New Orleans

jeans + da ear + that boy + orlando

186 days

by Brittany in Austin, dating, LSU Tigers, New Orleans

Hello bloggy blog!

Life is great! It’s ALMOST THANKSGIVING!!!! YAY! Which means my bed from my dad and stepmom are coming this weekend… SO SO SO EXCITED!!!! I’ve been alternating sleeping on my sofa and an air mattress! Oh what a difference a real mattress will take! SO EXCITED!

Oh yeah my LSU TIGERS are 10-0 what what!!! 2 more regular season games, the SEC Championship, then ……. BOWL GAMES BABY!!!!!!!! SO proud to be a Louisiana girl!

Oh yeah my NEW ORLEANS SAINTS are doing great! Our defense is kicking ass and taking names! I LOVE FOOTBALL!!!! Wouldn’t change that for anything in the world!

Loving Austin and loving life!

I got a new pair of jeans from Lane Bryant!!! AMAAAAZING! Amazing what a new pair of jeans can do for a girl ))) OH and i also had my modeling debut on Yum Yucky’s blog! Check it out

love my jeans! woot.

ALL SMILES

Oh yes, i also pierced my right ear, the upper cartilidge! Now my ears match

the focus.

da earrrrrrr

Oh yeah i guess i should mention …………. I went on a date 10 days ago, and i thought it was great! There really seemed to be some great chemistry. But the guy has SERIOUSSSSS communication issues… what gives boys?!! I don’t get it! I’ll text or call him like he said when he called when he was at work– he doesn’t text me back or call me back for 2 days… then i text him 2 days later saying i’m not gonna be in Austin this weekend… let’s hangout before then! HE calls two minutes later, and says he’ll call me back after he finishes dinner with his sister…. Does he call?! uhhh no. And i really liked the boy. Oh well. He’s OVER! On to the next one.

This weekend i went to Orlando for my aunt’s baby shower! So cute! She’s having a boy! Can’t wait to meet the little guy!

Is the cake cute or whattt?!?

My aunt and uncle's dog, Punch

flyyyyying

GEAUX SAINTS!!!! haha crazy eyes

da sky

New Orleans Part 2

319 days

by Brittany in family, life, New Orleans

Glad you’re back for more of my good times in New Orleans

Well Saturday morning my dad got up early and went play golf at Audubon Park, my stepmom and cousin went to Audubon Park for a walk/run; but i did some MUCH needed sleeping in! And it was fabulous!

For lunch, we wanted to go to this place called Butcher, but the wait was 45-60 minutes and we were kinda hungry! We ended up at a cajun restaurant Mulate’s! So good

For appetizers, we had Boudin and fried alligator! DELICIOUS! And alligator realllly does take like chicken

For my entree, i had a muffelatta! I’ve been living in Louisiana for 25 years and never had one! Such a tragedy! It was so so so good

I had an Abita Amber with my lunch

We next made our way over to the World War 2 Museum! It’s amazing!

Higgins boat

"Why is the D-Day Museum in New Orleans? Because as President Eishenhower stated to Dr. Stephen Ambrose "Andrew Jackson Higgins is the man who won the war for us. Without Higgins Designed boats that could land over open beaches the whole strategy of the war would have to be re-thought." Fact: In September 1943, the very middle of the war the american navy totaled 14,072 vessels of these boats 12,964 92% of the entire U.S. Navy, were designed by Higgins Industries, 8.865 were built at Higgins Plants in New Orleans. By Wars End 20,094 boats had been built by 30,000 New Orleanians at the SEVEN Higgins Plants in New Orleans. This explains WHY the National D-Day Museum is located here !

Truck medics used during the war

"Sherman" Medium Tank

Rolls Royce engine!

My cousin Andrew with his first military discount!

We then went to the movie at the museum, called Beyond All Boundaries! SOOO GOOD It was in 4D!

After the movie, we went back to the hotel for some relaxing and i took a nap! It was divine.

For dinner, we went to Le Petit Grocery! delicious

And then we made our way down to Bourbon Street! Even though i’m not the biggest fan of it… we went to get a hand granade! I had never actually had one… ha. Andrew and I ended up getting “turtles”! It was actually good, with a lot of alcohol!

The awesome band on the corner of Canal Street and Bourbon Street!

Dad, Maggie, Andrew, at I at Pat O'Brien's!

The pretty fountain!

This is me telling dad that he needs to get on the left side, because the right side is my good side

Dad and I!

Awesomeeeee duet!

It was such a fun night, and good quality alcohol was consumed =)

New Orleans Part I

324 days

by Brittany in life, New Orleans

Here come the recaps!

We left Lafayette around 11:30 on Friday morning. We made our way down the lovely I-10 eastbound to Baton Rouge via the Atchafalaya Basin for lunch!

The lovely Atchafalaya Basin!

We stopped at J. Alexander’s for lunch. So good! I had a big salad with fried chicken strips, AVOCADO (my new fave food!), blue cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers! And a bottle of Blue Moon

Then it was back on the road, to New Orleans!

having fun in the back seat

Bonnet Carre Spillway! HELLLLLLO beautiful New Orleans!

Beautiful Friday

Then we went to the airport to pick up my cousin, Andrew!

The BEAUTIFULLLLL Superdome!

Next we made our way to the French Quarter for some cafe au lait, chocolate milk, and beignets at Cafe Du Monde!

DELICIOUSNESS!

We next walked around the beautiful Jackson Square

and went into St. Louis Cathedral for a few minutes! Didn’t stay long, as the church was closing for a wedding! YAY!

The silver painted Gandolf!

Then we made our way over to our hotel! What a beautiful place!

Everyone loves a good toilet shot

We got settled into the hotel, relaxed a little bit, and then we made our way down the street for some delicious dinner!

We didn’t know it was mainly a wine bar at the time… but it was SO HONKIN GOOD!

We shared a few appetizers– shrimp and grits, proscuitto. For dinner i had a 6 oz filet mignon, with mashed potatoes and portabello mushrooms! D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S. And 2 glasses of this FABULOUS glass of white wine, which i can’t remember the name of! I’m a HUGEEEE Riesling fan, and it was something along the lines of a Riesling

Phewww! Fun times! Stay tuned for New Orleans Part 2…

oh so great

326 days

by Brittany in New Orleans

Yes, New Orleans was amazing! As always

There was laughing, walking, drinking (of course!), relaxing, good foods eaten, World War 2 museum, picture taking, ferry riding, and lots of other goodness!