Nawlins!!

I just got back from New Orleans. I was there for a week on business. The atmosphere in New Orleans was awesome. I listened to a lot of jazz music and ate some really tasty Cajun food.

On Bourbon Street they had these Slurpee machines all over the place. Upon closer inspection I realized these were alcoholic Slurpee's and I remembered a story Aimei told me about visiting New Orleans as a child. Lets just say they really should have carded a confused 9 year old with a sweet tooth.

The French Market was really cool. It was this long tunnel of shops. They had exotic meats, spices, and other local trinkets for sale. I bought a bunch of local spices for Aimei and was all excited when I brought them home. She then showed me where I could buy all these spices at Walmart. Curse you Walmart!

They had a bunch of voodoo shops in the area. There were spell books and magic powders for sale. They don't let you take pictures inside the shops but I snapped this photo from the outside window. They had shrunken heads in one of the shops. I wanted to ask how much a shrunken head would cost but I was too scared.

Street performer. Not really a baby.

There were painters all along this street. I thought this guy was amazing until I saw he was painting the same portrait over and over again.

This guy was sitting on the street. After I took the picture of him he became furious with me. He screamed "How dare you take a picture of me. How rude." As I walked away I thought, "If you have tattoos on your face and a snake around your neck, don't be surprised if people take pictures of you."

I walked and walked every single day after my business meetings. There was so much to see. I actually put holes in the heels of my socks. I think I bought them at Walmart. Curse you Walmart!