New Orleans
Oh man, long overdue update, but I have a few good excuses. For instance, I've been swamped with midterms, none of which went particularly well. Also, this weekend we had a batch of BME grad recruits come through. Lauren, Ivan and I were in charge of coordinating the "students only" dinner. We ended up having 50 people at a tapas restaurant in Midtown called Loca Luna, which was great. Erin (from my undergrad class!) was among the prospectives and I'm crossing my fingers that she decides to move to the ATL.That said, here are some pictures from Mardi Gras. It was SO MUCH fun. I drove up with Lauren, Stephen, and Sarah and we stayed with Lauren's friend Beth. She was nice enough to clear some floor space in her livingroom and we were grateful to have it. We met up with some more friends from school there (Jay, Chris and Jeremy), which was nice because they were staying in an apartment closer to the parade route. That meant that I went the entire weekend only using a port-o-potty once. Awesome!
Probably better was being able to go back and forth for food / drinks / dumping of the piles and piles of beads that are continually thrown from the parade floats. It's amazing! I always had the impression that you have to flash to get beads, but people just throw them at you. Being female helps (especially the older ladies or children, for some reason) but yeah, no boobs needed.
Granted, I did see a little of the creepy side of the festivities. Actually more during the day though. Exhibit A is picture #2 (#1 is a parade float that I liked). It's hard to tell, but this is a balcony filled almost exclusively with men in suits. Context is about 3 pm on Bourbon Street on Saturday. They're all holding beads and heckling the masses. Interesting.
What else... I got to try crawfish for the first time. Cajun food in general actually. It was awesome, though Sarah didn't think that the crawfish looked too appetizing. She was later convinced, and now we're talking with Jay about having a crawfish boil at our place later this month. The friend that Jay stayed with is going to drive down with a trunk full of live crawfish. Should be messy, but I'm guessing totally worth it. 
Otherwise, it was interesting seeing New Orleans after the storm. I didn't see any damage at all until Lauren got lost on the way to lunch on Sunday, and we ended up in an entire neighborhood of abandoned houses. Nice houses too. It was sad.
I think that's pretty much it. We did go to Bourbon Street on Saturday night, and it was fun, but nothing too crazy. I really went the whole weekend without witnessing any nudity. I was pretty proud of myself.
In other news, tomorrow Ivan and I are volunteering to teach neuroscience to kindergartners. Should be fun.
posted by Amber @ 2:42 PM
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