Great Service by Meyer Heating and Cooling!!

I met the owner of Meyer Heating and Cooling in St. Louis in a past job with a telecommunications company.  What a great guy; I really respect the way he runs his business with integrity.  It took awhile for me to actually be in need of the services, however we have now used them three times.  The first time was when the air conditioning quit working in our condo on one of the hottest days of the year!  Uhhh! It was so horrible.  I called up Meyer Heating and Cooling and they had someone out to fix it the next day!

The second time we used Meyer Heating and Cooling was earlier this year.  We had been dealing with a heater that the pilot light was not wanting to start on the first try.  Then it was not starting after two or three tries.  Then finally it was not lighting what so ever.  So after dealing with this for awhile, we decided it was time to call Meyer Heating and Cooling again.  The sent out a service guy, Mike, the next day!  He showed up in the expected time period too! He tested out the heater and had it fixed in a very short period of time.  We should have called them sooner!!  What great service!!

The most recent call to Meyer Heating and Cooling was just last weekend.  Rob and I just moved into our new house and as it is a foreclosure, everything is as is.  Rob and his Dad lit the pilot light on the water heater on Friday night.  After working a lot around the house, Rob and I decided to head to the basement to watch a little TV before heading to bed and it just so happened my Mom called about the same time.  I went to the other part of our basement, so I wouldn't bother Rob.  As soon as I got off the phone I noticed this water sound.

I went to the room with the water heater and it was pouring out water!!  Everywhere!!!

I called for Rob, he turned off the water and the gas to the water heater and then I reached out to Meyer Heating and Cooling on Facebook.  They told me to call first thing in the morning and they would send someone out.  They sent out Mike again (the same guy as they sent with our heater issue.)  Of course he is always super nice.  He determined we had a calcium buildup and it blew our pressure valve and then he fixed it!  He did not only stop there, he also showed and explained how to drain our water heater to help prevent the build up.  He told us we should do it about once a year.  Wow!! What great service!!!  I highly recommend Meyer Heating and Cooling!!!

Here is the contact information:
Meyer Heating and Cooling, LLC
11040 Lin Valle Ste F, St. Louis, MO 63123 (314) 845-1929 ‎ meyerhvac.com

Granite City Brewery--- Not so Gluten-Free Friendly.....

So, after several amazing experiences with my gluten-free dining experiences, I guess it was in due time to have a bad one.  Rob and I were exhausted with trying to close on a foreclosed house, most of our kitchen items were already packed, so we were searching for a place to eat with Gluten Free items on their menu in our area.  We called Granite City Brewery and they said they had an entire Gluten Free menu.  I was super excited!

We waited for about 15-20 minutes to be seated and I asked the hostess for their Gluten Free menu.  It took her awhile to find it.  She seats us and gives me the menu and on the outside it says Gluten Free Menu.  It was a red folder, like something you had in high school with the three metal prongs, with just a list of their menu items. Next to their menu you items were a spreadsheet of wheat, dairy, eggs, nuts, etc and below the tabs it would have a Y or a N.  It did not list the ingredients or a description of the dish

There were not many items that were wheat free...  I think I could have the quesadilla garnish, but of course not the quesadilla, two appetizers, a couple of salads, but the kicker was they only had two entrees that were wheat free.  They were both pork and since I am not a huge pork fan (well of course except bacon), I decided to go with one of the salads.  At this point I was a bit frustrated.  I do not know if I have just been spoiled, with the other Gluten Free menus, but this was hardly something I would call gluten free. Rob suggested we could go somewhere else to eat, but by this point we had already been there for awhile.

Rob seemed pretty hungry, so I asked if he wanted to share one of the two appetizers that were wheat free.  One was wings and the other Idaho Nachos.  I was worried the wings were cooked with everything else, so we decided upon the nachos.  When I think of nachos, I think corn tortilla chips (which are safe to eat), however I was wrong.  As I did not have the descriptions of the items on my menu, I didn't realize the Idaho Nachos meant fries instead of tortilla chips.  I was disappointed again, however I will take some blame as I could have looked off Rob's menu to see the rest of the ingredients.  I had a few, then I started to think.  O' Crap I bet I shouldn't eat these.  I asked the waitress if the potatoes are cooked in the same fryer as everything else and she said Yes.  Now I am really disappointed, because I should not have eaten them.  As us Gluten-Free know, it is not only the items that contain gluten, but also how they are cooked.  Our potatoes had been cross-contaminated with other gluten items.  Err!

