Hey there faithful readers! Lia here...
Time to blog about another awesome city we visited (and if you were wondering yes we travel every weekend I am not working). Soooo, we are skipping New York again... it is too overwhelming to explain what we did in that place! I'm heading straight into the New Orleans trip. It is a good one!
So as you all know by now, Sean is a fancy consultant person. I take advantage of that and when they are like "hey Sean go to New Orleans to talk about important things" I make him buy me a ticket as well and we make a trip of it. This strategy is working splendidly so far. This time some other fancy consultants stayed behind to play with us too which made it even more fun.
I flew in on Friday morning during a monsoon just in time to meet up with Sean as he got out of the important person meeting. I came bearing gifts, freshly baked cookies. As all of the fancy consultant people came rushing out of their meeting to go to the airport I'd offer them a cookie and introduce myself as Sean's wife. This is how we make friends and influence people...I'm working on writing a book on my technique. After I made everyone fall in love with me, we grabbed a quick lunch at a little sandwich shop with some of the cooler people who were staying for the weekend. After that Sean and I slept for 5 hours because I'm a vampire. Oh and I should mention that we were staying at the JW Marriott in the French Quarter and it was a very nice hotel but the Grand Bohemian beds in Orlando are much softer. I'm quickly turning into a Marriott brand snob.
After the sun went down and I stopped sparkling we went to dinner with some peeps at Yo Mama's Bar and Grill in the French Quarter. They are famous for a peanut butter bacon burger that none of us were brave enough to try. The other burgers that we did eat were quite delicious though. My favorite part of our experience was the fact that the bar had its very own cat. It was sitting at the bar having a drink and picking up the girl sitting next to it. Only in New Orleans?!
After dinner we went to an outdoor bar on Bourbon street and tried some New Orleans drinks (hurricane and something that we called the "blue drink"). It was all delicious. So the crazies start coming out on Bourbon street at like 10 pm. It is just insane there. I'm glad we experienced it once but I don't think Sean and I will be spending another night on Bourbon Street soon. As he put it "it is one of the most sinful places I've ever seen". Definitely not for Mema's eyes.
We had an awesome time though and the highlight was definitely learning how to "Wobble" in a bar. None of us knew what the heck was going on but a kind girl next to us showed us the ropes and in no time we were all wobbling like pros. You can learn too!
We ended the night at Cafe Du Monde eating beignets. Yum in my tum! Also on the way home we witnessed a fight...interestingly enough it was all women involved but it was probably the scariest fight I've ever seen. We moved along quickly but not before noticing the amount of weave laying in the street.
The next morning we needed FOOD! Tracey, one of my new favorite people, found a delicious brunch spot called Ruby Slipper Cafe. We had to wait to be seated for what seemed like forever but it was worth the wait. I of course ordered cinnamon apple pancakes (predictable) and they were awesome. All of the food was great. I forgot to document because I was so hungry.
Next up? Riding the street cars. Our route took us from the French Quarter to the Garden District. We got to see all of the beautiful old homes on the way.
Mr. Joe says street car rides aren't a good idea after a night on Bourbon street!
We got off the street car and explored Tulane and a big park across the street. We caught a cab back to the JW because one of our gang members had to leave and go back to Chicago :(
I made everyone pose for a picture before she left...It was awesome hanging out with you Pam!
After her sad goodbye, we napped as usual. When we got up it was dinner time with Tracey and Joe at Arnaud's. Yum Yum Yum!!!! Only complaint from the whole night was how long it took the server to bring us bread - we got over it though. Check out these crab cakes and crabmeat karen. MY FOOD WAS SHAPED LIKE A CRAB! I am 5 years old and thought it was the coolest thing ever.
I should also mention that there was live jazz music during dinner which was pretty fun!
After dinner we decided to hit a casino and they were kind enough to prepare my very own slot machine for my arrival.
The next morning we ate at the most amazing little restaurant called Surrey's. It was a bit hippyish and a whole lot hipsterish. I was in heaven! The food was so good and they brought me a big fat mug of Earl Grey. Our waitress had a tattoo of a chain saw on her arm - still haven't figured that one out.
After eating way too much of that pancake we went to the World War II museum and saw a 4D movie. It snowed in the theater! Fun fact: almost all of the landing boats used during WWII were made in New Orleans and that is why they have such a fantastic museum there. We learned A LOT about about the war and especially D-Day.
We had one last awesome meal at a place called Butcher. We ate muffaletta and the best homemade potato chips. I think I gained like 20 pounds in one weekend. Overall it was a fantastic trip and so so much fun.
Take away's = The food in New Orleans is phenomenal and I love my new friends.
I'll be back some day to write about NYC. Peace and wobble, wobble wobble.
oh my goodness! i'm SO glad you wrote about (and learned) the wobble. some american kids taught it to us in senegal, but since returning to america, i haven't found anyone who's ever heard of it! hilarious. love nola.
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