a brief rundown

on my vacation i had a terrible cold, but that didn't stop me from:

walking the length and breadth of the garden district; getting drunk in the french quarter; wandering around louis armstrong park; eating biscuits with country gravy and grits at the trolley stop diner; listening to great zydeco and blues bands; missing the jazz at preservation hall because we lingered too long over beignets and hot chocolate at cafe du monde; visiting the voodoo museum; getting impromptu surgery on my finger (it involved a needle, a lighter and an antiseptic wipe, and was less gruesome than it sounds); buying fabulous pink shoes; being fed strawberries and shortbread in bed; having my first taste of gumbo, etouffee, jambalaya and oyster po' boys; taking lots and lots of pictures; going on the ghost tour of the french quarter; being asked by no less than three people if we were on our honeymoon; finally seeing the mighty mississippi; nearly ripping the sole off my favorite boots; wearing skirts and walking around without a scarf.


loving every damn second of it.