New Orleans Trip Part 2

Let’s pick right up where we left off. If you missed Day 1 of my New Orleans trip, you can catch up here! We filled our first day to the brim! It was so good, I was worried about the rest measuring up! We had grandiose plans to have brunch on Sunday before we officially began our day. That was laughable, because we got up pretty leisurely and drank coffee in our hotel room.

By the time we left, we knew we were cutting it too close to do a sit-down breakfast spot, so we looked up some cafes and found Croissant D’Or Pâtisserie. We shared some quiche and a couple of croissants in their lovely little courtyard area. Funny side story, on our way to breakfast, an older gentleman was rolling down the street on a motorized scooter (the wrong way down a one way street). He starts yelling YASSSSS at me, because he saw my shirt. This shirt brings me nothing but joy.

We then strolled down to the meeting place of our Voodoo Tour, which was across the street from Armstrong Park. Again, this tour was through Free Tours by Foot. The recommendation was made by our French Quarter tour guide. Robi, the Voodoo Tour guide is the only Voodoo priest to be giving tours in New Orleans. Voodoo is an actual religion and has nothing to do with what the tourism industry has made it into today. It was an entertaining and fun tour, and we’d recommend that to anyone as well. Robi became a fast friend (fan?) of Nick’s per the picture below – haha.

From there we worked up an appetite and Robi had recommended another Po-boy place to try that we passed on the tour. It was just another hole in the wall place. I also realized it was literally 100 yards from the Airbnb we stayed at my last trip to New Orleans. As you can imagine, I was disgruntled when I realized I missed out on a tasty sandwich last time. I don’t think we had one good Po-Boy our last trip. To make up for it, we had like four this time haha! We took our sandwiches and walked back to Armstrong Park to sit on a bench and enjoy the beautiful day. A gathering of drummers started up right by us. By the time we left, there were probably 15+ drummers collaborating and making beautiful rhythms together. It was special and fun to experience it!

Once we pulled ourselves out of the drumming trance, we checked our list of places we wanted to hit up and headed over to Pat O’Brien’s. Are you even visiting New Orleans if you don’t go have a Hurricane at the original place of inception?! I think not. It was pretty crowded but we still found a seat in the courtyard right away. I’d say worth a stop for a drink, but we didn’t need to hang there forever.

From there we wanted to make our way over to Frenchman Street because we had a list of live music we wanted to check out. Once we arrived we found out the show was cancelled because the band had bad weather/flooding where they lived. The beauty of that, is being on a street where you’re surrounded by great music, you just go next door or across the street and find another band!

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As we walked in, we caught the tail end of the show at The Spotted Cat Music Club. Once that ended, we went to Bamboulas and found they had the NCAA women’s Championship game on AND live music. What more could you need?! If you’re not a live music fan, I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I don’t understand you! The Carl LeBlanc Band was jamming. Plus the basketball game was very competitive and fun to watch as well. From there, we realized we needed some food and by that time it was raining. It was then I discovered the umbrella I packed for this purpose, did not have my back. All the pins basically fell apart. Luckily most of the bars have a second floor balcony and we were able to dash across and barely get wet.

We stopped into Dat Dog, which is a bar and hot dog establishment. If you like Worcestershire sauce, this is your place. If you don’t, AVOID AVOID! We split two hot dogs and I wouldn’t do it again. Too overpowering. We realized we need more/better food than that, so we ended up looking on Yelp and finding Adolfo’s down the block. When we put our name in, they told us we wouldn’t be assured seating before they closed. We decided to wait it out and see.

In the meantime, we met another gentleman who was also waiting, and passed the time chatting with him. His table was called, and since we were fast friends at that point, he let us join him for dinner to make sure we’d get in. Random New Orleans dinner experience, for the win! The food was great there, would totally recommend. I had Flounder which was one of their specials, with their ocean sauce and we split the Mussels as a table. We left full and tired and satisfied with another great day, so we headed back to the hotel to call it a night.

Notes on the outfit quickly. Y’all know I said I wouldn’t wear this shirt unless my hair was in a ponytail. Well oops I did it again. I found this adorable polka dot headband from H&M. It has wire in it to keep its shape, and I love it. The 5 inch shorts from Gap are my go-to shorts. I honestly thought I wouldn’t be buying white shorts anymore, but the length is right for me to feel comfortable. I did buy my normal size for jeans 31 and they fit comfortably. Sometimes I do prefer to size up in jean shorts for those thick thighs. To finish it off, I always pack my Converse for traveling. They don’t let me down!

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