Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home...Home to me is Saint Louis, Missouri, also known as the "Gateway to the Midwest."
Quick facts about Saint Louis:
- Location of the famous Gateway Arch.
- Home of The St. Louis Cardinals baseball and The St. Louis Blues hockey teams.
- Brewing company Anheuser Busch has called St. Louis home since 1852. Its signature Clydesdales are housed at Grants Farm, a local tourist attraction
- The restaurant chain the rest of the country knows as Panera started as the St. Louis Bread Company in 1993 (the company retains its original name in the St. Louis area)
- St. Louis University (my alma mater) was the first university West of the Mississippi. Its mascot is the “Billiken,” a creature invented by an art teacher that represents “things as they ought to be.”
- Saint Louis hosts the second largest Mardi Gras in the USA annually (New Orleans holds first place)
- Alums of Sumner High School in St. Louis ( the first high school for African Americans built West of the Mississippi) include Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, and Arthur Ashe
- Birthplace of these tasty foods:
the ice cream cone, gooey butter cake, toasted ravioli, Old Vienna Red Hot Riplets® hot barbecue flavored potato chips made with real St. Louis Hot Sauce, Imo's pizza, provel cheese (blend of provolone, Swiss, and white cheddar cheeses), St. Louis style barbecue, Ted Drewes frozen custard, ice tea, 7Up
This is my entry for Day 2 of the StateWars contest hosted by @steemusa
Today's theme is "My Favorite City"
Details here 👉Day 2 StateWars
Images taken with Samsung Galaxy S5 and collages created by me
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"You can take the girl out of the city but you can never take the city out of the girl."
