I took a trip to New Orleans, LA with Ben and Luis. It was one of the most exciting trips I've taken recently.
We left Thursday night, after I got out of class. Our plan was to drive to Mobile that night and then leave for New Orleans from there. Mobile is kind of half way in between Tallahassee and New Orleans. So that was good, it broke up the monotony of driving on I-10.
Mobile was nice at night. We stayed at Ben's mom's house. It was a really nice house, for what I imagined Alabama to be. I don't know if that came out right... Anyways, Ben's mom was really nice. We watched some tennis, Nadal beat Blake. Oh man, the beds were amazing. My bed and pillows were extra extra soft, just the way I like it. (Sidenote: When I get my new place, I'm going to have a nice bed like that)
Friday morning, wait make that afternoon, we left for New Orleans. We had to hit up Waffle House (breakfast), Fresh Market (chocolate covered espresso beans, saw Rachel Ray), Sam's Club (Moët), the mall (Luis got some cool Sperrys). Alright, we got all the shopping done. Onward to New Orleans! But not until after we stop in Biloxi, MS for some gambling. We spent some time in the Beau Rivage for roulette, slots, and free top shelf drinks :) The waitress we hunted down was really nice and she remembered our drinks. I like when waitresses remember what I get, Grey Goose and Tonic please.
Ok so for real, we finally make it to New Orleans! As with Biloxi, you could see the damage that happened and remained from Katrina. The area we stayed at was nice. We stayed at the Hilton Riverwalk. It was connected to the Riverwalk Mall and was right next to Harrah's. I'd have to say that we spent a good amount of time at Harrah's and the Ice Bar inside the casino. The room was the typical hotel room, nothing too fancy...except for that breakfast sausage that was waiting for us. The sausage was just chilling behind one of the chairs. It didn't look rotten or anything.
I will be posting a separate entry for the restaurants soon. We spent the majority of our time in the French Quarter. Friday night, after popping some champagne, we hit up Bourbon Street. I got a lot of beads, and I didn't have to do anything to get them. We got a lot of hurricanes, checked out some strip clubs, and went looking for food. Ben was royally drunk. I had to support him walking around Bourbon St and back to our hotel. Let me tell you, my feet were not happy. Walking around in heels and supporting another 100+ pounds was not good. I got a big ol blister on my heel :(
Saturday morning we were woken up by the sound of someone pounding on our door. We were not expecting Ben's mom to be there, at whatever time its was in the morning, talking about whatever it was she was talking about. Saturday, we took it easy, especially since Ben was still drunk. We walked all around the French Quarter, checked out Jackson Square, got more hurricanes, and also discovered hand grenades. The quote for the day has to be from Luis, "Man, I don't know how people can drink more than two hand grenades." We were walking around, enjoying the weather, and Luis randomly comments on the hand grenade he was sipping on.
Saturday night, we popped another bottle of champagne (I will post that video sometime soon as well). I was really tired, I don't remember much of Saturday night. I know I took a long nap. We had a midnight breakfast buffet at Harrah's and saw a massive amount of Asians hanging out at the Ice Bar. I don't know what that was all about. Must have been spring break for some (Asian) college. I do remember watching a lot of late night TV. The stuff that plays late at night is so ridiculous and funny. We saw the same infomercials 20 times, watched COPS, and Cheaters.
Sunday, we started our day off the only way we knew how to in New Orleans. We stopped at the first shop we found that sold hurricanes. After polishing off those hurricanes, we headed back to Tallahassee. I miss New Orleans :)
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