I can't complain a bit. I just got back from the Big Easy for some much needed never ever had a vacation before R&R!
Without a doubt New Orleans and the French Quarter in particular were on my bucket list! Especially after the floods I was hell bent on seeing the history there before it washed away one day!
I was not disappointed..I can't wait to go back! I even got the opportunity to earn proper and catch my own beads on Bourbon Street!
I had the opportunity to take two tours while I was there! The first was a walking tour through the French Quarter, it rained on and off the whole day but I have to admit it added to the mystique of the area and to the story telling of the guide!
I can't even begin to delve into the history and facts I learned on that walking tour, I am sure each tour with each guide is uniquely different and interesting!
Here we are "the group" taking shelter near the square and which let me add were such a varied group of people from Canada, Europe, France and even Texas! Yep thats me under the plastic wrap! You know I have that fear of suga melting in the rain! :)
We stopped at what was a shanty of a bar..evidently one of the oldest in the country! I had a wicked strong drink and then we meandered on our way!
Of course original carriage doors! Loved the courtyards you could peek into behind some of these doors! I could get happily lost in the streets!
We stopped at a park that also housed this little cafe and NOMA http://noma.org/ which I visited the next day and learned even more about the history!
I am eating gumbo, beans and rice and of course I am getting my 1st of many tastes of the various Beignet's around the city!
I was told I had to have a Hurricane..
And I tried some alligator, crawfish etouffe! I also finally now that it is legal got the chance to try Absinthe.. :)
YES I was on Lucid Absinthe when I got to meet this occifer and his horses ass!!
LOOK closely SEE those BEADS!!!! :)
I even got to visit the Cemataries on a bus tour and saw the houses that Brad Pitt is helping to rebuild in the 9th Ward!
I got my palm read in the square and purchased tarot cards and a Voodoo Doll "no fear" it is for LOVE..Cause it's all we need!
Since I have been home I have been getting ready for my daughters last day of school tomorrow..or should I say more like Preparing for summer to begin!
I will be doing quite a bit of traveling to model and my daughters are going to be attending AP classes at CMU and starting their very first summer jobs!
We are all attempting to settle into living in Pittsburgh again and I hope to enjoy many of the sites sounds and activities that Pittsburgh has to offer..my daughters are still not quite sure how they feel about the BIG Little city surrounded by suburbs that are foreign to them..but I have to admit I feel like I am finally home!
I will be traveling to Philly for a night next Friday for my first Shebari shoot!! This was purchased to be incorporated into one of the concepts!!!
I gotta admit I can't help but think of Conan the Barbarian and well..let's just say I am old skool D&D!
I am loving these pics that are from an upcoming set on Zivity
I am in the works of having a Super Woman tattoo drawn up for me and getting a new tattoo on Fathers day with my girls ..it will be their 1st EEEK!
Well If you know me like I know you Do! You know I am off to perv! Please join me ..if I do it alone then that makes me look like a perv! xoxo
Til Next time..Same SG channel
