Look, if someone had told me beforehand that Ted McGinley was going to be in "Pearl Harbor" I would have warned Beau, Ray, and Joel that it was going to suck. I mean, come on, Jump the Shark even has a whole section dedicated to his "accomplishments" of killing things.
'course I think Ted is the least of this movies problems.
One of the funniest things I learned Saturday night is that it is a very strange sensation to be the center of attention. Granted, I will not deny that I brought on the attention with my god-given attributes, but it was still weird. I sincerely did not know that some people (read: ALOT of men and a few women) could be driven to such distraction by two things that they could almost see. Anyway, none of that still couldn't make me put on any beads, which I decided, when it is not Mardi Gras week, are for only two groups of people "whores" and "stupid tourists" (remember, they are called Mardi Gras beads for a reason). Which reminds me, don't forget to ask Kelli about her beads - and if she thinks I am making up stories about her, then she needs to remember that I DO have photographic evidence to back up my stories. 8P
Which brings us to what we did after 735 Saturday night. We went to this amazing bar called The Dungeon that was just fun as hell. It didn't open till Midnight and Tammee and I, being the VIP's that we are now, shut the place down....at 6:30 in the am. There is nothing like walking in the French Quarter with drink in hand after the sun has come up - and so, since we had decided that Sunday was going to be the lazy day, it worked out great that we slept all day...hehehe.
When we finally got our lazy asses out of the rooms that night, we went and ate at this locals tavern in the Garden District called St. Charles Tavern that just has great diner food. We have yet to have a bad meal in this town, I mean it.
After that we went to Larry Flynt's Hustler Club for a laugh and then down the street to see some testosterone, but, alas it was not to be as we closed out another fantastic girls trip to NOLA. This town is such a blast and next year when some of the other girl's get to come with us, then we can tear it up even more.
I definitely needed this vacation and I enjoyed every minute of it, but I am glad to be home with my family - even if I am not ready to get back to work yet.
Had a great evening of delicious food and excellent jazz in the Parlor Room at The Storyville District on Bourbon. I am not a big jazz fan, but that place will sure make you one, let me tell ya.
Today we started off the day by touring the Destrehan Plantation, which is the oldest documented plantation house in the lower Mississippi valley. It was pretty amazing to see how people lived back then, how different it is from today.
Then we got to go out to the swamps and take a Louisiana Swamp Tour in an airboat. It was pretty badass. We were able to see some alligator's, (our guide even lured one up to the boat with marshmallow's and fed him some raw chicken by hand - uhhh, no thanks.) and just had a blast flying over the marshlands - 'course we all had a bit of the stank on us, since - well, it IS a swamp.
It's Moulin Rouge night at 735 tonight, so that should be fun, and then we will just see where we go from there.
Have I mentioned how much friggin' fun this is?
Ended up going to The Shim Sham Club where it was 80's night and had a great time. Today we are just running around the Quarter revisiting what we like and getting our wine so that we can do what we have been practicing for since February - uh, getting drunk on wine by the pool. 8P
The girls have been hard to control, but I am managing.
I love this place.
Joy!! Less than 48 hours until my real vacation starts.
I can officially mark "traveling across the country in an RV to see national monuments" off my "Things to do before I die" list.
I will spare you all of the gory details here, but I will mention a just a few things I saw and learned:
1. I am an RV goddess. I can drive a 31' RV and tow a 15' trailer with two ATV's on it, then hook that bad boy up at the campground in the dark in less than 5 minutes. I rule.
2. Riding and jumping said ATV's out in the middle of nowhere is bad ass.
3. Mt. Rushmore was my favorite monument we saw - very awe inspiring.
4. I am scared shitless of snakes not behind plexiglass.
5. Firestone tires suck and customer service has sunk to a new low when the President of the rental company hangs up on you.
6. There is alot of dirt and rocks up north - and that's all - nothing else - just dirt and rocks.
7. Sometimes, no matter how hard something tries to make everything worse, it usually only backfires.
8. There are few things in life like going to the bathroom in an RV, while driving through a National Park. 8)
9. Crappy gifts are the best gifts for those friends back home. (When you care enough to get them crap - get them the best crap possible, because nothing says "I love having you as a friend" than really good and obvious crap.)
10. That I am really ready for a vacation.
It wasn't all bad - and we did see alot of beautiful area. Beau has got alot of the pictures up over in his gallery if you wanna see any of it.