I'm on a plane right now, going to San Diego. It has been sunny in my world for 20 hours. That messes with you... a lot. I also worked the weekend in St Louis, so I'm not 100% what day it is. But I digress... So, I spent the weekend, working, in St Louis. I really didn't have any spare time, because my company understaffed the start up crew for the account and the 3 of us there ended up working 18 hours. I did have some time to hang out with my cousin. I wanted to go to Pappy's, aka the best bbq ever, but it was closed by the time both of us were free. We ended up going to the Central West End, which was, I'm guessing, the cool part of town. We went to SubZero, which is a vodka bar that claims it has the biggest collection of vodka in the US. It also serves burgers and sushi. It's a weird mix.
The food there wasn't all that great. I decided to get the sushi. There is 1 major reason not to get sushi in St Louis: The nearest ocean is well over 1000 miles away, so either there's nothing good, or anything good costs a shit ton. The burgers were ok, according to my cousin. Our original idea was to go there grab a quick bit and chit chat over drinks. It turns out, the place was POUNDING with techno music, so that didn't go over that well. I'm also not a vodka fan. I can tell the difference between Aristocrat vodka and Grey Goose. But I can't tell a $200 bottle of vodka from any of the "top shelf" vodkas like Grey Goose or Ketel One. I had an adventurous drink that fell way short of expectations. Most of the time, cucumber juice makes for a great base of drinks, especially vodka, then add something citrus-y and add sugar, you'll have a great drink, trust me. This drink I had... messed that all up.
Sadly, this time around, food-wise, St Louis was a little disappointing, but I guess you can't win them all.
I then made a half-day pit stop to Chicago. As you may have read, or heard me talk about it, I'm not a fan of Chicago. I think it's NYC Jr. This map is fairly accurate:
The food there wasn't all that great. I decided to get the sushi. There is 1 major reason not to get sushi in St Louis: The nearest ocean is well over 1000 miles away, so either there's nothing good, or anything good costs a shit ton. The burgers were ok, according to my cousin. Our original idea was to go there grab a quick bit and chit chat over drinks. It turns out, the place was POUNDING with techno music, so that didn't go over that well. I'm also not a vodka fan. I can tell the difference between Aristocrat vodka and Grey Goose. But I can't tell a $200 bottle of vodka from any of the "top shelf" vodkas like Grey Goose or Ketel One. I had an adventurous drink that fell way short of expectations. Most of the time, cucumber juice makes for a great base of drinks, especially vodka, then add something citrus-y and add sugar, you'll have a great drink, trust me. This drink I had... messed that all up.
Sadly, this time around, food-wise, St Louis was a little disappointing, but I guess you can't win them all.
I then made a half-day pit stop to Chicago. As you may have read, or heard me talk about it, I'm not a fan of Chicago. I think it's NYC Jr. This map is fairly accurate:
But things not to miss in Chicago:
1. Indian/Pakistani food
2. Steaks
I don't think Chicago style pizza is that good. If you don't have time to exit the airport, go to Tortas Frontera. Airport food SUCKS! No matter what country, airport, whatever. Airport food is the worst. There's only a handful of places I will religiously go to for food at airports. This is one of them. It does take 10 minutes for a sandwich, but if you have the time, wait for it. The Cubana is amazing. Well worth the wait. This place might be the ONLY thing that redeems O'Hare, which is one of the more annoying airports in the world.
Now I'm headed to San Diego. Never been there, and only spent a couple of days in San Jose, so going to Cali is kind of exciting. ESPECIALLY on someone elses dime!
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