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Update Summer of 2020 The St. Louis Science Center is limited to only 500 visitors in the building at one time– RSVP online before arriving to guarantee entry. Admission is STILL FREE. Stay as long as you like, however you may need to wait in line to get in. The planetarium entrance in Forest Park …

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Let’s be truthful…if my kid were given the choice of a beautiful St. Louis style BBQ pork steak or a big bowl of plain buttered noodles…he’d choose the noodles. Every. Time. He’s not exactly the most adventurous eater around–he’s more of a chicken nugget and bean burrito kinda guy. And when it comes to pasta night? …

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I woke up this morning to blue skies and chirping birds–it’s spring in St. Louis! Or is it?? Yesterday it was 70 degrees so I took the boys to Elephant Rocks–along with the rest of Missouri. The place was packed and people were parking on Hwy 21 outside the park entrance! Why? Because everyone knows that …

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In 2019 Bissinger’s was sold to local competitor Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate. CCC will keep the brand name, but they don’t need Bissinger’s city factory, which has closed. If you’re interested in touring a chocolate factory in St. Louis you can do that at Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate.

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Reading, as they say, is fundamental. It can also get pretty boring when your little one only want to read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. But here’s some great news–there are many other places where you can sit back and let someone else read the kiddo a story.  We already know about …

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I don’t often get giddy about Disney Princess movies, but Moana is special. I think it’s because the hubs and I had a chance to visit Hawaii–and the island of Maui–last spring. To this day Maui is a wild and magical island…just the sort of place I’d imagine meeting a demigod. 

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We already knew our St. Louis Zoo was the best free thing to do in town, but now it’s been voted the top free attraction in America according to USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards Program. The Saint Louis Zoo was the only zoo in the running for the USA Today contest. There were 20 attractions listed, including …

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