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Thanksgiving in St. Louis

I went to St. Louis for Thanksgiving, to spend some time with my family and friends there. I made my usual roasted turkey, which turned out well. I had to use my mom's odd cookware, so I had to roast it in this very deep roasting pan. It was deep because it comes with a cover, and I guess people covered their roasts back in whatever era this roaster came from. It was made out of a strange material, a dull black speckled with white dots. I'm still puzzling over what material this is, no one else I talked to seems to know, although the usual reaction to my queries was "Hey, my mom has a roaster like that too!"

I went with my parents, sister, and nephew and niece to the City Museum, which was very fun. I did quite a bit of crawling through tunnels, crawling on top of barrels, squeezing through caves, etc. And this museum stays open until 1 AM! What a great place.

At night I went over to my friends Brian and Amanda's house off of Grand. They are currently complaining about how ridiculous housing prices have gotten there. The prices are even approaching $200K! Actually, I was amazed it was that low. Although with neighborhood features like the two big Rottweilers I saw running madly down Grand, perhaps I overestimate the broad appeal of the neighborhood. My friend Greg has moved into an apartment downtown, and has a million dollar view of downtown St. Louis, the Arch, and the Mississippi River. I hung out with Brian, Amanda, and Greg one night, and we had a nice, free, meal (Amanda got a gift certificate), and later hung out at a bar and watched a band called Diesel Engine (I think), which was several members of the Bottle Rockets, and a few other musicians playing covers of country-rock songs. Not my usual thing to listen to, but it was interesting, and the music was great.

Pictures of my weekend with my family are here. Hopefully it won't be too long until I can come back.