{"id":947,"date":"2010-11-28T13:24:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T17:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=947"},"modified":"2012-01-21T21:30:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T03:30:26","slug":"the-city-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"The City Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4152\/5199819697_9e28bcecaa.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7278\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here is where I warn you about the 2,389,576,455,567,781 pictures you are about to see. Because I&#8217;ve narrowed them down from many, many more (mostly taken by Mary, stolen by me) and still can&#8217;t seem to make it down to a decent, acceptable number. This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citymuseum.org\/home.asp\" target=\"_blank\">place<\/a>, the City Museum of St. Louis, warrants a ridiculous number of pictures. I still feel that I will not be able to do it justice&#8230; so you will have to come visit to see it for yourselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5165\/5200413248_36a7c33291.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7289\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5128\/5200412868_a4186a6a36.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7281\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We went there on a Saturday, accompanied by some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=939\" target=\"_blank\">lovely people<\/a> on an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=942\" target=\"_blank\">amazing weekend<\/a>, and spent the better part of a morning there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4133\/5200412118_4da0ef9207.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7277\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4133\/5199823505_49c3df69d3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7330\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We left feeling like a group of kids pulled away from an amusement park before they were ready&#8230; wanting more, just the slightest bit resentful that we couldn&#8217;t just drop the kids and run around like a bunch of maniacs, acting like fools.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4126\/5199830001_a4f1af2bfa.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7404\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5281\/5199830271_a65e23d932.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7407\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4083\/5200422726_5734fc3b8b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7402\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Which is the coolest part&#8230; that we COULD have done that, if we had chosen to do so. Until 2am. With alcoholic beverages. Which seems, given the circumstances,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5166\/5199828911_ba75c262b0.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7396\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5008\/5200422162_46bfd38171.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7398\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4107\/5199829453_05f83ff5b0.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4106\/5199825113_0588ec084b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7337\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4127\/5199824803_81185e8846.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4085\/5200419250_e50a3f6a8c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7356\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4111\/5199827147_2ee431072a.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7359\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; like a VERY bad idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5007\/5199827443_f303930e90.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7372\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4091\/5199828071_7b7c984943.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7389\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A playground for adults and children alike. Andrew only wished that his own grown brothers could have been there to monkey around and procure all sorts of grown-up injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5088\/5199828347_095929979e.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7393\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5128\/5200417306_13a15a84ef.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7335\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Like cage-rash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5165\/5200416694_1e6fffcaf5.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4108\/5199822869_512634bb2b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7325\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5006\/5199822461_f1a74b35df.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7324\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4111\/5200415022_3636878de1.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or just a really bad broken bone from a very high fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or maze-fever. Darn. I didn&#8217;t get a picture of the maze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5088\/5199821781_1515e44b94.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7319\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5045\/5200413918_8a807e8356.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7296\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5128\/5199820729_f6d6a1f86c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7294\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or finger amputation from a turtle bite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4104\/5200427028_3b2576dbbf.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7461\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But, of course, there&#8217;s always time for that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4131\/5200427450_926275eef0.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7463\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4108\/5200426408_a3b29568e8.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7453\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5044\/5200426082_e08c50a8f0.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7447\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ball cage. Or cage of balls?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4151\/5199830643_e01e59a38e.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7413\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sponge room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5241\/5200423856_3414f0aea4.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7414\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Which made me so frustrated. Is it too much to ask to leave my sponge structure alone so I can build a respectable sponge tower?! Sheesh!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5207\/5200428578_ec9800cc26.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7472\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tiger ride of death. No hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4127\/5199835895_066f98585d.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7475\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4113\/5200429574_72b185471b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7478\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yeah. Seriously, get out of the way at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They&#8217;re not kidding around at this place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is where I warn you about the 2,389,576,455,567,781 pictures you are about to see. Because I&#8217;ve narrowed them down from many, many more (mostly taken by Mary, stolen by me) and still can&#8217;t seem to make it down to a decent, acceptable number. 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