Everything was decorated with fleur de lis signs and Mardi Gras beads... it definitely helped put us in the NOLA spirit, as you can see below...
On Friday morning we woke up early and went to eat brunch at the Camellia Grill on St. Charles, and then did some walking around uptown. We walked down Magazine Street and ended up at the original Bulldog bar. We figured since we are such "regulars" at the one in Jackson it wouldn't be a bad idea to pay homage to the original. Plus, it was nice and cool inside, which we needed after sweating in the New Orleans heat for a few hours.
After cooling off for a bit, we headed back to the condo and then walked a couple of streets over to Frenchman Street to check out the shops and bars there, then we came home, showered and headed back Uptown for dinner at Jacque-Imo's.
We had the alligator cheesecake (above) as an appetizer, and it was great! It sounds weird, but it was more of a "savory" cheesecake, not a sweet one. It was kind of like a quiche.
Dinner was good, but we tried not to get too extremely full so we could go meet Derek's old college friend Kevin at Lucy's Bar. I had never been there but had heard a lot about it ever since Drew Brees made a surprise appearance there to celebrate after his Super Bowl win. It was a cool little bar, and we found a great table outside and had fun catching up with Kevin.
HAPPY (early) BIRTHDAY TO US!! This was right before we heard the "Go Shorty, It's Yo Birthday" song. Perfect timing!
We were a little slow-moving on Saturday morning, but we found a great little bakery on the corner near our condo called Cake Cafe for breakfast, then we were on our way to the World War II Museum. Drew and I are both history nerds, and since it was our birthday trip, we wanted to go. It was very cool! I highly recommend it. You could spend hours in there just reading everything, but I feel like we learned a lot in the three hours we were there. My inner history geek was satisfied.
The French Quarter/Jackson Square was next on our travel itenerary, so we had some beignets as a little afternoon snack at Cafe Du Monde, then just walked around and enjoyed New Orleans at its finest. There was even a wedding with a brass band playing Canon in D in front of the St. Louis Cathedral. It was beautiful!
As it got closer to 6:00 on Saturday, we had to find a place to watch the Mississippi State-LSU game, so we headed back to the Marigny Brasserie on Frenchman where we stopped on Friday to have an afternoon cocktail. Our friendly bartender from the day before, Josh, was working again, so we got a couple of rounds of free drinks and even some free "touchdown" shots for the one touchdown State scored. Nice... Here we are with our new BFF Josh in the middle. We're Facebook friends now.
When the game was over (poor State), we walked down Frenchman and found a not-so-crowded bar called Cafe Negril with a FANTASTIC funk/reggae/brass band. Very cool, no cover charge AND seats right by the stage... We had fun, as the pictures below, probably show.
We found a little hole-in-the-wall bar and grill on our way out of town on Sunday so we could eat a good po-boy before heading home to recuperate from a totally fun weekend. This is the first time we've been down to NOLA on a random weekend with no particular plans in mind. It was absolutely perfect, and now I can turn 30 with my head held high knowing that I enjoyed every single minute of my last weekend in the Big Easy as a 20-something.Now, about that recuperating... :)
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Hope you had a great birthday!
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