I left Michigan and Chicago to meet my roommate Jenna and her husband to be to take part in a wonderful wedding. As exhausted as I was from all my travels and in preparation for the big day, I managed to pull through and rejuvenate for the my friend's big day.
It was definitely a fairy tale wedding and I enjoyed meeting so many fun people, especially the bridal party, my new mid-western girlfriends. There were two incidents when I fell the day of the wedding, thankfully never in front of a crowd, but no matter who's watching, tripping down the stairs is never fun. The food was AMAZING but I gotta say, my favorite was the bacon candy served at the cocktail hour. It basically consisted of a crispy strip of bacon covered in a carmel/nut glaze...AHHHHH it was to die for!! two thumbs up to Jenna and Wes for that one. 
Sunday morning came and while Jenna and Wes were on their way to Hawaii, I had made a switch from the fantasy of partying non stop to my hotel downtown St. Louis where I would be staying to start my thesis research. I was really weird to be honest to stay at hotel by myself. I roamed downtown to work on my documentation of the area and it was incredibly sad for me to see this major metropolitan area in such a decrepit state. With density that could be indicative of a thriving metropolis, most of its contructed towers that date to the early 20th century are abandoned and in limbo of our crashing real estate market. Nevertheless, I managed to find pockets of life and hope of rejuvenation for the city. I left St. Louis and went west. More on that soon to come.
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