It has been a few months since I posted my last blog. After I posted that several things seemingly happened all at once.
1.) Various family came and went through my house
2.)The seemingly never ending vicious lady in my known as semester finals reared her ugly head.
3.) I am very lazy
4.) This is really the most important, the lady friend presented in the previous part has become full on GIRLFRIEND
*FIREWORKS*
*SPARKLERS*
So needless to say the priorities shift. But my class schedule is lifted slightly for the time being so I will jump back into it.
And so we woke up bright and awake and ready to take on the city that never sleeps. We then remembered that we weren't in Vegas, put away our gambling money, and ventured into New Orleans.
If you have never been to New Orleans and you wake up in the mood for breakfast type food there is one place you need to visit at least once in your life.
It is not just a special gift package. It is a 24 coffee and beignet stand offering exactly what it says on the tin. COFFEE AND BEIGNETs! Some folks may say "DON'T GO THERE! IT'S A TOURIST TRAP" They may be right but if you have never been then you silence the inner demons of logic and get yourself some god damn coffee and beignets!
And so we did. We tried to drive straight there and we discovered something, New Orleans is kind of a bitch to drive around. Everything is close for sure, but it is also mostly one way streets so missing a turn becomes an exercise in futility. We eventually paid hopefully not too much for parking and ventured off to the legendary peddlers of caffeine and powdered sugar.
The coffee with beignets at Du Monde are special in that they put a metric fuckton of powdered sugar on the beignets.
mmm diabetes |
When my girlfriend and I went in, we began as a pretty couple from Florabama ready to experience a new town and all it had to offer.
included at no extra charge is the thumb of our waitress |
All that remains is tears |
I have never been to France but if New Orleans is an accurate representation then it mostly consists of people hocking overpriced art and people in silly costumes.
The transformer is a bit of both categories really.
After seeing the sights and loitering some nice antique shops and taking in the general macabre of New Orleans
we decided to take in a favorite place of mine in the city.
This hole in the wall bar/restaurant is a required visit every time I go to New Orleans. They also have some of the best food I have ever had. Since we already ate and we were on vacation though, we had just a light snack.
I didn't think it came in bottles |
I went to the local gas station and picked up a favorite of highschoolers and homeless nation wide.
They all have flavors but they all taste like burning |
We are adorable |
We were greeted with the drinks above. Some sort of ginger ale booze mixture that mystifies and amazed our already boozy bellies.
The tour then began.
We learned important facts such as what goes into Rum.
What rum goes into |
What goes into rum |
Mustaches |
What rum goes through |
Though still in a mason jar |
Ironically the hurricane drink does contain rum. |
Where we went and how did the concert go? Find out next entry...soon probably!
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