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Last Saturday Josh and I caught a flight down to New Orleans to vacation and visit my brother. Our flight got into New Orleans around 10am, so we had almost a full day to enjoy. We started off by grabbing a bite to eat at La Madeline French Cafe.

After lunch, we headed down to Jean Lafitte, LA to the Jean Lafitte Airboat Tours. These boats were a lot of fun, but we didn’t get to go as fast as I hoped. They mount Chevy 454 engines on the back of the boats and put a propeller on them, with essentially no muffler. These things were loud. We got to see remote swamp areas, and saw a few small alligators and one large 9 foot one, approximately 35 years old. I was able to hold one of the small alligators!

Later that night we went to dinner in the Garden District at a place called Cannon’s. We then caught a trolley down to the French Quarter and took in the scenery. We ended up at Pat O’Brien’s and tried one of their famous Hurricanes. By that point we were pretty worn out, and headed back to the hotel. Unfortunately, all 3 of us got sick during the night. We think it was the spinach and artichoke dip we shared. Luckily our symptoms were gone in the morning.

On Sunday we went to Petunia’s for breakfast, a restraunt featuered on “Weekend Getaways” with Samantha Brown on the Travel Channel. While famous for their crepes, i enjoyed my favorite breakfast dish, eggs benedict. The restaurant was small, and very pink inside. It was quintessential New Orleans dining. After that we walked around the different shops and antique stores. We then headed back to Greg’s apartment for a power nap before dinner.

Dinner was at Muriel’s on Jackson Square, followed by jazz at Preservation Hall. Everyone enjoyed their dinner, but didn’t hear much from Josh about his alligator appetizer. We then walked up a block to visit my brother’s friend who lives in the quarter. We were able to get up on a private balcony and do some people watching- was very cool. As we looked up St Peter street, we saw the line for Preservation hall was growing, so we decided to get in line.

While in line we made friends with a mother and daughter visiting for the weekend. We exchanged information and now I have two new preservation hall facebook friends . People are always in a good mood and happy in New Orleans; I love meeting and talking to people there. Aside from the socializing, the music was spectacular. We sat in the front row, and were able to stay for 2 sets.

On Monday, Greg had class so Josh and I hopped on a trolley and had breakfast at a place called the trolley stop. We then got back on the trolley and walked around the Audubon park. Josh decided to climb one of the huge live oak trees in the park. We then had to get to the airport for our flight home. The weekend went too fast, and I’m ready to go back again! Check out photos from the weekend here!