Passover Seder

We originally had our Seder planned for the correct day, April 5th, but a last-minute, mandatory meeting for graduating seniors messed it up. So, we moved it to Friday the 7th. Brisket, Kugel Potatoes, etc. for dinner. And plenty of matzot - mainly for AJ.

A Real Snow!

We had some whispy snow in temperatures well below freezing the previous two days, but wham, this morning we awoke to 4 or 5 inches! Good snowman and snowball snow, too. 2-hour school delay. Never fear. The roads will be clear and dry by the end of the day and we'll be in the 60s by Easter.

Dart Wars and Other Games

Below are pics from two more trips to Dart Wars since the twins' birthday. We discovered their special price for families: two 2-hour sessions for everyone in the family (same address)! There was also some puzzling and some chess.

Seamus was up in the control booth.

The Family Dinner dessert this week.
The topic was Q&A on Passover/Exodus.

Another day... A different group of Reguscis.

There were close to 100 people in the arena!

In the current stage of learning, Papa
and AJ are 1-1.

Pushed Through to Home

Nana and Papa left Kansas City a little after 8am and were home in Colorado Springs just before dinner time. The 8.5-hour prediction by Maps was practically dead on. Our only significant stop was at Roosters in Calhan, CO (where Jamie's railroad group is renovating a railroad depot). Very good burger, BLT, and fries.

Our last day in St. Louis... We enjoyed the Fiddleneck Fern Cafe and the Butterfly House with Megan before heading back to Kansas City where we had a great dinner with David and Wendy at the Tavern at Mission Farms followed by some game playing at Siscos: Sagrada, and Hues and Cues. The day's photos start here.

Breakfast at the FiddleNeck Fern Cafe.

SOPHIA M. SACHS BUTTERFLY HOUSE

Had never heard of Squill. There they are.

Tavern at Mission Farms

Hues and Cues at Siscos with a fine Daou wine!

Chess Museum, Basilica, Games, and Edera

After Starbucks and a donut, we visited the Chess Museum just a block or so from the hotel. We tried to have lunch at Boxwood, an interesting restaurant in a greenhouse, looked like fun, but the wait was too long so Kampai it was. Turned out that the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis was the big hit of the day for a tourist destination. What a gem! Then some games in our room with Megan and Vickie (So Clover and No Thanks!) before our celebration dinner at Edera (Megan's "retirement") right next to the hotel. All the day's photos start here.

Welcome to St. Louis, MO

We got tickets a while back to take the train from Kansas City to St. Louis this morning, but yesterday afternoon we were informed by email that the train had been canceled. What?! "Due to a schedule change" was the reason given. But as of today, the schedule does not seem to have changed at all. Who knows. Bottomline: no train for us and no $386 for Amtrak (4 of us). Siscos drove us and we got to St. Louis early afternoon, settled into our various housing, and met up with our niece, nephew, and their spouses for some ice cream at Jeni's (really good) and dinner at Baileys' Range (great burgers and "boozy" shakes!). Jamie and Lynn are staying at the Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza St. Louis, a very swank place connected to the apartments/condos next door which are in the building that was used in the movie Ghostbusters where the Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man showed up. All the day's photos start here.

Update 3/31/23: I could not find any evidence on the internet that this building was the Ghostbusters building. Everything pointed to NYC as the filming location. In fact, get this... Elf and Ghostbusters used the same building, click here.

This area of St. Louis...

Ghostbusters?