St. Louis, city of the Fabulous Fox Theatre. This was a pretty cool city, and a very cool theatre – huge, gorgeous, ornate, magical. Complete with chandeliers and gold frescos and life-sized lions with light-up eyes. The Fox has been around for a million years and most everyone who’s anyone in show business has played there. The walls were covered with hundreds of murals made by casts, rock stars, comedians, bands, ballets, operas, etc. We added our own to a door of the front office (complete with a little pill bottle). Also, St. Louis had a neat sculpture garden near the hotel, and of course, that big arch. I went away for surgery while we were here, so I had a very limited Louisian experience. I did get to see my old friend Sam, who I’ve known since I was a wee babe, and probably haven’t seen in 15 years.
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