i spent a week in st.louis and had a great time....really good bars and food too.


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: Idiot]
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Idiot said:
and there's even the pageant, one of STLs bigger concert venues(Still pretty small).



I might be going to The Pageant for 2 nights of Sound Tribe in March! :awesome:


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: niteowl]
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Well.  Idiot knows his shit!

Cahokia mounds was pretty dern neat.  I went with a friend and they took us on a guided tour while talking about different things.  Like, there are ponds where they took the dirt from, they pointed out several kinds of flowers used for dieing cloth, etc...

Really a neat-o tour.  I don't know how often they do it though.  Look into it if you're trying to get out this way.

For exotic dining out, you'll want to hit up Grand Avenue, of Gravois Avenue.  There are some cool resale shops there as well.  Thai, vietnamese, indian food up that way.

Then, if you're here for fun, Idiot did a really good job of detailing some main things to do.  Art museum is definitely worth it (mummies in the basement), city museum is a must, Blues Hockey, Historic Downtown St. Charles shopping/cobble stone streets, Kirkwood (for a nice walk down the sidewalk + Magic House), there are malls, etc...

If you want to pm me about what you're looking for, I'll think more to myself about places you can go, and get back at ya.

OH!  Of course.  THE ARCH!  Ead's bridge, as well.  Mark McGwire highway, haha. etc..


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: RobMarley420]
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The pagent kicks ass. great venue for music.

just don't stay at the Travel lodge by the airport.
they don't take kindly to marijuana smoking in your room.


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: Idiot]
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Thanks for the info Idiot.

Is there a decent map that shows where the highlights are
so I can decide where I want to get my hotel room?

So far I believe that there are many free things to do there
I plan on going in mid March so I don't think Six Flags will be open

What about taxi cabs?
I'm not too fond of trying to navigate in a strange city
and was considering using a cab or bus to get from point to point

Is that feasible or should I bite the bullet and drive myself around :uhoh:


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: niteowl]
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Driving around new cities isn't too bad if you have a GPS in your car.

But if you don't have GPS I would go with a taxi.


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: niteowl]
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As far as transportation metrolink(commuter train) will get pretty much anywhere. It is also interesting to ride it all the way from one end to the other. It goes about 20 miles into illinois on one end and you get to ride through the ghettos of E St Louis, which is an amazing "cultural journey"(just don't get off the train till you are back in missouri or you are up the hill on the Illinois side). On the other end it goes all the way to the airport. Travel the whole thing and you get to see alot of the city, it takes about an hour I think to go all the way one way.

Can't go wrong with the loop, or the landing for partying. Great dining on the hill, and if you like old school rock and roll Chuck Berry still plays at his club, blueberry hill, about once a month. If you go to the arch make sure you go up in it, it's fuckin crazy. Also the museum under the arch is cool.

You could take a riverboat cruise, they have some down on the river in front of the arch I believe. If you like to gamble there are a casino's on both sides of the river right in downtown.

If you can get up to Alton they have a badass suspension bridge that is cool to see, there is also a really cool restaurant up there called Fast Eddies.

I will second the art museum(MUMMIES!) and the zoo(penguins) as awesome free places to go. Hell anywhere in Forest Park. I need to get to the city museum, I have not been there yet but it sounds cool.

As long as you stay within a mile or so north or south of HWY40 you are generally pretty safe. Don't go walking around north ST Louis for sure.
And as said stay away from the east side of the river if you can, although there are great shows at Pops. If you go to Cahokia Mounds don't stray to far off the interstate.

I live about two hours from The Lou but get down there regularly. P.M. Me if you need anything.


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Re: Road trip to .... ?St Louis? [Re: niteowl]
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If you catch a cab in STL you will be the first person to do so, so if you do want to use a cabs you'll have to get a cab co's number and have it on you at all times.

The bus system sucks, and all though the train is cool it doesn't take you everywhere, all though the majority of the landmarks mentioned in this thread are no more than a 20 min walk from a stations.

As far as hotels go you cant go wrong with something near forest park.  Forest park contains a lot of the attractions in this thread and is right next to a few train stations.  There are some cheep hotels at Hampton and 44 (clicky)  FYI, right across that bridge directly under the viaduct is an awesome bar called Nicks Pub.



Oh don't forget about the botanical gardens.  It's open year round and it has one of the largest geodesic domes in the US (as I would assume) as well as some really awesome greenhouses, art, and much more.  It's so fun to get lost in the place and it's great year round.


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