My 2 weeks in New Orleans was awesome! Daniel and his family (Robert, Beth and the two kids Mary and Gabe) were so wonderful, we had an awesome place (actually places) to stay and I was spoiled the entire time :)
We didn't go too crazy (surprise surprise!), and had lots of family time and date nights. We went to a few shows, one of which were Daniel's besties' band who play jazz/funk music and are AWESOME, their name is Earphunk link: Daniel opened for them, it was cool for NO to see what the Cali scene is like and what he's been up to.
Mid-trip we went to Robert & Beth's condo on the beach over in
Pensacola Beach FL, we had the whole place to ourselves and we just relaxed and went to the beach and pool. It was gorgeous there and probably my first vacation within a vacation. We did a puzzle while there which reminded me of being at the summer cottage or family vacation. The finished product is on the left.
On the Sunday night before we left we hit up my first parades, they were grrrreat. It was so
much fun and there were SO many people out. We bought our 24 pack and met up with some of his high school friends. Thank god he knows people who live uptown, as I soon discovered how
crucial having a bathroom/home base during the craziness is. When we right in front of the floats collecting beads someone threw me a huge shopping bag full of them when Paul yelled to the float guy that it was my first Mardi Gras, yahoo!!
On our last full day there we had a leisurely morning and went out for some lundi gras fun on Bourbon St. We went to the big covered market in the French Quarter and then to Cafe Du Monde for beignets and coffee, then went to the levee and then went to get some beads and be part of the madness. Below is a video of what Bourbon St. is like, wowza!
Overall I had a wonderful stay in New Orleans and hopefully we'll get back for another visit soon!
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