Rob had mentioned we could go somewhere else to eat, but I still stuck it out.  I did not have any more nachos and ate some of my salad.  The waitress seemed like a sweet young girl, however Granite City had not trained her on food allergies/intolerance.  She kept recommending items I could not have.  After a past experience in working in a restaurant (especially chains), it is all about up-selling and this what she was taught to do.  It's just annoying when can't have anything they are offering.  She apologized and said, sorry I don't what contains gluten.  I am not mad at her for this, because I did not know either till I started the diet, but with this being so common now, I am disappointed with Granite City for misleading me to believe items on their menu are gluten free, when they are clearly not.  It seems they took the shortcut approach to food allergies/intolerance.

Rob and I will not be heading back to Granite City anytime soon!  It is not gluten free friendly!  In fact, the next day I did not feel good at all.  Insert Gluten intolerance symptoms.... Granite City could learn something by eating at Outback.  Check out my Outback's restaurant review

Important tip(s) picking out new home door locks

As we were signing our paperwork for our house last Thursday our lovely real estate agent reminded us that it is important to change all the locks on house.  It was also mentioned that the previous owner was still in the area and not happy about their housebeing foreclosed upon (which I am not sure who would be- I feel horrible for them).  Then our notary told us a story how a family didn't change their locks when they moved into their house.  One night some random drunken guy was in their living room.  Apparently it was a brother in law of the previous family (who still had a key) and had not realized they had moved.

So, Rob and I head to Home Depot on our quest to pick out locks.  We figured this would be an easy task...  Were we wrong.  The first trip, we realized we didn't know exactly what types we needed, so we went back home and drew pictures of each of our lock styles. We then picked out all of our locks and asked if we could have them re-keyed to the same key.  Well since we had picked out 3 different name brands, we had to go back to drawing board...  To have the same key for all locks you also have to have the brand.  So we went back to the locks and reselected our choices.  We purchased the locks and they had them re-keyed in about 30 minutes (if you pick out Smart Key version for all your locks, it is much faster).

After you have hurt your pocket book with the purchase of new locks, the true fun begins...  A sneak preview of the things we ran into, Can you tell what is wrong with this lock?

Can you name this tree? Redbud? Dogwood?

Well we are all moved in to our new house since Thursday, however this morning when getting ready to head to work I saw this beautiful pink tree in our backyard!!

Is this a Redbud Tree or a Dogwood tree?  Can they bloom overnight?  I can almost promise these gorgeous blooms were not there yesterday.

Update:  Per a request I have taken more  close up pictures of our beautiful tree so we can determine it's name.  I also confirmed with Rob, that this tree was not actually bloomed yesterday.  Here are closer looks of the flowers:

I think the tree is so pretty the blooms almost look fake.  What I do know is this tree has attracted dozens of bees.  They were all buzzing around spreading pollen.

The bees were flying around fast, this was my best picture.  Any help with the name of this tree would be greatly appreciated.

Our New House!!

Hello Everyone!!  We closed on our house yesterday!!  Woot Woot!  We are so excited to be new home owners.  Here is a sneak peak of our new house!

Although the house needs some TLC and some remodeling, we love it. To see more photos or our house before we start remodeling, check out our Shutterfly Slide Show!

New House for Rob and Lori!!

Rob and I close on our house tomorrow morning at 10am. So excited to get moved in, remodel our new house and cook all kinds of gluten free recipes in our new house! 

Outback Steackhouse Gluten Free Menu- OMG So Awesome!

Rob and I always seem to find things to celebrate by eating out and drinking some wine and last Tuesday was no exception.  On Tuesday Rob and I found out we were approved and cleared to close on our new house!!!  How exciting.  Of course Rob twisted my arm about going out to eat and I was really wanting to try Outback Steakhouse's Gluten Free Menu.  I previously had seen online they have a completely separate menu just for us Gluten Free.

We show up to Outback and I ask if they have a Gluten Free menu.  I was so excited when they gave me a menu that was the same size as the regular menu!

At this point, I am super excited.  Outback has always been one of my favorite places to eat (even before this whole gluten free thing).  I am very picky on my steak and many places do not know how to cook a medium rare steak, however I have yet to have an issue at Outback.  Thanks Outback!  I was ecstatic to  see my regular item on the menu on the Gluten Free menu, the Victoria's Center Cut Filet!!  It melts in your mouth.  So, of course I order it and the wonderful waitress Anastasia asks my two sides and I request the mash potatoes and of course the Caesar Salad.

