these are just a few updates from Mike's trip. we did our best to eat our way through NOLA & see everything we could. definitely made up for lost time that i've been buried in books & away from my sweetie :)

1. Mikey's first crawfish. we took a picnic up to the Fly (the grassy area on the banks of the Mississippi, behind the zoo / Audubon Park. we ate crawfish, corn, potatoes & french bread to our hearts' content.

2. Spent one day at the WWII museum, which was amazing (also very depressing). the NFL Experience is still in the lobby, left over from the Superbowl, so we got to see some bonus exhibits after making our way through the museum.

3. & 4. French Quarter Fest was going on Thursday - Sunday. it's the largest outdoor music festival in the South, and considered Jazz Fest for locals (although tons of tourists come to town to enjoy it too). we heard lots of music, did some quality people-watching, and tried all kinds of foods: 12-hour roast beef po boys, red beans & rice, gater sausage, and bread pudding with brandy sauce. the last photo was taken Saturday evening, while an incredible brass band played Nirvana covers.

i'll put up a longer post later this week, including lots of photos from our mini road trip to plantation country! first i've got to get back to work!