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Cakewalk in Forest Park #SaturdaySnapshots

By Joyweesemoll @joyweesemoll

As I mentioned in my Readers’ Workouts post on Tuesday, I took a long walk in Forest Park last weekend. St. Louis is celebrating its 250th birthday this year with programs, events, and birthday cakes! With 250 cakes scattered around the region, I knew there would be several in Forest Park, so I went on a scavenger hunt.

St. Louis 250th birthday cake in front of the Missouri History Museum

Missouri History Museum

St. Louis 250th Birthday Cake in front of the Forest Park Visitor's Center

Forest Park Visitor’s Center (where the cake doubled as playground equipment)

Bandstand in Forest Park

Not a cake. But bandstands kind of look a little like cakes, don’t they?

St. Louis 250th Birthday Cake at The Muny

The Muny

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, or know me personally, you might remember that my summer job in college was in the concession stand at The Muny.

St. Louis 250th Birthday Cake at the Jewel Box

The Jewel Box

St. Louis 250th Birthday Cake at the St. Louis Art Musuem

St. Louis Art Museum motto on a 250th Birthday Cake

I’ve always loved the motto carved in the front of the St. Louis Art Museum. In college, I had a tee shirt that said “Dedicated to Art” on the front and “And Free to All” on the back.

This last was my favorite photo of the day. The boy was looking at the cake when I walked up and I worried that he was going to get in the way of my shot. I took the above photo of the top of the cake while I was waiting to see what he did. What he did was climb up on the wall, giving me a great scene to shoot.

St. Louis 250th Birthday Cake at the St. Louis Art Museum

St. Louis Art Museum

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Saturday Snapshot is hosted each week by Melinda of West Metro Mommy Reads. Check out her post this weekend for lots of great photos around the web.

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