Happy Hour Before a Most Frigid Night

Right after work last night (29 January), I drive to The Monocle (https://www.themonoclestl.com/) a lounge in the Grove neighborhood of St. Louis. This hosted a happy hour for the Sex Positive St. Louis Meetup group (https://www.meetup.com/Sex-Positive-St-Louis/). The lounge was pretty full when I arrived, but I was able to get a beer--the Single Speed blonde ale from 4 Hands Brewing Company (http://4handsbrewery.com/)--and some free popcorn. I also was able to chat with a few people there, including Kendra, one of Sex Positive St. Louis' organizers, and with Brian, who I saw the previous Saturday on the tour of the nearby Urban Chestnut Brewing Company Brewery.

After spending about one hour there, I began to head home. On the way, I stopped by a QuikTrip (https://www.quiktrip.com/) to get two taquitos from the roller grill to eat when I came home.

I bundled up in bed overnight and woke up to a very cold day here. We had a low temperature of -6 degrees F (-21 degrees C), with a wind chill of -28 degrees F (-33 degrees C). It was the coldest day here in years. Apart from renewing by driver's license at the license bureau in Oakville this morning, I stayed inside all day. Tomorrow morning, though, I am back at work and back to the cold.

Later.