Lawton and Lindsey Visit

The amazing Lawton (above), just about a week before visiting Saint Louis. He's almost 8, going on 28. He is a reader, a golfer, a marshall artist, a sailboat captain, and a theater goer (among other things). He and his mom schedule a trip that includes a picnic and production of The Barber of Seville from the St. Louis Opera Company for May 31, 2024. 

May 31, Friday Airport pickup at Terminal 2. Roadwork and closed parking lot creates a little chaos but flight is on time and the fun begins.

Laumeier Sculpture Park mega tour with Lawton and Lindsey includes trail past Trova by Fire Station. The Eye and Tasset's Deer and more. 

Saint Louis Art Museum on a post card perfect day. Lawton is drawn to ancient artifacts and anything with a digital touch screen interface - like the egyptian mummies on the 1st floor (downstairs where he gets a peak at Andy Goldsworthy's Stone Sea). 

The Saint Louis Opera Theater which begins with a Chicken Salad Chick box lunch on the grounds at Webster's Loretta Hilton Theater of Performing Arts. The restless traveler Lawton was treated to intermission sparklers. The comic opera Barber of Seville is wonderful as it features Andrew Morstein at Count Almaviva. (Love wins in the end.) 

Saturday was a full day. Beginning with Missouri History Museum. The Spirit of Saint Louis replica of Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic and the celebration and images of the 1904 World's Fair and relief map. Then at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation we visited the for magnificent Richard Serra Cor-10 steel sculpture Joe in the courtyard between the Contemporary Arts Museum and the Pulitzer. 

We traveled to Old North's Crown Candy for a short break before showing up for activities and a celebration of Ten Years in business for Central Print. We travelled to met Andrew and his parents, and sister for Pizza Champ in Maplewood - outdoor dining on Manchester Road.  

Lawton and Lindsey stop into my bachelor pad long enough for Lawton to show his skill in crating a mosaic Cardinal.

Sunday morning tickets to the top of the Gateway Arch bring us downtown and that's close enough to add sculptural highlights at City Garden. We visit Jim' Dine's Pinnochio, Haring, di Suvero and more.

June 2, 2024 Sunday - Sugarfire and putting green at Creve Coeur Golf Course before heading back to the airport. What a sweet weekend.