An Amazing Trip to St. Louis... Sweetie Pies and Grammy Award Winning Macy Gray All In One Day!!!

What An Amazing Day in St. Louis

First Eating Lunch at the Famous Sweetie Pie's Restaurant....

Then Spending a Great Evening With Grammy Winning Artist Macy Gray

Who would have though that our day spent in St Louis would have been so star studded and amazing!!! I had  to do a gig in Illinois this past Thursday. My wife and I decided that we would take a detour before my next set of gigs and head to the STL. When we got there, we decided to have lunch at the famous Sweetie Pie's Restaurant from Oprah's OWN Channel. Miss Robbie, the Owner and Operator of the restaurant is a former Ikette when Ike Turner was big. What a great afternoon at Sweetie Pie's. The food was plentiful and the taste was out of this world. FYI... when you go to St. Louis... stop at Sweetie Pie's. Make sure to bring your appetite because you definitely get your money's worth!!! Boy is my stomach full!!! Here are the pictures from Sweetie Pies:

After lunch, we decided that we needed to walk it off, so we headed to The Loop and enjoyed shopping on Delmar Street. We met some famous people along the way including Maya Angelou, Josephine Baker and Vincent Price... Here are the pictures...

Now... just when you think that the day couldn't get any better.... we make our way to Laclede's Landing and visit the Lumiere Casino to try our luck. Although we were not lucky on the slots... we were lucky in other ways. I ran into some friendly people that asked me if I would like to see Macy Gray perform that night in the casino theater. I said yes.. that would be fun... and they gave me 2 free tickets to see Macy Gray. I grabbed my wife and we went to the concert. We had a great time and Macy was a true entertainer!!! She really got the crowd pumped up not only with her music... but with her sense of humor and personality.  Not only was Macy incredible, but the band was amazing. It was a pleasant treat to watch a performance given by someone else instead of being the performer.  A big shout out to the new friends we made that night and thanks again for the tickets to the concert. It will definitely be a night that we will never forget. We are definitely die hard Macy Gray fans.  The ironic thing about the concert that night was that just the day before, my wife was watching Kim Kimble on the reality show L.A. Hair. It just happened to be the episode where Kim Kimble was putting together wigs for a photo shoot that Macy Gray had. How funny is it that my wife was watching that particular episode and then the next day we see Macy Gray in person!!!  Karma and Luck have a funny way of showing up when you least expect them to. Here are the pictures from the concert....

Finally... we ended our day with a trip to the Arch. It is amazing in the daytime... but it is spectacular at night...