Defending my hometown

[moongirlk]

Hey gang,

I posted the response to Tabouli's question about the 4th of July 
before reading all the other responses, both dissing and promoting 
St. Louis.  

Have to say - you're all right.  St. Louis can be dull, if you spend 
a lifetime here and you run out of imagination.  But for a visit, or 
if you don't mind improvising, there's tons to do.  I already sent 
Tabouli an email on the subject long ago when she first announced her 
upcoming visit, and I like you guys, so I won't subject you to my St. 
Louis travellogue, but I will say if you're prone to boredom, you'll 
get bored, pretty much anywhere you go, but if you get a local with 
some imagination and energy, a few days in St. Louis should be 
entertaining.  And I did already volunteer, if any of you want to 
come along! :D

Oh, just looked at the official website.  Fair St. Louis (the 4th of 
July celebration) is the "largest three-day Fourth of July festival 
in the United States."  Don't know how that happened, but while I'm 
at it, I might as well mention that we also have the second-largest 
Mardi Gras celebration in the US, which takes place within smelling-
distance of the A-B brewery in an old French neighborhood.