Massachusetts Trip – Days 1 and 2

We traveled to Massachusetts a week ago for my cousin Erin’s wedding. Kristin, my Dad, and I flew to Boston on Friday, October 10, arriving late that afternoon. We met up with Erin’s Aunt Fran (we were her ride to and from the airport for the weekend), picked up the car, and headed to the …

Rally for Barack Obama

Barack Obama was in St. Louis on Saturday (October 18) for a rally at the Arch. Kristin and I decided to head down there since this will probably be the last time Obama is in the area. We took the Metro and were in line around 10:15. Didn’t get on to the Arch grounds until …

Maid-Rite comes to St. Louis

Growing up in Wisconsin, I didn’t know anything about loose meat sandwiches or Maid-Rite. The first time I ever heard of them was on the sitcom Roseanne. I eventually had one for myself when I drove to the Quad Cities to spend New Year’s with Kristin while we were in graduate school. We stopped for …