Started in: Indianapolis, IN
Ended in: St. Louis, MO
Total Distance: Driving: 249 miles
I'm definitely very grateful for R's friends for putting us up both in Indy and St. Louis (and the first time we were in St. Louis). We grabbed a quick breakfast on Mass. Ave. in Indianapolis (also, who knew that city is the 15th largest in the country and the second largest city in the Midwest? Not me). We ate at The Garden Table. A lot of the food looked delicious. I ended up getting a biscuit sandwich with what they called yam bacon (this was tasty, but a more accurate name for this would have been, you know, yam. They think because they sliced it thinly they could call it yam bacon? Come on.) They also had elaborate coffee drinks that R and I both tried. R's first choice was unavailable for mysterious reasons. Mine was like a fancy Thai Iced Coffee. It was delicious and fancy, but too small.
We then hit the drive to St. Louis, bought some groceries, and cooked some dinner. We decided to make pasta (with a creamy mushroom and cheese sauce) and brussel sprouts with fennel. We made this dish for my parents back in Michigan (about 40 days ago), and we had a leftover bag of pasta from West Born Market in Plymouth. I meant to leave it with my parents, but I accidentally packed it. And then I meant to leave in Chicago when we stopped there for a night, but forgot to and it's been with us this whole trip. Fortunately, the Chekov's pasta that was purchased in the first act of this trip was eaten in the second and it was delicious. Tomorrow is our third wedding and last full day of the trip... Bittersweet.