Mynee's Musings

Red Lion

As I mentioned yesterday, we ate at a new restaurant called Red Lion last night.  It is located in Maplewood not far from Bottleworks.  It's a gastropub which, by definition, means upscale pub food.  That being said, we both had a burger; Bill had the California burger and waffle fries and I had the blue cheese and bacon burger and sweet potato fries...nom, nom, nom.  We each had a Red Lion Brown Ale brewed by none other than Schlafly.  For dessert, we decided to share a friend Twinkie; not very healthful but very tasty!

OK, I'm off to enjoy the rest of the weekend...

2010 Cardinal Tickets

We bought our tickets for the Cardinals games next year.  We bought the Pujols pack of 7 games on Friday nights.  I think there will only be one game which will conflict with our Muny tickets so we'll trade our Muny tickets for another night that week.  We're sitting in the Casino Queen Party Porch area again.  It's our favorite area since it's covered and they have the best beer on tap, Schlafly.  Yum.

We're eating at a new restaurant tonight called Red Lion.  It's an American gastropub in Maplewood.  I'll be sure to post the details tomorrow.

Happy Friday!

 

Little House on the Prairie

We saw Little House on the Prairie at the Fox on Saturday.  It was such a cute show.  Melissa Gilbert played the part of Caroline (Ma) Ingalls and she did a great job.  I didn't know she could sing!  The music was great and the young woman named Kara Lindsay who played Laura has a fantastic voice.  There were a lot of little ones in the audience but I think the adults enjoyed the show just as much if not more than the kids.

After the show, we ate an early dinner at Morgan Street Brewery.  I was hoping that their graham cracker porter would be on tap but it won't be ready for another couple of weeks yet.  I guess we'll have to make a return visit.

Thanksgiving 2009

The turkey is in the oven, the table is set and the sides are either already made or will be soon.  Mom, Dad, Lisa, Randy and the kids will be here in less than 2 hours.  Family and food...I love Thanksgiving. 

Here's the card that I made for my Mom & Dad...

Ingredients:

Ink - Chocolate Chip by @Stampin' Up 

Card stock - Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla by @Stampin' Up

Images - by @Stampin' Up,  

Accessories- Glitter Border by Crate Paper, Cricut Jasmine cartridge, ribbon and button by @Stampin' Up 

Happy Thanksgiving. 

 

Pioneer Woman & People I'd Like to Meet

I received my Pioneer Woman cookbook from Amazon a few days ago.  I absolutely love her website.  She has a great sense of humor and her recipes are amazing.  Her real name is Ree Drummond and she lives on a ranch with her husband and children.  If you've never visited her website, be sure to click here. 

Pioneer Woman was in St. Louis last week for a book signing.  For the past month or so, I had been thinking about going to the signing but about a week before the signing, they changed the venue from Left Bank Books to Christ Church Cathedral because they were expecting A LOT of people.  I'm not fond of standing in lines, especially long lines, for hours and hours.  The change of venue pretty much sealed the deal for me and I decided not to go.  As much as I would have loved to meet her, I was not willing to wait around for hours.  I'm satisifed with my non-autographed copy.  I figure that any recipe I make will taste the same whether the book is autographed or not...hee hee hee.   

This started me thinking about the people for whom I'd be willing to stand in line for a chance to meet.  When I say "in line" I mean for hours and hours.  OK, here's my list.

1. President Reagan - Yes, I  know he's no longer alive but, if he were, I'd stand in line ALL DAY LONG for a chance to meet him.  I saw him "in person" twice; once right before the 1984 election when he was in St. Louis for a campaign stop under the Arch and once in 1986 when he was in St. Louis for a Republican fund-raiser luncheon.  That one was especially cool because my table was right in front and when he and Nancy walked out to the head table and they were literally only 4 feet from me when they walked by.  Oh my goodness.  OK, I digress, but I think you get the idea.
2. President George W. Bush and/or Laura Bush - No, I didn't agree with everything he did during his presidency, but he still was a great President and I believe that we remained safe because of him.  I shudder to think what shape this country would be in if Gore or Kerry had won and I worry every day about what damage the current administration is doing.  Yikes.  As for Laura, I just think she's a wonderful person and I love her personality and would love to meet her.
3. Sarah Palin - She is amazing.  I voted for McCain specifically because of her.  Well, I guess I would have voted for him any way because there was no way I was going to vote for BHO but McCain wasn't my first choice (I voted for Romney in the primary).  Sarah's beliefs and values are much more in line with mine than McCain's are.  When I voted, I told myself that I was voting for Sarah Palin.  McCain just happened to be on the ticket with her.  I truly believe that she will be on the political scene for many years to come.   
4. Captain & Tennille - I've met them several times before (I've lost count actually), but I'd still stand in line to meet them again.  They are enjoying retired life in Arizona so I'm sure I won't ever have the chance to meet them again but who knows.
5. Fleetwood Mac - I'd love to meet the entire group but I'd specifically like to meet Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.  I've seen them in concert about 15 times (plus Stevie solo about 10 times and Linsdsey solo 3 times) but I'd love to actually meet them.  Yeah, like that's ever going to happen.