If you like Caesar salads and you have not had the one at Outback, run there now!!  It is my all time favorite!!  I told the waitress the menu said to ask for "no croutons and to have it mixed in a separate bowl".  ( Kuddos to Outback  because most restaurants do not understand the importance of not cross contaminating.)  Then Anastasia says "Oh, are you gluten free?"  I reply yes and she says "Oh we have a button for that."  Wow!  What?!  That's awesome.  She then asked if we still wanted the bread and as my husband is not Gluten Free, he said yes.  It must have been good because I did not even have time to snap a picture by the time he devoured it....

Another great thing about Outback and their Gluten Free Button was every time something was delivered to the table, the server would announce the Gluten Free in front of the menu item: Gluten Free Ceasar Salad, Gluten Free Victoria's Center Cut Filet, etc.  It was very comforting to know everyone who came in contact with my food knew I had a gluten intolerance and paid extra attention to my order.  Bravo Outback!! So they delivered my Gluten free steak:

MMM!  So good and cooked to perfection (it's hard to please me when it comes to steaks too).  Rob had the Outback Special.  It was a sirloin steak and he was also impressed, since had not tried it before.  As for mine, I will let you decide for yourselves if I thought it was Yummy:

I am going to go with Yes!!  I ordered the 6 ounce filet and it was the perfect size for me.  I did not feel as if I over indulged, however by this point it could be the bottle of Shiraz we are finishing off.  :)  So glad wine is Gluten Free!  Then Anastasia asked if we are interested in a dessert and I ask if they have anything Gluten Free and she was like we do.  What?  Really?  Is it good, what is it?  They had a Gluten Free version of their Infamous Thunder Down Under! Although the name reminded me of that Australian male stripper reality show, I was intrigued.  They brought out the dessert:

I would never consider myself a dessert fan; I am more of a steak and potatoes girl, however when it comes to brownies, I LOVE them!!  This was my first experience with a gluten free brownie, so I was quite skeptical.  My skepticism quickly faded and all of the sudden the brownie was gone.

Where did it go?  It was so good.  We ordered the smaller version, but after trying it, we may hit up the large version next time.  So good!!  What a great night!  Thanks again Outback Steakhouse for making our special occasion wonderful.  I am sure we will soon find another special occasion to come back for visit, probably something like Hey it's Tuesday, you want to go to Outback?

Guten free? Eat a Fin Japenese Restaurant in Chesterfield, MO!

After trying several times to meet up from lunch, my friend Laura and I were finally able together last Tuesday.  She had been wanting to try the new sushi restaurant in Chesterfield, Fin.  I was of course happy to oblige as Rob does not like fish, so I try to eat it as much as I can with my friends.  I was busy that day, so I was not able to call ahead to see if they had a gluten free menu, but I figure hey its sushi and rice, I should be okay...

I checked out the menu, really searched to see if they had Chirashi, because its my favorite thing to eat at sushi restaurants and Yay! they had it.  As a good gluten free person I read the description and it said it was served with season rice, so of course I asked what were the seasonings in the rice?  The very friendly waitress explained it has fresh ingredients like ginger (I don't remember all of them). So I asked to make sure there was no gluten and she said no.

The lunch menu included a salad and some yummy miso soup.  Then came out our Chirashi! (I say our, because my non gluten friend Laura also ordered the same thing).  The best thing was our amazing waitress also brought our gluten free soy sauce!!  I did not even have to ask for it.  Wow!!!

The Chirashi was excellent!  When I first saw it, I did not think it looked like a lot of food, however I was full by the time I left.  So I had another great gluten free meal with great company.  Thanks Fin Japanese Restaurant!  We will be back!

Chandler Hill Vineyards and Winery in Defiance, Missouri, Made Being Gluten Free Easy!

We have been to Chandler Hill Vineyards and Winery on many occasions, however last weekend was my first visit on the gluten free diet.  Our friends and I enjoy Chandler Hill, because one: it's gorgeous, two: they serve more than just local wines, three: they serve beer for our non wine drinking friends, and four: because it is always a lot of fun!

When we headed out to the wineries last Saturday I was bummed I was on a gluten free diet, because they have this amazing Brie, Chicken, Cranberry Sandwich thing that is Oh So Amazing!!  Rob and I ordered the cheese plate and they were happy to accommodate the whole, "Can you please put the bread on a different plate than the cheese please?" The cheese was amazing and I had to give Rob the look of "What are you doing?" a couple of times when he tried to use the same cheese knife to put the cheese on the bread.  We are both learning the do's and don't's of this diet.  The tiniest bit of wheat can cause a whole lot of problems.

