Das Bevo

A Summer Saturday at Grant’s Farm

It’s been a while since we’ve been to Grant’s Farm, so yesterday we made the drive across the river for a visit. It was an unbelievably nice day given that it’s July in St. Louis…the sun stayed hidden behind clouds, and while there was a brief drizzle which caused it to be humid, it wasn’t very hot at all…probably one of the nicest summer visits we’ve had there!

And just for a fun, a bonus picture of Das Bevo…we decided to drive the long way through the city so we could see the old halfway point between Grant’s Farm and the Anheuser-Busch brewery. I’m always surprised to see such a building in the middle of St. Louis!

Sartorial Saturday–Oktoberfest 2023

Time for a look back at the outfits I wore to various Oktoberfest celebrations this year! I attended a record four Oktoberfests, which means I got to wear 2/3 of the dirndls in my wardrobe. I wore my very first dress from Rare Dirndl to Belleville’s Oktoberfest, but with a fairly new apron:

I wore one of my newest dirndls to St. Charles Oktoberfest, but I again switched out the apron:

I decided to go for a lot of color at Zootoberfest at the St. Louis Zoo:

And I paired my new “Surprise Me” apron with one of my oldest dirndls at Oktoberfest at Das Bevo:

Looking back at the places I went, I can say that Belleville’s Oktoberfest is still the most disappointing to me, while St. Charles is the biggest and best. Surprisingly, though, the zoo had the best pretzels!

St. Charles might have the best Oktoberfest, but you just can’t beat the setting of Das Bevo. It was the smallest one I attended, but just look at that gorgeous building and fun tent!

I’ll leave you with everyone’s favorite call for a toast!