1. The way tourist say New Orleans (Nu Or-Lenz) because they saw a movie that was supposed to take place in New Orleans but it used people with Alabama accents for the actors.
"Whats it like to live in N'awlins ?" 'Go away tourist before I rob you.'
This was my first trip ever to New Orleans. We went for Kyle's (Zach's uncle) graduation from dental school. He's a bonafide doctor now! I was super excited though for some good music and good food!
Our plane landed around 9 am and we cabbed it to the hotel(Olivia was a trooper and took us to the airport at 6 am). We stayed at the Hotel W in the French Quarters. It was a very quaint, boutique hotel in the middle of everything.
We dropped off our bags, I changed out my of comfy airplane clothes into something my mama wouldn't be embarrassed seeing me in, touched up my makeup and we set out exploring!
Everyone I talked to said I had to go to Cafe du Monde to get beignets and coffee. Zach was not too keen on having beignets and I assured him they would have other things as well. Uh I was wrong. The placed was covered at 10 am on a Wednesday and all they serve are beignets! We ordered the beignets and...coke (hey it was hot out!), and ate the mess out of them. They were awesome. Pretty much a fluffy funnel cake with powdered sugar. Nothing wrong with that! We left satisfied and covered in white sugary goodness (Zach more so than myself).
We went wandering around the streets of the French Quarter. Peeking in little shops here and there, avoiding the voodoo places the best we could, and best of all, people watched. New Orleans has some crazay folks! And funny smells I might add, another thing in common it has with France...
It was lunch time so we wanted seafood (um duh!). We ate at the Seafood Market Restaurant on Bourbon St. Zach ordered a shrimp po' boy (I thought me might turn into a shrimp po' boy after this trip) and I ordered the Scallops St. Louis. It was delish!
We ate in an open area and sat there for awhile. Then we went and did some more people watching by the river. This was all during the time the Mississippi was flooding and considering New Orleans is pretty much a fish bowl, we prayed it would not flood. All was well but the river was VERY high. Plus, it's pretty freaky seeing boats float over your head.
Thursday was the day of Kyle's graduation. Went to it, ate at this awesome place known for it's po' boys (in the middle of the hood I might add) and hung out with the family the remainder of the day. We did eat at Dicky Brenden's Steakhouse that evening (we did a lot of eating on this trip) and they had the best steak Zach has ever had. His words. Mine was pretty dang good.
Friday, we slept in, did some more lounging by the pool, ate some more, more lounging...It was a good day. That evening, Zach and I decided to do a little more exploring. I found two really cute dresses at this boutique called Lost and Found across from our hotel. It's not everyday a boutique carries my size (this gal has got a lot junk in her trunk) and they were on sale! Woot woot! We then ventured to the gardens in the French Market.
We had dinner on the balcony of a restaurant (I can't remember the name..oops) on Bourbon because it really is fun to watch the madness that goes on down there. Took lots of pictures from the balcony but then when I looked at my photos, I had not noticed the blow up 'body part' that the bachelorette party had hanging off of the balcony that was in ALL of my photos. So please appreciate all of the photo cropping I did below!
I have no words...
Breakdancers - They were hilarious!
"You better pay us, cause if not, we will go back to our old jobs - being at your house when you're not home" Bahaha
Wedding march through the French Quarter
All in all, we had a blast. It was good seeing family, good seeing Kyle graduate and complete his accomplishments, and I can now mark New Orleans off my bucket list because honestly, I can live without ever smelling that town again!
Annie
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