Dream Cake
I went to Fountain Park to see the cake and the statue. I seen the fence around the statue and of course the first thought that went through my head was to keep people away from it, marking it up or stealing it.
After thinking about it and the state of the city, nation, world I came to the conclusion that it was not to keep people away, it was to keep the dream from getting out.
Cake artist - Screwed Arts Collective
Log Cabin Church Cake
Church of the Holy Family in Cahokia, Illinois , is a breathtaking example of an early log church. My words would not do this place justice so you can read about this early log church at the blog Rome of The West.
The care taker of the church was friendly and helpful. It was very hot the day we seen the church but it had air conditioning. We were told that it does not have heat in the winter.
It was a fine place for quiet reflection. For some reason our attention was drawn to the bell tower in the steeple.
Guest blogger - Rich
Cake artist - Screwed Arts collective
Ninety-seven down 153 to go.
Cakemate
The Chess Hall of Fame holds both World and US inductees. Since 1986 there are 19 world inductees and 52 US inductees. This includes Bobby Fischer, who is listed on both.
It was just in 2011 that began the World Woman Chess Champion. Vera Menchick was the first inductee.
Not only does the World Chess Hall of Fame offer classes on the game, they also exhibit chess art and artifacts from artists and collectors.
Cake artist - Screwed Arts Collective
Seventy-six down 174 to go.
Tallest cake ever.
Robert Wadlow is in the Guinness World Records to be the "Tallest Man Ever." He was last measured on June 27, 1940 and was 8 ft 11.1 in tall.
Here are some more TALL facts about Mr. Wadlow:
- shoe size was 37AA, they were 18.5 in long
- hands measured 12.75 in, from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger
- ring size was 25
- arm span was 9ft 5.75 in
- consumed 8000 calories a day
And...
At the age of nine, he was able to carry his father Harold F. Wadlow, who was once Mayor of Alton, up the stairs of the family home.
He died at the young age of 22 from a septic blister on his right ankle caused by a brace, which had been poorly fitted only a week earlier.
His coffin measured 10 ft 9 in long, 32 in wide and 30 in deep.
Cake artist - Screwed Arts Collective
Sixty-nine down one hundred eighty-one to go.