We continue drinking the Syrah we always order and our hunger grew (this time only two bottles, not our three like last time).  I spoke to the waitress about not being able to eat wheat, but I really wanted to have that yummy sandwich.  So she spoke to the chef and they were able to make it without the bread and put all the sauces on the side.  How wonderful!!  So the waitress brought out my plate of Chicken covered in melted Brie and with the side of the Cranberry sauce that she made sure was gluten free.  It looked delicious and tasted even better!! Apparently I was so excited, I forgot to take a picture.  I guess I will just have to go again.  ;)  Another amazing Gluten Free dining experience!!!  Thanks Chandler Hill Vineyards and Winery!!!

Bard's Gluten Free Beer Review

Last Saturday was my friend's birthday and we were taking a bus out to Chandler Hill Winery and the bus allows you to bring coolers with beer.  Well, as a gluten free person, regular beer is kind of out of the question.  So since I am a Googleaholic, I started my search for a gluten free beer.  I came across the website for Bard's Gluten Free Beer!  It is made out of sorghum malt beer, so no wheat.  Craig and Kevin are the founders of the beer and after being diagnosed with Celiac disease they decided to make their own beer.

We looked up places to buy the gluten free beer on their website and found most of the grocery stores in our area carries Bard's.   We stopped by Dierberg's and there it was on the shelf.  Unfortunately, they did not have any of the beers in the refrigerators, only warm ones.  We got to the bus and immediately put the beers in the coolers.  After awhile we pulled one out and Rob is so strong when trying to open two of the beers the bottle tops actually broke and the beers had to be thrown away due to the glass being everywhere. :(   I tried my delicate touch to the third one and was able to open it with success.  The beer was not quite as cold as I would normally drink it, however it still wasn't bad.  By the time I started the second beer it was cold, I had Rob taste it and he agreed, It tastes like beer!  I always use Rob as my determining factor, as he does not eat gluten free.  Oh and it has a higher alcohol content than regular beer as well.  I will be trying Bard's beer again and hope next time there will be not any issues with the bottles.  I really am amazed Craig and Kevin were able to make such a great tasting Gluten Free Beer!  Thanks Bard's!  Thanks Craig and Kevin!

I have not yet found any gluten free beers in cans yet though.  Of course, one of the first things I said when I started the gluten free diet was "What will I drink on float trips??"  I am still wondering this question and hope by the summer time I find an answer...  If you here of one, let me know!

Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, Gluten Free Menu in St. Louis

So last Friday, I finally had my blood tests done for Celiac disease and after a grueling week of eating lots of gluten before my tests were done I was ready to start the gluten free diet.  Rob and I hopped on the internet and starting searching for restaurants in St. Louis that are gluten free.  We usually eat at El Maguey for Mexican food, because I love it (I'm on the mayor on four square) and it is conveniently close to our house.  So we called them, since they were on a gluten free list, and asked if they had gluten free items on the menu and they said that I could just  substitute corn tortillas instead of flour, so that didn't make me quite happy.  So since the one in Chesterfield Valley was the one actually listed to be gluten free, I decided to call them.  I think the guy on the phone thought I was asking if they had any free food....  He was like "OH NO NO NO."

So Rob and I continue on our quest to find a restaurant.  We found Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, went to their website and they have an entire Gluten Free Menu!!! So even though it is in Rock Hill and a bit further away we decided to try it out.  I am so happy we did!

This could have been the best ways to start off the gluten free diet.  Hacienda's house margaritas are made by hand, so no worries about any mixes containing gluten.  They are excellent by the way.   The Hacienda house chips are also corn tortillas and the salsa contains no gluten.  Hacienda brought out an entire menu just for those who are gluten free, which had more items on it than the website.  It stated that Hacienda tries its best not to cross contaminate its items and that the house chips are made in a dedicated fryer.  Awesome!

We tried the Spinach Queso Blanco for our appetizer and OH MY was it so good!  Then for dinner I tried the Roasted Fish Tacos and they were yummy.  After a couple of Margaritas and all this food, I told Rob that this was a great experience, because I did not feel cheated on my meal.  These were items I would have normally ordered if it were not for the gluten free diet.  I also had leftovers to take home for the next day.

