With the school year coming to a close, teachers piling on last minute assignments and the realization that you don’t have a summer job yet and stand little chance of getting one starting to set in, this time of the year can be a difficult one. Don’t worry, though, I have the fool-proof solution to cheer anyone up: Challenge me to a game of hide-and-seek. Seriously, you’ll win every time. I’ll lose horribly, and it won’t even be close. It’ll cheer you up in no time.
I’m just not good at keeping track of things, finding things when they get lost, not losing things in the first place, etc. It’s not something I can do, and I’m starting to accept that.
I’ve locked myself out of my apartment three times in the last two weeks. I’ve thought that I left my keys at school or at home while I was actually in the process of driving my car. I’ve forgotten where my glasses were while I was wearing them. No, they weren’t on top of my head; they were actually on my face.
I only looked for them for about five minutes, though, so it really wasn’t a big deal.
I can’t even get directions right. When I have a 50-50 chance of picking the right direction to go in, be it walking, driving, canoeing or otherwise, I pick the wrong direction 75 percent of the time. I am literally a mathematical impossibility.
Reasons like these are why I need people to pick my destinations for me, to guide me everywhere and anywhere I go. I need other people to tell me which way to go, because, despite my consistent track record, I don’t actually learn from any of my mistakes. I just assume that it was a random fluke and that, surely, my inability to have any semblance of direction or place is just something I’ll grow out of. One day, I’ll wake up and realize, “Oh, left is actually that way. Well, eff. That explains a lot.”
It’s reasons like that why I need other people-in this case, the ‘rents-to discover places like Savor (4356 Lindell Blvd.). Hidden among lavish houses just about a mile down Lindell from campus, Savor is a restaurant that’s worth the search.
A renovated mansion, the restaurant offers five different dining rooms, as well as private rooms, for your wide variety of dining needs. Fancy? Check. Kind of fancy? Check. Punky chic? Double check. Not only that, but Savor also houses its own cabaret theater, adding to the entertainment value of the restaurant.
The food is not too bad, either. St. Louis Magazine voted Savor the “Restaurant of the Year” in 2005, and for good reason. Using food grown by local farmers, Savor not only claims to have the freshest ingredients, but it also supports local farmers through their purchases.
In true eclectic style, Savor offers a wide variety of food-a worldwide variety. With various regions on the menu (including Europe, the Americas and the Easts Far and Near), customers can pick and choose where they want their food to come from. Mixing and matching is encouraged, and nothing goes better with empanadas than Greek hummus. For serious.
Truth be told, I really am thankful that my parents discovered Savor. Without them, I would still be wandering around aimlessly, having to find food of my own accord. And, if I can’t find my glasses, something tells me there wouldn’t be much hope.
Kelley Dunn is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.
