A Very NOLA Thanksgiving

Blogging is a lot like exercise. The less you do it, the harder it is to motivate yourself to start. You may think this is a random analogy, but I actually feel this way about both blogging and exercise right now. So. I'm creatively untapped with weak arms; this is my life.

But what you must know! Is that I went to New Orleans for Thanksgiving. My family was scattered about for the holiday and we're getting together for Christmas, so I took advantage of the long weekend off to do another type of traveling. And my friend Laura was game for the party and neither of us had ever been to New Orleans soooo...

Something about New Orleans manages to constantly buzz and calm you at the same time.

It was almost like going to another country. Turns out I'm not so much made for all the heavy/fried foods (though I did indulge in beignets and a plate of muy delicioso fried chicken)....but there was much else for me to love about the area! So much flavor. So many sights. And sounds. Really, music happening spontaneously on every corner! So many different cultures and things happening all at once. The whole place just kind of....crackled.

Stayed in an eccentric airbnb (think velvet bedding, mannequin heads as decor on the walls and a fish tank that I was asked to care for during my stay...which I did...you are welcome, little school of fish) (miss you too). Took long morning walks along the Mississippi River. Wandered about the French Quarter. Got my palm read (see below for my results!) (you are so curious!) (it's like click bait but scrolling!), went swamp kayaking with a group of people including a constantly bickering couple that inspired me in many ways for what I want in my own #relationshipgoals except #oppositeday, toured a plantation, wandered around the garden district eying all the beautiful homes (did not see sandra bullock or nic cage but it's cool they'll write), and vegged out entirely for one night of the trip reading books and watching Bridget Jones and communing with the(my) school of fish.

Anyway. Like I said. Crackle. And now you may enjoy the photographic evidences!

behold, my Thanksgiving airport feast....

the aforementioned mannequin heads, along w/ costumes we found in the closet...

this was my swamp kayaking crew....

dubious life advice from the sidewalks of the French Quarter....

best beignets of the trip, along with sultry live tunes at the davenport lounge...

oak alley plantation tour....

impromptu cemetery tour was (insert 4 star emojis)....

  

ah, the much anticipated palm reading report! it's like a real-life Internet personality quiz! I learned: I have a fire hand. I should be an entrepreneur. I don't waste time making decisions and just go after what I want fairly quickly. Part of me would be happy living out of a suitcase. An early love ruined me for later commitments but I have potential for a long-term deep relationship. I worry too much about inheriting genetic illnesses and should let it go. I have a strong will. I may have sleeping troubles and/or endocrine issues. I have performance abilities in athletics and music. I think the formality of the dating process is a con and believe you can't really get to know people that way and should take a different route. Also I'm a big flirt and cause drama when people inevitably take it the wrong way. Hey, some potential truth here, some definite untruths. I'll let y'all guess what is what.

aaand the new background photo on my phone....those trees though....