Overall, I highly highly recommend Hacienda Mexican Restaurant for anyone on the gluten free diet!  We will definitely go back!

Gluten Free Thin Mint Cookies, Super Easy and Oh so Yummy!

It is Girl Scout cookie time, but what about for those on a gluten free diet?  Here's a recipe that tastes like the real thing!  These are some of favorite cookies to make for many reasons: easy to make, very inexpensive, Gluten Free and they taste amazing like the real Thin Mint Cookies (oh and they are one of Rob's favorites.)

This is all you need:

Andes Baking Chips
Gluten Free Shortbread Cookies ( I used the Schar brand I found at my local grocery store Dierbergs)
Chocolate Melter
Baking Sheets
Wax Paper

Place Baking Pans in the refrigerator for a few minutes till they are chilled, this will help in the chocolate setting process. Heat the chocolate melter to melt, pour in the Andes baking chips and stir until all of the chocolate is completely melted. Once the chocolate is melted, change the chocolate melter to warm. Pull one of the baking sheets from the fridge place wax paper (or parchment paper) over it. Pick up the Shortbread cookies with thongs, fork, or even your fingers and dip the cookies into the chocolate completely covering the entire cracker, then place onto baking sheet. Immediately place cookies into the fridge, so they can set. They usually take less than a minute to set! Continue process until you run out of chocolate and/or cookies.


I recommend a nice Petit Syrah with the cookies . MMMMMM (or a nice glass of milk for the little ones.


Here are the ingredients I used:

Andes Baking Chips - 3/5 Lb Andes Baking Mints: GR

DELUXE CHOCOLATE MELTER

Now that I finally wrote about our wedding

I have been meaning to update this blog for a long time, however I never felt I could move onto other subjects until I wrote about our wedding day.  Now that I have finally finished the post I will move onto a lot of other subjects.  I started a new job in December (selling copiers) and I also trying to start my own business designing purses. We are currently in the process of buying a foreclosed house and will be doing many do it yourself home projects soon (for the first time- SCARY).  I love to cook and Rob likes to eat, so we will have lots of fun recipes, cooking tips, restaurant reviews etc.  I am currently in testing for celiac disease and am on a gluten free diet.  I have only been on the gluten free diet for a week now and it has already made a slight difference.  I am in the process of turning all of my favorite recipes in new and improved gluten free recipes.  Hopefully sometime in the next few years we will also start our family planning process.  Lots going on in our lives right now, thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy our journey!

Rob and Lori

Our Wedding day

Wow so Rob and I have now been married for 8 months and 3 days! It seems like so much longer, but definitely not in a bad way. It really is nice to find a great person to share your life! I have been meaning to write this for a long time now.

So our wedding day.... Lots and lots of things went wrong, but hey I am taking that as we will have a long lasting marriage. When they say, no one notices when things go wrong it is really true. Our flowers weren't the exact color I was desiring, but no one knew that (not even the groom). It turned out beautifully anyway. Our rental company forgot to bring a cord for the music, so luckily my new brother in law had one in his car, so our wedding started about 30 minutes late. Everyone thought it was me running late... Nope, the girls and I were at the hotel next door drinking, waiting for the word to say we could start on over to Kiener Plaza.

We choose Kiener Plaza for a couple of reasons. One because it is such a great back drop, two because we couldn't afford our first choice, and three because it was only $300 to rent out the plaza. I am still okay with this decision even if there were some complications. You would think if you paid money to be in the public park the city would make sure it was available to you. We had to kick people out from swimming in the fountains, a bum was digging through the trash during the ceremony, a lot of onlookers are in our pictures, other wedding parties are trying to take pictures in the same location... It was interesting, none the least. However, Rob and I didn't know any of it was going on at the time and it makes for great stories now.

The ceremony was okay. Our officiant's microphone was too close to the waterfall, so I think a lot of people couldn't hear him. Which in our minds was probably a good thing. We didn't so much care for our officiant. Rob's family is catholic and my family is baptist, so we decided to go the non denominational route. I think what our officiant didn't understand was even though we weren't having a church wedding, I still wanted to hear all the things you do in normal weddings. Like to have and to hold, from this day forward... Our officiant had made up his own vows and i guess he was pretty proud of them, because when we asked to change it back to the traditional vows he got a little upset. He was also upset when we wanted to take out the words "there will be betrayal" and other items, but he agreed. However during the wedding, there were all those words we asked not to be there!! ERR! We didn't want the betrayal said during our wedding day and I don't who would!! So I hope no one heard him.

