couldn't blog last night because i was tipsy~~
woke up super early in preparation for cherry's arrival
checked my email and website and stuff
then finally, there was the click of our door opening and YES! CHERRY ARRIVES!!!!!
quick hug and then back to sleep
LOL
after cherry got settled, first thing we did was have breakfast
at cherry's shuttle bus driver's recommendation, we went to mother's cafe
me and cherry shared a egg white omelette, grits and a bowl of fruit
we gota free biscuit cos the waiters stuffed up so that was a good start to the day
the grits was...really bland porridge that tasted very shell-y
can skip eating that ever again...lol
Then we went to our hotel to regroup and as we were leaving again we heard one of the hotel patrons ask one of the film crew what they were filming
Turns out they were filming twilight Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Dies.
But the other three pulled me away so I wouldn't waste the day. So much for thinking it was Killer Joe. Shouldve stayed up and stalked the set but apparently, it was the volturi and not robsten so that's...a little bit better
We booked a swamp tour and then got recommended to catch the free ferry over the Mississippi river to Algier. Yeah. Don't do that.
It's really dodge and has close to nothing there. And then cherry got propositioned by a group of black people. They were all like hey shawty! So anoushka was like are you talking about Janice? But no they were talking about cherry.
Then it was half scary half awkward as we had nothing to do but had to walk toward the ferry terminal where thus group of young hooligans were. Not cool.
Anyway, we made it safely onto mainland and proceeded to walk inside the rivercenter. Bought a watch and the saleslady recced us a few places for food.
Ended up at johnnys po'boys. We ordered a fried oyster one and a crawfish one. So so good. Like so good. Also got some sweet potato fries covered in cinnamon. They were okay but very potato-y
Then we walked along the river a bit more before getting entranced by the sound of music. Turns out the rangers at the jaz musuem were giving a historical lesson, music performance included. It was so good and very educational in terms of learning about the origins of jazz music.
Afterwards we did a little bit more walking around the French quarter before going back to the hotel.
Fell asleep and napped so late that when we finally got up and went out to eat dinner at another recced place, Primo's it was closed. But it was cool cos we ended up going to Cafe Maspero again and had the best beef. The sirloin burger and steak were just SO GOOD FLKDASAFA
We were all pretty determined to experience some live music because come on new Orleans! (even at the detriment of our safety lol) so we went back down Decatur Street and went to the HOuse of BLues except we got rejected cos some rnb artist was performing and we needed tickets.
While we were there, some moron guys were walking behind us propositioning us again. Except this group wasn't scary and just plain dumb. They thought me and cherry were underage and Japanese and just yeah. Not cool.
After we got rejected, I suggested that we go back to bourbon street despite the fact that it had looked dodgy during the day time. J and A were pretty sceptical that a dodgy place could be better at night but touristy bourbon street did good and proved itself quite awesome.
We walked down the strip and saw heaps of clubs and bars with awesome live music, lots of drinking and partying.
The one we ended up in was almost empty and filled with old people. And it was soooooooooooo awesome. Everything you would want from a NOLA blues club.
We had to order a drink and I got a hurricane cocktail which was pretty tasty. The waiter was super touchy feely but not in a violating way. Like in a sassy gay friend way. Lol.
We stayed there a couple of hours and watched a few sets. P
It was so fantasically surreal. the saxophonist was super awkward but amazingly talented. Like ridiculously talented. Like this little young geeky white kid taken in by alot of black uncles. He was my favourite. And he totally smiled cutely at me when we said bye (and tipped them). Lol!
The drummer and piano player and the bass dude and the trumpet dude were all soooooo cute and just feeling the music.
I was so happy. So so beautiful to see.
Ended the night with giggly anoushka because she somehow ended up drinking 1.5 cups of drinks.
Horhorhor
awesome awesome night
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