The Real Deal

Over Valentine's Day weekend, my brother came back home to St. Louis for the weekend, which usually means a family brunch on Sunday!  We had been talking for so long about trying this boozy brunch out, and we certainly were not disappointed! We started our meal out with bottomless mimosas!  The waitress gives you a bracelet to know which members of the party ordered bottomless mimosas and bring out pitchers for refills instead of having to wait for every time the waitress comes out, which I loved!  We started with a pitcher of the classic mimosas with just champagne and orange juice, and another pitcher of the Wheelmosa, which is pineapple, Sprite, Aperol, and rosé. The Wheelmosa ended up being a favorite at the table, although the original ones were good too! We also started with an order of donut holes for the table.  You can get them with powdered sugar, chocolate sauce, or cinnamon and apple butter.  We got chocolate sauce, and WOW these ended u...

My birthday is my favorite day of the year, and I always love to have myself a day every single year.  But, since this year was my 21st birthday, we had to make it even more special.  My two room mates from school came down to St. Louis to spend my birthday with me and some of my friends from home, and we had a blast all weekend! Friday night is when they came into town, so we just hung out in my pool, and had a relaxing night.  On Saturday though, I had a touristy day planned since they had never been to St. Louis before.  Two of my best friends from home, Robert and Logan, came with us this day since they both knew my room mates and to make the day even more fun. Our first stop was the St. Louis Zoo.  Our zoo was voted the best in the country, and is completely free to get in!  It was wicked  hot this day, so we only stayed for a few hours.  We saw some great animals and had a blast, but our favorite part was getting a mixture of a piña cola...