There you have it.  If you're not on the list, I'm not going to stand in line to meet you...hee hee hee. 

Eclipse and Christmas Lights

We ate dinner at Eclipse on Friday.  It's in the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop  in University City.  It's a boutique hotel owned by Joe Edwards (bleeding heart who wants to rename Delmar Blvd Barrack Obama Blvd, but I digress).  I started with spinach and cheese toasted ravioli and Bill had the calamari.  For the main course, I had the Pasta Pesto E Pomodoro and Bill had the Gilled Duck Breast (yeah, he's a little more adventurous than I) and we each had a Charleville Tornado Alley Amber Ale.

October was cold and rainy but November has been warmer than usual.  It was sunny and warm today, so much so that I drove with the top down when I ran some errands.  Since it was warm, we decided to hang the outside lights.  We usually wait until after Thanksgiving but, as long as we don't turn them on, what's the difference.  Our neighbor turned on his outside lights yesterday.  Oh my goodness; that's like wearing white after labor day.  Seriously.  It's a decoration faux pas...hee hee hee.  Anyway, here's a picture of Bill relaxing on the roof after he finished hanging the lights.  Doesn't he look like he's having fun?

I spent some time in my Blue Heart Studio (hee hee hee) this weekend.  I'll share my creations soon.

 

New Sizzix Die

I bought a new Sizzix die over the weekend.  It was on sale for 40% off so I just couldn't pass it up (wink, wink).  I bought some glue too but that's not as fun as a new die...hee hee hee.

Ingredients:

Ink - Chocolate Chip by @Stampin' Up 

Card stock - Kraft, Old Olive and Very Vanilla by @Stampin' Up

Images - Weathered by @Stampin' Up, sentiment by Hero Arts 

Accessories- Branch die by Sizzix, Swarovski crystals from Art Beads.

Happy Tuesday. 

In The Heights

The Fox Theater Broadway Series opened this week with In The Heights.  It's a musical about life in Washington Heights in New York which I guess is a section of Manhattan heavily populated by people of Puerto Rican descent.  I absolutely loved the music and the dancing.  It won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical.  The next show in the series is White Christmas but we traded the tickets for Little House on the Prairie.  We saw White Christmas at the Muny before it was even on Broadway.  How cool is that?  Anyway, I really wanted to see Little House since I used to watch it when I was a kid.  Besides that, Melissa Gilbert plays Ma.  I'm not sure Bill is really looking forward to it though...hee hee hee.

We ate dinner at Clark Street Grill after the show.  We first ate there back in August during Restaurant Week and thoroughly enjoyed it.  They gave us a coupon for a free bottle of house wine last time if we dined with them again by the end of the year so we decided to take advantage of it.  We arrived before our reservations so we enjoyed a Clark Street Pale Ale in their bar before dinner.  For the appetizer, we had the southwest spring rolls that came with a yummy roasted salsa on the side.  Bill had the strip steak and garlic mashed potatoes and I had the sesame tuna and blue cheese augratin potatoes.  Neither one of us could finish our dinner so we had enough for lunch yesterday.

I had a chance to use my new Cuttlebug folders that I mentioned in my last post.  I can't share my creations yet though.  You'll just have to wait until closer to Christmas.  :)

New Cricut Cartridge

Woohoo.  I mentioned that I bought a new Cricut cartridge last week.  It's called Very Merry Tags and it's super cute!  I love tags.  I don't know why but I just do.  I especially love tags made with the Cricut because I can make them any size I want.  Too cool.  Anyway, here are a few of the tags that I've made so far...

 
I bought a few new Cuttlebug embossing folders too.  I haven't had time to play with them yet though but I'll be sure to post my creations soon.

Lovely As A Tree

I have loved the Lovely as a Tree set for a long time and finally purchased it a few months ago.  It's very versatile and is especially good for making "manly" cards...hee hee hee.  Anyway, I've used it a few times and really love it.  I should have bought it years ago.  Anyway, here's my latest creation.

Ingredients:

Ink - Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Summer Sun by @Stampin' Up 

Card stock - Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla by @Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper - by @Stampin' Up 

Images - Lovely as a Tree by @Stampin' Up

Accessories- Hodgepodge Hardware and ribbon by Stampin' Up

I bought a new Cricut cartridge last week.  Stay tuned.