Bicenquinquagenary

Happy Birthday!!

It’s not my birthday, It’s St. Louis, MO bicenquinquagenary birthday.

Bicenquinquagenary what year is that?

Well "bicen" means 200 years and quinquagenary is 50 years. So that makes St. Louis 250 years old.

Lots of activities and events are planned though out the whole year. I am focusing on one that should take me until the end of the year. The STL250 organization came up with this cool idea to have 250 4ft. tall, fiber glass birthday cakes displayed in and around the city. I’m on a search for all 250. I won’t find them all in one day, I may not search for weeks at a time but I will find them all.

As a matter of fact, I found one already. It’s located at 1301 Olive St. in front of the St. Louis Public Library. A place I just happen to work at.

The skies were charcoal grey, it was a dreary downtown day. The little children braved the cold as they gathered round to sing the Happy Birthday song. They wore birthday hats and play instruments. I am sure they were confused as to who’s birthday it was and had their sights set on having a piece of the BIG, GIGANIC cake. But when the song was over they were hurried back inside and were given a mini cupcake. ~Yum yum!

After the crowd dispersed I was circling the cake to find the QR code. I thought each cake was supposed to have one. When you scanned the QR code it’s supposed to give you information about the place it sits in front of and give you a clue to find the next one.

And since I couldn't find the QR code, do you think the Library may have gotten the wrong cake? After all it says "Shakespear Festival 'N Forest Park".