I think it is appropriate to start off Day 2 by saying thank you to Colm’s friend Vicky for putting us up at her home. Let me take a minute to reflect and say I have a lot of respect for someone I met only 12 hours ago. Vicky is a Stage 4 breast cancer survivor. She plays it off as no big deal. She obviously has a big heart and carries a most humble approach to life. Something to note for the too many times where I feel like my life is a pain. I know some of you reading this have your own trials and tribulations. For all of my close family and friends who are going through your own personal battles, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Thanks Vicky for providing such a great perspective to Colm over the years...and me for this short time. I have no confusion now as to why Colm has known you for 7 years, but never met you until yesterday. And though I did not know it at the time, you are a reason I am travelling.
Our last pit stop in Columbus was to see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhQSic4zm1w. That's right, "The Buckeye Brew Thru", was a beer drive thru. They even had Colt 45 in the coolers! Dad, you will happy to know they carried your Frito Lay product in the drive thru. I will now be on a mission to see why Massachusetts does not have one. We left Columbus and drove through Indiana. We wanted to drive through French Lick (home of Larry Bird) but it was too far out of the way. We also wanted to stop and tour through the city of Indianapolis, but it was raining. Sorry Mom, but I could not see the sites you mentioned from all your Indy work travels with Anthem. We did drive by Lucas Oil Stadium, home of Peyton Manning, and Colm and I both had shooting pains in our stomachs. After Indiana comes Illinois and I know we had to physically drive through Illinois, but I do not remember anything about it. Oh well, I am gonna go with it is flat…like most of Indiana. We made our way to St. Louis. Priceline put us in a nice hotel, but interestingly enough the city was very quiet for a Thursday night. Hotel seemed empty. They said the atmosphere picks up when the St Louis Blues (NHL) play. Their arena was next door to us. We tried a few bars and ended up at Bar Louie in St. Louis. It was festive. $2 Stella drafts will do this. And this is what I learned. Stella is a key product of InBev. InBev was created in 2004 from the merger of the Belgian company Interbrew and the Brazilian company AmBev. On July 13, 2008, InBev agreed to buy Anheiser-Busch for a total value of $52 billion, which would create a new company to be named Anheuser-Busch InBev. Good news is the Company kept the Anheiser Busch name. Bad news is that our great American beer company was bought by a foreign company. Funny how they were pushing $2 Stella’s in St Louis?? Don’t say my blog never taught you something! And guess what? If there is one city in our country who should be pissed off about this, it is St. Louis. I was told by a waitress never to make mention of it in St Louis. We met waitress Lauren at Bar Louie and I think she had a crush on Colm. Here she is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsO-ehN8sWE.
Good night from St. Louis.
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