Wednesday, June 17

Good sleep last night~

Left the hotel, took a streetcar to the French Market and went C-R-A-Z-Y shopping. Not only is there a flea market but there are restaurants and bars on every other street corner--all serving deliciousness. We ate at Magnolia's terrace--I had a catfish po' boy and Bob had a sausage one. The best part was we were listening to a wonderful blues band while eatin' and drinkin' This place has "ice cream" drinks, so I had me one of them there dreamsicles (orange, rum, vanilla icecream, Triple Sec, and some other booze--went down real smoothlike). I almost got up and danced--but Bob was in a good mood buying me whatever I looked twice at, so I didn't want to embarrass him.

I bought clothes, an Ana beaded bracelet for granddaughter Ana, some paintings for our home (of the Crescent City of course), a hat (anyone who knows me knows I love hats and shoes--so shoes will come next), a couple New Orleans t-shirts, etc.

Since there is still so much to do, we're staying an extra night. Bob's taking his midday nap as I do this and some work for McGraw-Hill. It was a wonderful day, but we have to rest up for the wonderful night. Tomorrow, we're doing a swamp tour and possibly the Audabon Aquarium (they have a zoo and Insectarium, too).

After recharging (for Bob, that means a nap), we hit Bourbon Street. Dinner at Boudreaux's--delicious--I had Oyster's Rockefeller and Bob had the Blackened hamburger (huge!) -- more of that delicious Abida beer, a gin and tonic and we were set to dance the night away. In every bar, there was a live band--no cover charge, great music, many people were sitting and not even drinking (not that many, though). We did some bar-hopping and met some great, funny, wonderful people--exchanged email addresses. Love this state!