Taking any and All Recommendations

Washington Park, on the west side, is quite lovely. Has a carillon (bell tower played like a keyboard,) rose garden, some good playgrounds, tennis courts... It's great to walk around in!

Movie theaters, have an IMAX on the far west side (AMC 12,) and a swankier AMC with alcohol and awesome seats on the east side.

Ton of Abraham Lincoln stuff, most of it is worth doing at least once. Hannibal, MO, home of Mark Twain, is about an hour west. St Louis is about an hour and a half southwest.

Foodwise... not a lot of fancy, bunch of burgers and stuff. American Harvest is great, farm-to-table-esque. Some good bars downtown.

And I hear my ex is a cheap date, if you're into that.

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