Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Pour some sugar on meeee!















Not exactly a G-rated song but we weren't in a G-rated place. New Orleans is by far the filthiest city i have ever been to.. in every sense or the word. Nonetheless, we had an amazing time. Kev and I never plan anything, but we went with planners and it was a blast because we got to do so much cool stuff. First on the cool list was our tour of the swamp where we saw red ear turtles, snakes, beaver things, heron, egrets, and drum roll please... TWO alligators. They have these "camps" all along the rivers that are like shacks that they go hang out at and drink. Examples are pictured here in Sheryl Crow's 2007 "Love is free" video. It still looks like that with stuff floating in the rivers and capsized boats etc.

After the swamp tour we went into town and spent new years eve on Bourbon street. That was pretty fun. But a little crazy. There were a million people and I was not properly attired (I had on way too much clothing to fit in). Even my underwear would have been seen as too much clothes. However, Kev managaed to get beads thrown down from balconies at him (which he graciously gave to me). Jen and I did flash on a balcony as pictured below. Okay, psuedoflash. We lifted our shirts to the point of... nothing showing still. Being endowed as I am I was able to lift the shirt shockingly high without any fear of immodesty. Alas. At any rate, the pictures are fun and now I can say I lifted my shirt for beads on bourbon street. 



We went to an awesome local place for dinner and had file gumbo, jambalaya, shrimp, catfish, and fried oysters (my favorite). The evening capped off with fireworks being shot over the mississippi.

The next day was fun, we went to the garden district the upppity part of town with amazing houses and huge gorgeous trees. We went to the pep rally (Craziness). And headed home.


Then it was game day! Had breakfast at Brennans (a little spendy but delicious). Then went to the WWII museum and off to the game. The game was tons of fun and we had phenomenal seats (thanks Jen's mom). We're glad we went, glad we won, and glad to be home.

5 comments:

Heidi said...

Sounds ridiculously fun. We're sad we missed it. Did you go to your interview afterwards?

Anonymous said...

tori you are awesome haha looks like a ton of fun! even better because of the win!

Ben and Melissa Ellis said...

I am so jelous you got to go. What a game and I am glad you went and toured the city. That is some mighty good flashing too. Way to live life.

Jodi said...

Wow! That looks like such an awesome trip! I was hoping to see a little more...no, not in the way of flashing!, but maybe an alligator or two!!!!

I would love to go and see that place sometime! You guys have more fun on your adventures than anyone I know! Well, you have MORE adventures than anyone I know! Post MORE photos if you have any!

Chris and Jen said...

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