Cakewalk in Forest Park #SaturdaySnapshots

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.

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)

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

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.

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 Art Museum

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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Cakewalk in Forest Park #SaturdaySnapshots — 14 Comments

Judy B on April 12, 2014 at 9:00 am said:

The Birthday Cakes are really cool. I love how communities are doing sort of the same thing all over. We had horses one year, a neighboring town had bison(buffalo) and our state capitol had cowboy boots. It was a lot of fun doing a walking tour and taking pictures.
ps: I have a friend who live in Pacific, wonder if she has seen the cakes? She would love them.

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Laurel-Rain Snow on April 12, 2014 at 9:00 am said:

Great shots! I have been to Missouri, but not to St. Louis. I want to visit someday. (I’m a Mary Engelbreit fan!).

Thanks for sharing…and here’s MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST

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Sean @ His and Her Hobbies on April 12, 2014 at 9:14 am said:

I enjoy seeing things like this and it seems like more and more cities are doing these types of things. Though I think the birthday cake is probably unique. I’ll have to share the lobster ones that we saw in Halifax on the Saturday Snapshots one day.

Sean at His and Her Hobbies

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Arti on April 12, 2014 at 9:19 am said:

What a delightful and artistic birthday party! Great ideas. Thanks for sharing. 😉

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Sandra Nachlinger on April 12, 2014 at 10:28 am said:

I enjoyed your photos of St. Louis’s birthday cakes. What a clever and delightful idea! You’ve inspired me to take a tour of public art around my area.

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Amanda on April 12, 2014 at 1:13 pm said:

What fun – to be in a city celebrating such a great milestone. I love all the idea of having birthday cakes as a special way to celebrate. What great photos!! 🙂

Also, thanks for stopping by our blog!
Amanda at His and Her Hobbies

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Heather on April 12, 2014 at 1:59 pm said:

these cakes are such a nice idea. What a surprise it would be to come across one unexpected. Thanks for sharing them.

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Jackie on April 12, 2014 at 2:29 pm said:

I would love to see these cakes! Never been to St. Louis…only driven by.

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Ali (Worducopia) on April 12, 2014 at 4:42 pm said:

I love public art projects like this. Glad you were able to get out and enjoy them!

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Louise on April 12, 2014 at 5:36 pm said:

I like things like this too. 250 is huge! I found 50 elephants in Melbourne a few years ago. There are 125 rhinos on the loose in my state at the moment, but I’ve only been able to get to a few so far.

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Wade on April 12, 2014 at 6:30 pm said:

What a great way to make walking even more fun and/or relaxing than it usually is. The textbook for my ESL program’s High Intermediate reading class has a chapter on Cow Parade, and they students always get into it. Thanks for sharing the pics, Joy!

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Brona on April 12, 2014 at 8:52 pm said:

I love street art – when a community comes to together to celebrate a significant event. Thanks for sharing yours Joy 🙂

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Paulita on April 13, 2014 at 10:59 am said:

What fun. I was in St. Louis last month. Wish I’d known to search for cakes. Here’s Mine

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April @ The Steadfast Reader on April 14, 2014 at 9:21 am said:

Forest Park is a national treasure. I think it’s way better than Central Park. 🙂 Also, I love the cakes – I never thought I’d be ‘homesick’ for the midwest.

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