Walking around Audubon Park is nice if it isn't too hot, it's right on the same streetcar line as that tour.
I went to the Mint last time I was in town and really enjoyed their museum - small but interesting. It's over at the Marigny end of the French Quarter.
Oh! Free lunch time concerts at the National Park Site in the Quarter. Near the flea market and Bella Luna and Margaritaville, I want to say. Somewhere along the river in the Quarter, anyway. I think they are every day at noon, you can bring in a lunch. The one we went to was kind of a History of Jazz and Jellyroll Morton's place in it lecture in between piano playing, enjoyable and informative.
And seconding Dana's Aquarium recommendation. I can't do it fast, so it seems like an all day thing to me, but it probably doesn't need to be and a lot of the exhibits are really great. Swamps! Rainforests! Penguin! Jellyfish!
D-day museum is supposed to be really good, but I haven't been.
I know I toured the Cabildo at some point but I don't really remember it. So maybe that's not a recommendation. But I do have a bad memory in general, maybe it's actually a pretty good tour.
Is it unreasonable of DW not to want to miss a day of work to throw her back out loading fossils out of a truck for her widowed mother? Argh. Bad situation becoming worse over here.
Yes. Time is money. Hire a local kid who will do it for less than DW would lose (in money, goodwill, and frustration) by not going to work.
Definitely wasn't a head butt. Not entirely sure of the rest of the details, though.
Maybe it's time to refurnish your apartment with bean bag chairs.
You can also take the streetcar around the river bend near Tulane and there are cool bookstores and shops.
Maple Street Books! Fight the stupids.
Maple Street Books! Fight the stupids.
That's it! Loved that store.
Can I opt out of being an adult today?
So, we walked at lunchtime. 1.5 miles, so that is something. Not sure I got my heartrate up anywhere that is useful, but I will work on pace as I do it more. I mapped out a different route to try tomorrow that will be 1.7, so I'll have to walk it faster to stay in the timeframe.
I've mapped out my walk to the subway in the morning (.4 miles) and the one to pick up mac and get home at night (.55)
I miss New Orleans.
I know what that means.
Damn you for posting that before I could!
A Star Wars AT-AT Cake. Your Jaw May Now Commence Dropping. - Geeky Cake of the Week
Impressive....
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The cake was a new cake for us… the Guiness Cake. and the background was hand painted by Joe. All of the people involved in the cake are artists of some sort and it took (everyone combined) about 60 hours (background painting, leg and body cut outs, covering, cake/covering, assembly and painting) so we figured the cake to come in some where around $5,000 at the low end. I’m sure the bakery could do it faster and cheaper if we ever got a second order for it, but it would still be a bit pricy and it wouldn’t have a custom hand painted background!
Damn you for posting that before I could!
Damn me if you like, but I still get a muffaletta.
Hey, any guesses or preferences for who Obama will nominate for the Supreme Court?
I've been rooting for Kathleen Sullivan since I first saw her on some PBS Moot court thingie fifteen years ago and now I see she's on the list of potential candidates.
Also Sotomayor would be interesting.
Bon? I know you've got an opinion on this. So does brenda, I'm sure, but she's busy
being in Italy!
