My best friend wound up with a flower girl whether she wanted one or not. Her aunt decided that her 5 year old grand-daughter would make a perfect one and came to the wedding with the little girl all dressed up and ready to go. She went.
Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.
'Objects In Space'
F2F 3: Who's Bringing the Guacamole?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: San Francisco, May 19-21, 2006! Everything else, go here! Swag!
SailAweigh - Jan 11, 2005 12:51:03 pm PST #856 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 11, 2005 12:54:56 pm PST #857 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
That's definitely doable. What are the parking arrangements at the hotel?
$15 per day, if I remember the info correctly.
Also, there are numerous options listed here: [link] But I think the hotel's rate is probably going to beat 24 hour rates in all the public lots.
Astarte - Jan 11, 2005 1:38:44 pm PST #858 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Marked for future plotting.
Merci.
Jessica - Jan 11, 2005 2:13:33 pm PST #859 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, peeps. I leave Thursday morning for NOLA. I have never been there before. Bearing in mind that it will be unseasonably cold this weekend (like, the same weather we've got here in NYC), suggest fun things for me to see/do/eat!
I have already been made aware of Trashy Diva and the martini's and lobster ravioli at Bracco's. My hotel is near the French Quarter.
Hil R. - Jan 11, 2005 2:21:33 pm PST #860 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It's a little bit out of your way, but if you've got time one morning, go to Camelia Grill, on the corner of St. Charles and Carrolton, and get an omelette. (If you take the streetcar up from the French Quarter, you'll get a nice view of a bunch of different parts of the city on the way.)
Also uptown, there's Jacques Imo's on Elm, which has really good food. There's usually a long wait, but you can wait at the Maple Leaf bar next door -- if no one answers in the restaurant when they call a table, they'll go check at the Maple Leaf.
DavidS - Jan 11, 2005 2:32:10 pm PST #861 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
suggest fun things for me to see/do/eat!
Mid-afternoon take a pit stop at the Napoloen House right in the Quarter and get a Pimm's Cup. It's barely alcoholic but very refreshing and it's lovely to sit there in the afternoon light.
Go to the Faulkner Book Store on Pirate's Alley. There's a funky little cafe in that alley too, that I like.
Stay away from Bourbon Street - you'll hate it. Super tacky sports bar /titttie bar places.
Walk down Royal Street and hit all the cool clothing and antique shops.
I also like the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone. It actually spins around (one revolution every 15 minutes).
You can take the Ferry to Algiers for free. It's a good cheap way to be out on the Mississippi. Do NOT get off in Algiers in explore, however.
These are all available in the Quarter.
Pix - Jan 11, 2005 2:47:45 pm PST #862 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Request:
If you are going to the St. Louis anyway, could you all check out the room we're going to be using for prom? La Lousianne, I believe. Too lazy to go back and check my own notes.
DXMachina - Jan 11, 2005 2:49:55 pm PST #863 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Mid-afternoon take a pit stop at the Napoloen House right in the Quarter and get a Pimm's Cup. It's barely alcoholic but very refreshing and it's lovely to sit there in the afternoon light.
Absolutely. Also, go to the Cafe du Monde (next to Jackson Square) for beignets and cafe au lait. There's also K-Paul on Chartres Street.
Stay away from Bourbon Street - you'll hate it. Super tacky sports bar /titttie bar places.
There are some good restaurants, though. Arnaud's and Remoulade are both good. I like Patout's Cajun Cabin quite a bit. It's a bar, but the food is good, and they have live Cajun Music every night.
If you get over by the Convention Center, there a place called Mulates that I like.
There's also Commander's Palace out in the Garden District, owned by the same folks that own Bacco. You can get there by streetcar. The streetcar ride itself is great fun, and goes past the Audubon Zoo which is accross the street from Tulane.
If you like jazz, Preservation Hall is on St. Peter Street.
Ginger - Jan 11, 2005 2:52:30 pm PST #864 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Definitely don't miss the Cafe du Monde. Eat a beignet for me. I hate to bring up the M word, but the muffalettas at Central Grocery are excellent.
Daisy Jane - Jan 11, 2005 2:53:16 pm PST #865 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Stay away from Bourbon Street - you'll hate it. Super tacky sports bar /titttie bar places.
'Cept for Laffite's which is at the end near Bienville, I think. I never remember what streets things are on, only how to get there.
Also if you want to look at pretty shiny things go down to the silversmiths at Toulouse and something or another, just down from the hotel, my friend Cynthia works there and she tells me about all their little pretties (Thought about explaining a story about a silver cow creamer involving my senior paper on Woodehouse, and then thought better and deleted).
ETA-
If you get over by the Convention Center, there a place called Mulates that I like.
Yes!