Photos: St. Louisans Strip Down And Pretend It's Not Really Cold Outside

click to enlarge February beach party! More photos below. - Courtesy of Angelo Olegna
Courtesy of Angelo Olegna
February beach party! More photos below.

It's been a dreary, cold, stormy past couple of days for St. Louis. Depressing, right? Daily RFT is here for you -- or rather, a bunch of people who decided to take off their clothes and pretend it's not the worst time of winter are here for you.

For your viewing pleasure, we've collected photos of not one, but two local events over the weekend that involved some spirited defiance of the awfulness of February. We've got the Polar Plunge into Creve Coeur Lake -- and the Beach Party at the Missouri Botanical Garden's Climatron (which was part of the Tower Grove Pride initiative we wrote about last week).

Take a look at how much fun they are having in the photos below and pretend it's summer!

click to enlarge Photos: St. Louisans Strip Down And Pretend It's Not Really Cold Outside
Courtesy of Angelo Olegna
click to enlarge Photos: St. Louisans Strip Down And Pretend It's Not Really Cold Outside
Courtesy of Angelo Olegna

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