Brent's Pictures of St. Louis...

Brent, Derek, Aaron, & Mark... The Haunted House Brain Trust... or so they think. Here they are at one of the Haunts in St. Louis where they attended the National Haunted House Convention. Now one might wonder why four guys without a haunted house to call their own would attend the National Haunted House Convention... hmmmmm... any ideas???

Friday when they got to the Convention it was a beautiful day, so after a little walk through they decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and enjoy a little St. Louis scenery. I think this is a great shot of the side view of the St. Louis Arch.

Here is another amazing shot... both could be a postcard for sure.

I Loved this one of the Arch... its just awesome.

This was my favorite shot of all. You can see the Redbuds were already in bloom at the river front park. It's such a pretty picture of the bridge and the Mississippi River. This shot was taken basically at the St. Louis Arch National Monument looking down at the river.

What can I say... None of these guys are quite right in the head... pretty sure they were dropped as babies... No really, they have a great time together and are lucky to be such good buds. Brent said he had a great time... It sure looked like he enjoyed himself.

The Guys Weekend Bonding...

Let's start with the Best Soul Food in St. Louis... SWEETIE PIES on Manchester Avenue. Brent said when they walked in the door as you can imagine they were the only Caucasian faces in the entire restaurant. The woman behind the counter looked up... giggled and went back to doing what she was doing... So Brent, being Brent, asked some guy standing in line in front of the guys what he would suggest as far as the best items there. He said everything was great, but ya gotta try the chicken wings... crazy mutant biggest chicken wings you've ever seen, mac & cheese, and green beans... which had pieces of chicken goodness in em.... yummy goodness all around. Brent would definitely recommend SWEETIE PIES if you're in the area. The guy that Brent was talking to took a liking to our guys and wouldn't leave until they had sampled everything so that he knew he had steered them in the right direction... super nice guy.

Next at 12:15 in the a.m. on Saturday night/Sunday morning the guys thought they would try out this little gem of a restaurant.

Okay... Brent didn't take this picture... we found it online... but the guy in the white apron is Kevin and he was the one that cooked their food. When they walked in... the guy yells at them... in quintessential Missouri Mush Mouth lingo...Wannaslinger!?!?! So the guys all look at each other... thinkin', "What the heck???" Come to find out a Slinger is one of their signature dishes... it consists of hashbrowns, two sausage patties, two to three eggs, and smothered in chili. Everyone around them had it... looked disgusting... guys didn't think so.

So BJ and Derek got the 6 mini burgers... kinda White Castle like... VERY GOOD! Aaron and Mark settled for the tenderloin, which were just okay and now everyone wished they had braved the slinger... shoulda known. If the locals love it, they love it for a reason.

Here is a picture of Brent and Aaron as they're waiting for food at St. Louis' famous EAT-RITE. Brent is always looking for a little local flavor when traveling... Well he found some for sure.

Here is the whole hee-haw gang. Mark, Brent, Derek, and Aaron... gotta love the bumper sticker... EAT-RITE or don't eat at all. The guys said the food was great, the dining experience was exactly that... a dining experience... This was located way downtown St. Louis... You had to be buzzed in to the restaurant... I'm sure Mark was packing heat... Brent says he was.