A really great friend of mine was in St Louis last weekend so we went to the farmer's market where he purchased a pair of purple peppers at a farmer's market. Purple peppers? I would never lie about such a thing:
We also visited the St Louis Zoo (which is free, and therefore awesome, but also awesome by its own merits). I was surprised by how active the animals were. Even the poor Sloth Bear, which the sign informed me is not merely threatened, but
THREATENDED, somehow summoned the will to frolic around instead of fixating on his morose threatended status.
In the event that you wonder why the poor Sloth Bear is threatended, maybe it's because dudes in terrifyingly short-shorts keep chasing it around, as shown on this other very informative zoo sign:
St Louis is hot and humid -- a sticky, sweaty, drippy heat that I've started ranking in terms of how many showers a day I feel like I need as a result of it. The day we went to the zoo was a 3-shower day. Luckily, the zoo has a penguin house which was a really nice relief from the weather outside. I hope the penguins know how good they have it.
The penguins are messy. Fortunately for them, the zoo imported some Oompa Loompas to clean up after them.
The very best place of all was the hippopotamus tank. Behold the majesty of the multi-talented hippo as it swims, feeds the fish, and inspires the children:
Further educational enrichment:
We also visited the St Louis Zoo (which is free, and therefore awesome, but also awesome by its own merits). I was surprised by how active the animals were. Even the poor Sloth Bear, which the sign informed me is not merely threatened, but THREATENDED, somehow summoned the will to frolic around instead of fixating on his morose threatended status.
St Louis is hot and humid -- a sticky, sweaty, drippy heat that I've started ranking in terms of how many showers a day I feel like I need as a result of it. The day we went to the zoo was a 3-shower day. Luckily, the zoo has a penguin house which was a really nice relief from the weather outside. I hope the penguins know how good they have it. 
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