The first cake was at Jefferson Bank and Trust, on Market Street. It was founded in 1892.
Our next stop was at the Scott Joplin House. The "King of Ragtime" and his wife Belle lived here from 1900-1907, before moving to New York to further his career. He was living in St. Louis when he wrote The Entertainer.
We went to the nearby Heritage House. This is independent housing for seniors. Can you see the cake in front of the building?
Dandelion break in the city!
"Take my picture, too, Mom! Just of me!"
Crossing the street with Daddy is lots of fun!
The next cake is in front of the Ford Building at 3001 Locust Street. It's the TOKY cake. TOKY is the firm that designed the STL250 logo.
Our last cake before lunch was at Harris Stowe State University. It was founded in 1857, and served as a Teacher's College for many years. We parked in the Pappy's BBQ parking lot, and headed to Harris Stowe. We found out that the campus is closed on Fridays, but the security guard said we could get in and take a picture of the cake.
Holly sees the cake!
Pappy's BBQ is right next to Harris Stowe, and it's the reason that Tom chose to help us find this set of cakes today. Pappy's has the best BBQ in St. Louis. You've got to get there early, because when they're sold out, they close. They open at 11, and there are apparently always folks waiting. When we got there, we got right in line! (Here's a picture of Tom and the girls by the smoker.)
You can see that there are many famous folks who've eaten at Pappy's. They've signed menus, which are tacked into the walls.
People stand in line to order, and then once you've ordered you can get a seat. They wouldn't let the girls and me choose a table. We had to wait in line with Tom.
There are four different BBQ sauces at the tables...one of them is extremely appropriate for us! (See Holly's Hot Sauce?)
Holly was overjoyed to have ribs! She has decided that Pappy's is her new favorite restaurant! I've decided that I need to start a list of places that don't have cakes that should have them. I've already named the St. Louis Carousel as one, and another is definitely Pappy's!
After lunch, we found the cakes that were right by the Fox Theater. They were all pretty close together. We parked the car by SLU, paid for the parking meter, and walked from there.
We could see the cakes in front of the buildings...there are a bunch of them clustered in this area!
The Centene Center for the Arts & Education
Big Brothers and Sisters of Eastern Missouri is celebrating their 100th birthday this year!
The Fabulous Fox Theatre first opened in 1929. This cake has some chipped paint, but it's still pretty. There are pictures of Broadway shows on the side: Les Miserables, Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Evita, and more. The front of the cake looks like stage curtains. It's very nice!
Powell Symphony Hall was built in 1925, and was orignally named the St. Louis Theatre. It became Powell Hall in 1966. Whenever we see it, I always tease the girls that this is our other house.
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is our next cake. This cake is located inside. I'd feel rather awkward going into places like this just to take pictures with the cake, except for that they're used to it. In fact, there was an older couple inside taking pictures as we arrived. This cake has a lot of detail all around it!
The Sheldon opened in 1912. It's a concert hall known for it's perfect acoustics.
The girls wanted individual pictures, but Daddy decided to photobomb them!
The last cake for today is the Nine Network cake. We're big fans of Channel 9 programming. When Tom spotted Big Bird inside the window, we had to buzz the intercom at the door and see if we could take a peek:
We saw a bunch of cakes today in a short period of time...about 2 1/2 hours, which included our sit-down lunch. Fabulous!
What an awesome day!!!! Thirteen cakes is one day is going to be a hard record to break!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! Cute pictures!
ReplyDeleteHoly moly! 13 cakes in one day - that's a new record! Some really pretty ones in this group. Looks like fun was had!
ReplyDeleteThese cakes were more fun for me and Tom...they were rapid fire, so we felt like we made all kinds of progress! But for Holly, there was "nofing fun." No place to play. She only liked the food!
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