"Michael "Dog3"" > wrote

> I enjoy the zoo about once a year. I always go mid-week in late Summer
> or early Fall when the kids are all in school and the crowds are low. I
> used to get so tired of dodging baby strollers and unruly brats when I
> stupidly went on the weekends. I'm close to the St. Louis Zoo, about 10
> minutes. When I lived in the West End I could walk right through Forest
> Park to get to it as well as the Art Museum and the Science Center. The
> art museum has a pretty decent restaurant and I lunch there with friends
> a few times a year.

You know what's funny, we go to museums in Manhattan on Sundays
precisely to *avoid* school kids. You can imagine, they have lots of
field days there. Better to go on the weekend. Definitely go to the zoo
during the week.

nancy