Bourbon Street: French Quarters

After the gathering, Randy and his brothers, Mel, and I were sitting outside and I suggested that we get out. Perhaps Michelle will watch the boys so we can de-stress. I made Randy ask her and she said yes! Our trip started with using the new GPS that Corey had. I have never used one before. While it was convenient, it was also a huge pain! I couldn't help but make jokes the whole way because the voice was a woman. They were able to make her so she had an English accent, but I would have preferred a male voice. I piped up that she nagged and I did not like that! I also decided that I should design one for some company that would change accents based on your location...just for fun...so when you are in New Orleans it would be Cajun. If you were in the hood it would have a rough accent like "Yo homegirl, lean left! And hey while you're going through this part of town, you might want to have your gun ready!" I thought it would be hilarious!

We got there and parked in the deck and walked to the intersection of Bourbon and Iberville. It was so very, very hot! I cannot get over just how humid it gets down there...usually at 100 percent humidity it rains where we live, not in New Orleans! It was weird to be able to walk down the street with a beverage, everywhere I have been there were open container laws. Mel got all dressed up and looked really great; where I looked like a granny in my capris and long shirt. She had people slinging beads at her all night, it was jarring the first few times we got hit in the head with them. Mel is a fabulous girl and she and I hit it off famously...which is a great thing if we become sister-in-laws one day. We went to Pat O's for a beverage; a hurricane to be exact. It was pretty good. I have been told that you can't go to New Orleans and not have a hurricane at Pat O's. We went to a country bar where Corey rode the bull. It was so much fun seeing him get thrown off!



It was a good night for most of us. By the end of the night Kyle was pretty sick of the rest of us. We were loud and obnoxious, okay it was really just Mel and I being loud and obnoxious. But we let off some steam and some stress. Randy got a shirt out of the evening, long story...perhaps for another time. Mel and Corey got a shot glass for Mel's grandmother. We all got some beads and beverage. The night did what it was meant to do, and created some good memories for us. I enjoyed the French Quarter much more so than I would have at other times of the year since I am not much for large crowds. Lots and lots of walking and heat, but I enjoyed myself!