I happened to be working downtown to witness the 6th highest recorded crest of the Mississippi river on June 4th 2013. It was amazing seeing the river come as high as it did. I’ll post photos, but they hardly do it justice! The next image is interesting. The parking garage has its entrance under water. … Continue reading “6th Highest Missippi River Crest St. Louis, MO 40.52ft – 6/4/2013”
Some random events from the month. I took my first On-Call call for work. Went outside and drank a beer with Ryan while working on it. Probably not supposed to drink while working… Sonora has a new skill! The upgraded garden is planted Preparing for a summer BBQ! Album Hogan Haake
The Blacktop Ball is a party on the blacktop on the last day of school. They have music, snacks, a hula hoop contest, and other random kid activities. As nearly every year, Corvin was one of the last people standing in the hula hoop contest. He’s good, but has yet to pull off a win. … Continue reading “Blacktop Ball – 5/23/2013”
Working downtown near the river, I get to see it changing every day. I just can’t seem to get enough with the flooding. Album Hogan Haake
My current employer has a pool table in their 12th floor break room. It has a fantastic view overlooking the Mississippi River. Today, I played my first game of pool after 6 months of employment there. The game was against Ryan and I won. Hogan Haake
Jake asked me to help him do a cleanup of gumballs at church. To be fair, he asked lots of people to help, but I was the only person that showed up to help him. Jake had his whole family with him. So without delay, we got out the rake and started cleaning up. We … Continue reading “Gumball Pickup – 3/23/2013”
I heard about the Bacon Fest STL and decided that I would visit. It was held in Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. I’m not sure what I expected, but it was a bunch of food vendors selling bacon type foods. Every food vendors had a huge line that we were not about to wait … Continue reading “Bacon Fest St. Louis – 3/23/2013”
Ever since I discovered Mardi Gras in St. Louis, I try to never miss it. I’m still trying to get more people to join me each year. This year, I was able to get Ryan and Jeff with me. We planned to be there all of the day and enjoy the parade, but that wasn’t … Continue reading “St. Louis Mardi Gras 2013 – 2/29/2013”
A good friend of the family is in a band called The People’s. Their music style is Acoustic and Americana. We went to see them after a long day of a basketball game and the Sugar Maple Festival. It was a family friendly event, so we headed to the SIP Salon in Clayton for a … Continue reading “The People’s – 2/2/2013”
I received an unsolicited email from my father about a sugar maple festival not to far from my house. Following the link, I found that it was for the previous year. However, some persistent web searching showed that it was the first weekend in February this year. This sounded like the perfect type of outdoor … Continue reading “Sugar Maple Festival – 2/2/2013”