Meet me in St. Louis.

Come join me for a fun filled weekend in the birthday of the first ice cream cone. Yes, at the St. Louis world fair, in 1904, the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help roll up waffles to hold ice cream. Okay... enough of that.

Bruce Springsteen is bringing his Devils + Dust acoustic tour to the Fox Theatre in St. Louis and what better reason to make a weekend road trip. Persistence played to my advantage as I was able to secure an 11th row, just off center ticket for his show on August 6th. Metrotix is the ticket service for the St. Louis metro area and I was a little anxious because it was all unfamiliar to me. Years of concert going has me well versed in the likes of Ticketmaster but it is very different than that of the Metrotix system. Regardless, the ticket angels and consistently hitting F5 got me in the door and into a great seat.

I am looking forward to squeezing in visits to The Arch (which I have always wanted to see), as well as the St. Louis Cathedral (to see the largest mosaic in the world) and some time at Six Flags St. Louis (to ride their wooden coaster aptly named, The Boss). It is all too good to be true. And to see another one of Bruce's solor efforts at the only smaller, theatre stop on this leg. Plus my hotel offers free popcorn too. Shit, does it get any better?