Last weekend in St. Louis, I found an interesting door hanger in our room. The Westin is encouraging guests to “make a green choice” by declining housekeeping service.  In return for not having to clean and replace your sheets and towels, they offer a $5 food and beverage voucher or 500 Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints. [...]

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June 2nd, 2011

No trip to St. Louis would be complete without seeing the 10-time World Champion Cardinals play at home.  They’ve got a beautiful new park that opened in 2006.  It felt similar to Safeco and the other new-style parks.  We went on Memorial Day, braving the steamy 90-degree weather and sellout crowd. (Everyone else is still [...]

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June 1st, 2011

Bryn and I spent Memorial Day weekend in St. Louis for Neil and Kate’s wedding.  It was my first time there so we had a good time exploring the sites and hanging out with other wedding guests. The most famous St. Louis landmark is their 630-foot tall Gateway Arch.  It was built in the 1960s [...]

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March 4th, 2011

Stand-Up Paddleboarding After our modest success on the surfboards, we had to try SUP (Stand-Up Paddleboarding).  It’s quite popular and when you see a Jesus-like figure off in the distance seemingly walking on the ocean, they’re probably on a stand-up paddleboard.  This was a common site during our week in Maui. It takes some getting [...]

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Scuba Another highlight of the trip was our introductory scuba dive.  We’d done lots of snorkeling but never any scuba.  In fact, I thought you had to be certified before you were allowed to go.  What I learned instead was, you have to be certified before you’re allowed to go alone.  In a guided group [...]

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March 2nd, 2011

Bryn and I had an awesome time in Maui last week.  Thanks to mom and dad for the invite!  Our days were packed with fun activities, including several “firsts” — surfing attempts, scuba diving, etc. It had been 20 years since my last visit to Maui, and much like how a kid remembers Disneyland, my [...]

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