View of St. Louis from Cielo. Photo courtesy of the Four Seasons Hotel.
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It was a most excellent surprise.
Most excellent.
We were checking in for my completely fabulous spa experience at the Four Seasons Spa (more on that later) and they asked if we were planning on cocktails at Cielo after my massage?
Uh. Well.
No. No, we weren’t.
But we could manage to spare some time for a cocktail. After all, our plan for the rest of the evening consisted of putting on our pajamas and relaxing in our hotel suite as we binge-watched “Modern Family” reruns on television.
So, yes. Yes, we could plan on a cocktail even though I was concerned that we were not dressed correctly. In shorts and tennis shoes for our day of trekking around the city, we were not exactly outfitted for cocktails. But when we were chilling in the relaxation room of the spa and Alper Oztok, the General Manager of the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis and Cory Cuff, the Cielo Bar and Restaurant Manager, along with one of the chefs from the restaurant appeared to welcome us to the hotel and invite us to Cielo personally, they all assured us the casual dress was no problem.
They were quite lovely and gracious liars because we really should have been dressed nicer.
However.
We would have cheerfully gone to Cielo in our pajamas if we had known what was in store for us.
After my Signature Massage which was so completely marvelous in every way that I should be forgiven for possibly just sliding out of my chair in the restaurant and slumping to the floor under the table in a fit of massage-induced slumber (thank heavens this did not happen because I would have been so sad to miss the food we were about to experience) we headed up to Cielo for our cocktails. The restaurant is an absolutely gorgeous expanse of modern furniture, lovely golden lighting, and quite possibly the best view of St. Louis in the entire city. We actually may have audibly gasped when Cory ushered us to our table by the floor to ceiling windows and we saw the cityscape with the Arch arcing over the expanse. With comfortable seating, a heated pool, and a jacuzzi, I might never leave this area if we were staying in the hotel.
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