We had quite the itinerary compliments of Lorraine. It felt like our days were full without feeling overwhelmed at the end of each day.
Thursday
11:30 PMish E & D arrive
12-2 AMish Cocktails and Catch Up at Casa L&M
Friday
10:30 AM -- Brunch at French Pastry Shop
10:30 AM -- Brunch at French Pastry Shop
12 - 5 PM -- French Quarter Funday
6 PM -- Night Parades Start
11pm -- Dinner at Ignatius on Magazine St.
Saturday
10:30 AM -- Brunch at Casa L&M
11:30 AM -- Day Parades Start
5-6:30 PM -- explore Magazine Street for food and/shopping (Sucre/Storyville)
7 PM -- M's BBQ & Casa L&M House Party
9 PM -- uptown bars/ drinking at house
Sunday
Sunday
9:30 AM -- Brunch at Casa J&A
11 AM -- Day Parades Start
3:30 PM -- E&D depart.Their dignity remains somewhere in NOLA.
Dan and I started our adventure for NOLA on Thursday afternoon and after a day of flying, finally arrived in at Casa L&M early Friday morning. We were able to enjoy some sightseeing of the French Quarter during the day on Friday, where I purchased a great handmade ribbon headband from the French Market (mine has a bow of course); we enjoyed margaritas and mojitos at El Gato Negro; sunbathed in Jackson Square under the Jackson statue; and grabbed a hurricane at Pat O'Brien's.
Friday evening we returned to L&M's to get ready for the Friday night Uptown parades. Friday night we enjoyed the parades for Krewe of Hermes, Krewe d'Etat, and Krewe of Morpheus. The girls that night chose to go in wigs and tutus. It was a pretty exciting first parade experience and I came home with more beads than I knew what to do with and one very cute Morpheus stuffed sheep.
Saturday morning Matt made us all a delicious breakfast as we got ready and dressed up for the daytime parades. Again we were headed to the nearby uptown parade route to check out Krewe of Iris and Krewe of Tucks. Now, let me let you in on a little secret. Boobs were not the key to the best pulls at the uptown parades; costumes and eye contact were! You have to make eye contact with someone on the float to get more than the standard set of beads and a great costume makes it so much easier. I can't recall how many times Dan, dressed as Buddy the Elf, or I, dressed as Snow White, were called out directly by Krewe members to hand us pulls and beads. As one float passed, I was handed a multiple beads with medallions (the goal), doubloons, a plunger (the prime pull for Krew of Tucks), Geaux cups and more. It was thrilling and overwhelming at the same time. Post parades we headed to Sucre for gelato, macaroons and chocolates and to Storyville to pick up t-shirts.
Saturday night we layed low after a full day of excursions to enjoy a great meal prepared by Matt and a party with all of Matt and Lorraine's friends. Matt made pork shoulder tacos with coleslaw and mac & cheese. It was da bomb. We also enjoyed some rousing games of beer pong and civil war (boys vs girls).
Finally, we came to the last day of our visit. Sunday morning we headed to brunch at Janelle and Andrew's house (friends of Matt and Lorraine) and then walked to the parade route for our last two parades before leaving for the airport. We were able to catch Krewe of Okeanos and Krewe of Mid-City before we had to say goodbye. Lorraine then whisked us away to the airport.
While it was good to be home and back in our own beds, I wish we had stayed longer! We are already looking forward to our next trip to NOLA! Miss this girl already!
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