2 posts tagged “fun”

is there anything super cool that the bay area is known for that we definitely shouldn't miss?  we're already planning on eating rice a roni on a trolley to the golden gate bridge--but what else?  we are bringing our dogs, and were hoping to wear them out some during the day so we could leave them (guilt free) in the hotel room at night when we go out.  what do y'all think?

walt ended up convincing me to go to new orleans for spring break.  right, cause its so hard to convince me to spend money that we don't have.  but it was a cheap(ish) trip--we stayed with friends, once of who is a classically trained chef and cooked for us several times.  we also hung out with the W&L kids who were down for a service trip.  i thought about doing service, but decided against it.  we hadn't been back in over three years and i really just wanted to have time to catch up with old friends and do our own thing.

so we did.  we found pretty much everyone that is still there that we knew.  we rode bikes through the quarter to uptown for the st. patty's day parade.  we caught cabbages and potatoes.  we drank delicious cocktails (if i ordered a french 75 here in lex, i would be looked at with great confusion) and ate amazing food (i had scallops that must have been about 4 oz. each). 

it felt different to me though.  maybe its just where we were, but it seemed like it was all nice cars and rich white people.  not the nola i am accustomed to.  it made me wish i could pick up frenchmen street and put it down here in lex, man i miss toms of good music and bars all in one place.  i can't wait to live somewhere with a real nightlife again.  i never thought i was much of a nightlife person, but i didn't really understand until i was without it.