let's geaux to new orleans!

after i wrapped on puss in boots finally, and had started on me & my shadow for a few weeks, we took a week off of work to go to the south. the first few days we spent in new orleans. we kept all our time in the french quarter as we were only there for 2 full days and 2 half days. most of it was spent walking around exploring and eating.

view of the quarter from the mississippi river.

we got there on a day when it was in the 70s and not very humid.. when the day before it had been in the 90s! we definitely lucked out.

inside the quarter; decatur street.

the food was amazing. the restos we ate at were bayona, domenica, august and antoine's. august was exciting because they had mangalitsa pork, (3 ways!) which i've been dying to try for awhile now.. and it was amazing.

bourbon street at dusk.

and of course we went to the famous cafe du monde every morning for coffee and beignets. in that respect, thank goodness we were only there for 3 mornings! i'd get so fat if i lived in the south, if only off of these...

coffee & beignets at cafe du monde.

a highlight on our last full day in new orleans, is that we took a cemetary tour, which for most of it was just the two of us. our tour guide, george, was super nice and awesome, and at the end of the tour pointed us to frenchmen street and said that if we want to see the local music scene we should head there at night. we did and it was great! we even ran into him there at one of the little bars open mic sessions. pretty awesome.

open mic somewhere on frenchmen street.

after new orleans, we flew into alabama for a few days. first to see james's family in northern alabama and east tennessee.. then down to montgomery for his huntingdon college reunion. then birmingham to meet some more of his friends before flying back to LA. it was definitely a much needed, though a bit of a whirlwind, vacation.

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