Mask in New Orleans
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Dog on a plane
Just saw a big, beautiful grey American staffordshire terrier get off the plane. He literally sat under the seat with his people.
Day 5: Walking the city
Monday, we walked. A lot. We took the city in, block by block. We ate at an amazing Italian place, went and visited a new friend, and just took it all in.
Day 4: Dia De Los Muertos, Banksy's and shopping.
Sunday Morning: Josh and I woke up with plans to hit La Pavillion (http://www.lepavillon.com/) for breakfast, as they have amazing eggs Benedict and bananas foster fresh made. Brunch on Sunday was quite an experience in the past with a full breakfast buffet and bottomless mimosas. When we got there, it was almost over ( it was 1pm, ended at 2 ) and most of the food was picked over pretty hard. Price was 55$ a person. We changed our minds and headed to this place. And the eggs Benedict was really good. Coffee was also well made and dark. Not that watered down stuff I ordered grits for my side and put butter with a touch of sugar in them, and it really hit the spot. After we meandered through twon and headed up towards the french quarter. On the way we found this store, with really high prices but super cute gear (http://www.lucky13.com/) Then we walked back to our place. New Orleans has such ...
Day 3.Halloween, Haunted houses and costume contests
Halloween, we still had the motorcycle. We ate breakfast at McDonald's as we headed out to the abandoned 6 flags. (Don't get your hopes up, it was super boring). I started the morning with coffee, and almonds. We then headed out. There was a threat of storm while we were out gallivanting, but it was worth the risk. We hit a McDonalds before we crossed a long, empty,swamp area on the way to our destination. After breakfast we drove over the swamp to check out 6 flags. When we got there, we saw how closed it really was. Multiple fences and a guard at the closed gate. We drove around a little more to get pictures from the road with no success. After that, we decided to go back to town and some exploring again. Shopping on magazine street turned up a beautiful french bakery, where I got chocolate vanilla mouse , and Josh, his fresh lemon sorbet with a small bit of chocolate We hit bourbon street t...