Last Thursday (11 June), the 2026 FIFA World Cup hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the USA began. Naturally, I am following the action. Friday after work, I picked up Julie and we went to 2nd Shift Brewing Co. in the Hill neighborhood of St. Louis for a watch party. A group of fans gathered to watch USA play Paraguay in Los Angeles. Julie and I have gone to 2nd Shift several times to join the St. Louligans in watching St. Louis CITY SC away games.
We ordered dinner and beverages before settling in the watch the game. There was quite a nice crowd this night. We were so happy as the USA jumped out to a 3-0 lead at halftime. It ended up 4-1 for the USA in their opening group stage match. This was the performance many of their supporters--including Julie and I--were hoping for to start the World Cup. I drove Julie home and we were most happy.
I spent Saturday mostly at home, watching World Cup games on TV and taking care of personal matters. The latter included shopping for groceries.
Yesterday, I attended service with Julie at Eliot UU Chapel. Going home after the post-service coffee time, I relaxed at home before going to Circus Flora to volunteer at the Sunday late afternoon performance. I was working as a ticket scanner, which I also did when I helped at the performance the previous Wednesday night. Using a hand-held scanning device, I would scan the attendees' tickets--either bar codes for printed tickets or QR codes on their mobile phones or email printouts. I stayed about 30 minutes after the show began to accommodate late coming audience members. Then, I went into the Big Top to watch the show. The Wednesday show was near capacity and yesterdays was at capacity. Everyone there enjoyed Flying High, Circus Flora's 2026 show. This runs until this Sunday (21 June). Catch it if you can!
Later.
Websites of Entities Mentioned in this Post:
FIFA World Cup: FIFA World Cup 2026™
2nd Shift Brewing Co.: 2nd Shift Brewing
Eliot Unitarian Universalist Chapel: Home
Circus Flora: Circus Flora | A St. Louis Tradition For 40 years
