It has been a fun weekend in Saint Louis, visiting Arun at WashU. Been 8 weeks since we dropped him off for college, back in August, 2011. Now he is the one giving driving directions to the local favorites.
Instead of doing the suggested tours, seminars around campus, Arun and I spent most of our time talking, eating out and shopping. When he was in class or getting work done in his dorm, I waited for him at my favorite spot on campus, Cafe Bergson at the Danforth Center. Deep comfortable cushioned chairs, ottomans, and the smell of coffee lend a perfect ambience for working, reading or just a quick nap!
Bay area chain restaurants having a presence in Saint Louis are Maggiano's, California Pizza Kitchen and we had dinner (Thursday) and Lunch (Friday). Arun was really craving some Indian food, so it was dinner (Friday) at House of India, on Delmar and 170. The mild paneer makhni, bhaigan bhartha, onion and garlic naans, and mango milkshake were slowly polished off our plates. Now, why didn't he ask for sambar and dosai?? Next door was Jilly's Cup Cakes and Cafe, the winner of third season of Food Network's Cup Cake wars! Sadly though, they were closed at 10pm!! Need to come back again.
No visit to WashU is complete without a trip to "The Loop", a collection of bars, eating places and furniture shops! We went to Ranoush for lunch (Saturday), and decided to check out Jilly's again. This time, we found the place bustling with folks having lunch, coffee or enjoying one of their jumbo cupcakes! Arun chose their "Pink velvet cake" (CAKE: Pink velvet, STUFFING: Caramel
TOPPING: Cream cheese, caramel buttercream and pecan praline), and I went for the "Space monkey" (CAKE: Banana-Toffee, STUFFING: Toffee Dulce de Leche, TOPPING: Caramel Cream Cheese Swirl & Chocolate Astronaut Ice Cream); both had filledcenters, layers of frosting and topped by pecan pralines or chocolate! Yum! Here are the links:
http://www.hoistl.com/
http://www.ranoush.com/
http://www.jillyscupcakebar.com/
Shopped at Bed Bath and Beyond, Macys for dorm storage, winter jackets and warm clothing. Saint Louis is in the grips of following their team the STL Cardinals, in the World Series, against the Texas Rangers, and many locals everywhere we sporting team jerseys and colors. We watched Game 3 at Shekar's home; Albert Pujols put on a mightly show with a record tying three homers to defeat the Rangers 16-7!!
I visited Shekar, Akila, Mama, Mami, Arjun and Arya at home Sat. morning. Both kids had a busy schedule, with soccer, violin, piano, tennis, birthday party. Arjun's last game of the season was fun to watch in the mildly cold Missouri morning! Arya was comfortable on my lap!!
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