New Orleans for the Weekend

This past weekend, Paul and I went down to Louisiana for our friends' Pete and Stephanie's wedding. After the wedding, we spent a day in New Orleans with our friends Howell and Kelly. Quite a unique place. I loved being able to see the Mississippi River from our hotel room. We ate po-boys and gumbo and walked up and down Bourbon Street for awhile. The French Quarter has a lot of character and seems to have retained its historical flavor of the past. We saw human statues, live Cajun music, magicians, tons of college kids, and lots of pirates who were apparently having a big pirate-y convention that weekend. Bizarre and entertaining! My feet were screaming bloody murder by the end of the night...We slept well, above the lights of NO. It was a great day trip! (Paul rode the mechanical bull...see below. yehaw)