Our overall experience with our officiant, was not really a pleasant one. He was late getting us the text; I had to send him a reminder email. Then when we received the text, he said something like "Then Lori's son goes up and kisses Rob cheek", umm?? Confused?? When did I have a son? I know mistakes happen, but he should probably work on his cut and paste names editing. Okay, so I know I sound really negative on this guy, so the best part of him being our officiant is he had a great idea for the unity ceremony!! We had an outdoor wedding, so candles were out, we weren't really hip on the whole sand idea and not sure what to do. So he did step up with a great idea. Rob had a glass of red wine and I had a glass of white wine, then we poured them into a chalice together and then we drink from it. They key is to buy to wines that go well together, we used a bordeaux and mascoto d'asti. It was a really cute thing he did (I hope everyone heard this part!). If anyone would like the text I would be happy to send it to you.

Next was wedding pictures. I was looking everywhere for my Mom, but what I didn't know is it was so hot outside my Mom had gotten sick right before I walked down the aisle. So after the ceremony she headed next door to the hotel to relax for a bit, so unfortunately she missed the whole ceremony. I guess that leads to the part I forgot to mention..... The HEAT! Oh my was it hot. It was 108 degree heat index. I am almost fainted during pictures, so I had to climb into the limo while some of the groomsmen ran and got me some Hooters! Yep I ate Hooters on our wedding day. We went back out and took more pictures. Our wedding photographer was amazing!! Derek Cadzow with Love and Life Photography. Since it was so hot outside we did not get to take all the pictures we wanted to and since the wedding started late we also wanted to take advantage of the time left on the limo. We just drove around for awhile, drank and had a good time with our wedding party! It was a lot of fun! We have great friends and family!

So the reception... As many as you know the river unseasonably flooded and we did not get to have our wedding reception on the riverboat. I cannot say enough nice things about Amanda at the Gateway Riverboat!! She was amazing!! They were very responsive and took very good care of us. They even gave us the correct expectations of what would happen if the river did flood.... They called me that Monday morning to let me know it wasn't going to be possible, I cried and we moved on to the next plans. They negotiated a few locations for us and we set up appointments on Monday evening to look at them. One was the Drury Inn and the other was Kemoll's. We stopped by the Drury in first and their wedding coordinator was very good at her job. Then we checked out Kemoll's and fell in love!!! I mean love!!! It was perfect!! Rob and I are not normal by any means and a hotel wedding reception was not going to work for us. It did cost a lil bit more to move the wedding reception to Kemoll's but they really worked with us and made our wedding day so amazing. Tiffany, our wedding coordinator at Kemoll's did a great job. They made the place so beautiful. The food was freaking amazing!!!!!! We can't wait to go back for all of our special occasions. Kemoll's had 4 days to put together our entire wedding reception and they nailed everything! We cannot thank them enough. Yes the air conditioning randomly went out right before the wedding party walked out, but they brought in these discreet stand up units. You really didn't notice unless you were on the dance floor. (Which we were most of the night)

Speaking of dance floors!! Our Wedding DJ was great. He played great dinner music and then when it was time to party, TKO DJs rocked the music! I mean with a crazy couple like us who still walk into their wedding reception to I'm on a Boat, even when your reception is no longer on a boat... (Don't worry it was the edited version, but not so much later in the night.

Dessert?? Well I am not a big cake person unless it has lots of flavor. Rob and I tried out several different places and finally decided upon the Black Forest Cake from the Bonne Bouche in Creve Coeur, MO. If you have not had this cake, you definitely need to try it!! Unfortunately on our wedding day our cake had a random coffee flavor in it :(! It kind of ruined the cake for us, especially since I don't like coffee!! I never told them, because I think the owner would feel horrible to know this happened. We still eat there and buy cakes from there; it really is a great place. We did not just have wedding cake though we had Cold Stone Creamery at our wedding!! I think it was all of our guests favorite part! We had so many comments about it after wards. We had three ice cream flavors, and 6 mix ins. They made each of guests their own individual ice cream. It was so much fun, everyone loved it and I highly recommend it to everyone!!

Overall, I got to marry the greatest man on earth!! (I may be a bit biased.) If it weren't for our wedding coordinator (which I disliked so much I didn't mention her) and our officiant, everyone made sure we had a great day and we did! At the end of the day we so happy with everything!  If you would like to check out our wedding photos check out our site on Shutterfly.http://robandlori.shutterfly.com/