14 February 2009

Happy Quirky Alone Day!

For most people, Feb. 14 means Valentine's Day. A day when you give/get chocolates and flowers to your significant other. But Feb. 14th is also Quirky Alone Day. A day to celebrate those who are just a little bit different from the average bear.

Do you want to find out if you belong to them? Take this quiz to see if you're quirky.

I took the quiz and guess what? I'm very quirky.
"How quirkyalone are you? Your score was 92. Very quirkyalone: Relatives may give you quizzical looks, and so may friends, but you know in your heart of hearts that you are following your inner voice. Though you may not be romancing a single person, you are romancing the world. Celebrate your freedom on National Quirkyalone Day, February 14th!"

10 February 2009

Best Things About New Orleans

So this is the last part of the fabulous Great Cruise of 2008. After touring through several countries, we had to return to the US. But the fun was not over yet. Nope, we had 2 more days of fabulous-ness in New Orleans. The highlights of which are:

1) getting my first ever cup of gumbo and having a claw sticking out of it. I ordered the seafood gumbo, which came with crab. But, they don't take the crab apart before they put it the gumbo. Nope, you get the thing whole. 'Twas a little alarming to see, if you're not expecting it. Messy to eat, but still oh so good.

2) Staying in a haunted house. One of the first things we did was take a haunted history tour of New Orleans. You can't stay in the French Quarter without taking this tour. The best part is that its at night, and any local who sees you will make ghost noises as they walk by. The second best thing is that our hotel was the second stop on the tour. Alas, we did not see any ghosts.

3) St Joseph's Cathedral's Free Christmas Concerts. We were only a block away from St. Joseph's so we went to this every night. Guess who we saw? Ellis Marsalis. If you know anything about jazz, you know how cool this was.

4) Po'boy's as big as your head. Before we left for this trip, many people told us we had to eat at Mulate's. They have really good food and live Cajun Music. On the day we had planned to go, we had po'boys for lunch. By the time we got to Mulate's, which was probably around 8:00 pm, we were still full from the po'boys. We had to force ourselves to just eat dessert.