Saturday, December 30th, 2007

On Saturday afternoon, we continued out “get to know Louisiana” tour with Lauren. After a long shut eye, we arose from bed and traveled down to New Orleans. Jared and I have a weird love for NOLA so we are always excited to visit. Our first stop was at Jackson Square. On the weekends, you can be sure that you will see a set of performers entertaining a large crowed and raking in the cash and Saturday was no exception. The three gentlemen performing easily brought in a few hundred for the one show we saw. As we ate at Cafe du Monde across the street, we sat around speculating how much we thought they were making and we realized, its not too bad. Plus we saw them leaving in a brand new F-150, so I think they are doing just fine.

Cafe du Monde was very busy but we did have a chance to enjoy some hot chocolate, cafe au lait for Jared, and some beignets. Delicious. Aside from the noise of he crowed, two women plaed over a small amliphier with their banjo and electric vioin. They were so talented and the music was beautiful. However, it was obvious they lived on the streets and this began another set of speculations altogether. Next time we go, I’m going to record some of the music and maybe I’ll get up the guts to pull up a chair and hear their stories.

alter ego party

Jared’s 29th birthday was on Saturday.  We had a big party over at the house to celebrate.  The theme of the party was alter ego and everyone went all out.  In preparing for the party, we had a friend of ours come and tag our living room. Below are pictures after the tagging. We love it.

Below is a group picture of everyone who dressed up. So fun!

the 4th

Fourth of July was a blast this year. Abby came in town on Tuesday and we started the festivities that evening. We joined an old friend to walk in the Kennilworth Parade to support Wayne Carter, Commissioner for Agriculture. Now, Abby doesn’t vote in Louisiana; despite this she was still made the “President of Parade Walkers” for the Texas Branch on Facebook. While she had the title, I took a few pictures of the gathering. It was very fun.

After the parade, we met up with Jared and saw Transformers. Amazing. I loved it. Thought I’d hate it. But I loved it. As we barely made it home for our 2am bedtime, we ended up sleeping a little later than expected on Saturday Wednesday. After a little shopping we headed to Downtown Baton Rouge and gave Abby a tour of the sites. We had some dinner with friends at Capital City Grill and then headed to the levee for the fireworks show. So fun!