On Friday, my boss gave me tickets to Sunday's Dolphins game...
It was fun... though I drank a little too much. If I get tickets to another game someday, I think I'll pass on the frozen sangria...
:)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
HHN 2008
Halloween Horror Nights was not at all boring. It was great! I'm already planning for next year, and this time Vera's going with me... with or without Steven, or so she says.
I had a lot of fun, and a great 2 days at Universal and Islands... there were hardly any crowds... I hardly had to wait in any lines at all.
The trip was over before I knew it, and I was back in Miami... back at work... putting up with the same old bullshit I'd left behind 10 days earlier...
I had a lot of fun, and a great 2 days at Universal and Islands... there were hardly any crowds... I hardly had to wait in any lines at all.
The trip was over before I knew it, and I was back in Miami... back at work... putting up with the same old bullshit I'd left behind 10 days earlier...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
New Orleans 10/10/08
We had lots of fun during our weekend trip to New Orleans.
I flew there from Ft. Lauderdale on Friday afternoon, got to the Hotel Villa Convento at around 5:00 and after checking in, went to Margaritaville for dinner.
Vera, Steven and Lauren hadn't arrived yet so after dinner I walked around a little and then went to the Tropical Isle for a Hand Grenade.
The sun was beginning to set when they arrived, and after circling the block a few times they finally found a spot to park, right out front... which we thought was the 10 minute hotel drop-off parking.
After getting them settled in, we went back to Margaritaville so they could eat dinner. When they were just about finished I remembered that in our rush to get out and do something we forgot to move the car to the hotel's parking garage. Thinking for sure her car would be towed, we paid the bill and ran back to the hotel... when we got there the guy working the front desk said we didn't have to move the car at all, we were in a legal spot and could stay there as long as we wanted. Whew!
So we went back out and walked around for a while, and even saw a movie being filmed... starring James Gandolfini. Kinda cool, actually! After getting back to the hotel Vera couldn't find her credit card. We were in such a rush to get back to the car earlier that she had left it on the table at Margaritaville. I called, told them we'd pick it up in the morning, and went to bed.
I got an early start the next morning, my first stop was Cafe du Monde for coffee and beignets. I spent a couple hours walking around the French Quarter waiting for the rest of the group to wake up. Around 11:00 they were out and wanted to go to Cafe du Monde too... so more coffee, and more beignets! We had an early dinner at the House of Blues, and then took a buggy ride through the French Quarter. We had reservations for a ghost tour at 8:00, and went back to the hotel to get ready.
Steven and Lauren went for a walk, and I didn't want to sit around so I went out for a drink... then I got a call from Steven, he wanted crawfish and wanted me to go with him to get them... we had NO time to spare, but we took off to the restaurant, so he could eat... finished up and got back to the hotel as quickly as we could to pick up Vera and Lauren and meet our tour.
After the ghost tour we were hungry... they had gelato, and then we went to the Hard Rock Cafe for appetizers. Our waiter looked like Nikki Sixx Jr... Vera tipped him 10.00 because "he's pretty".
We went back to the hotel and went to bed.
Another early start for me on Sunday... back to Cafe du Monde and one last walk through the Quarter... I watched the Raiders fans meet up on Bourbon Street and start their march to the Superdome. I looked around in a few stores and snapped a few more pictures before going back to the hotel to load up the car.
After checking out of the hotel we went to the French Market (where they had breakfast) and Riverwalk Marketplace (where I had lunch). Back to the Quarter for one last walk through... Vera, Steven and Lauren went to St. Louis Cathedral. I was thirsty and went to Pat O's for a Hurricane... didn't taste like it had any alcohol in it... suppose they water down the drinks during football games? They are usually pretty strong...
It's 5:00 and we're still shopping... why can't we ever leave New Orleans?
Our adventure was not quite over yet... we got back to Vera's house before midnight... Steven couldn't find his phone anywhere... earlier in the day it had been put in a shopping bag... along the way home we had stopped for gas and that bag had been thrown away. Uh-oh... we Googled the gas station, called the store, called Steven's phone and sure enough the cashier could hear it ringing in the dumpster. She told him she couldn't get it out... she wasn't climbing in the dumpster... (can you blame her?).
I went to bed thinking we'd be going to the mall to buy a new phone the next day... and when I woke up Vera said we'd be leaving in about an hour. So I got ready, got in the car and after heading down the road I found out that we were going to get his phone... the cashier had gotten it out of the dumpster. 136 miles later, he had his phone back.
I got a short concert from part of Steven's band last night... :)
I spent most of the day today curled up with Miss Kitty... she's asleep at my feet as I type this. :)
I leave tomorrow evening... heading to Orlando and Halloween Horror Nights. I wish they could go with me... I think it might be a bit boring going alone... but I wanted something fun to do in between leaving here and going back to Miami.
I flew there from Ft. Lauderdale on Friday afternoon, got to the Hotel Villa Convento at around 5:00 and after checking in, went to Margaritaville for dinner.
Vera, Steven and Lauren hadn't arrived yet so after dinner I walked around a little and then went to the Tropical Isle for a Hand Grenade.
The sun was beginning to set when they arrived, and after circling the block a few times they finally found a spot to park, right out front... which we thought was the 10 minute hotel drop-off parking.
After getting them settled in, we went back to Margaritaville so they could eat dinner. When they were just about finished I remembered that in our rush to get out and do something we forgot to move the car to the hotel's parking garage. Thinking for sure her car would be towed, we paid the bill and ran back to the hotel... when we got there the guy working the front desk said we didn't have to move the car at all, we were in a legal spot and could stay there as long as we wanted. Whew!
So we went back out and walked around for a while, and even saw a movie being filmed... starring James Gandolfini. Kinda cool, actually! After getting back to the hotel Vera couldn't find her credit card. We were in such a rush to get back to the car earlier that she had left it on the table at Margaritaville. I called, told them we'd pick it up in the morning, and went to bed.
I got an early start the next morning, my first stop was Cafe du Monde for coffee and beignets. I spent a couple hours walking around the French Quarter waiting for the rest of the group to wake up. Around 11:00 they were out and wanted to go to Cafe du Monde too... so more coffee, and more beignets! We had an early dinner at the House of Blues, and then took a buggy ride through the French Quarter. We had reservations for a ghost tour at 8:00, and went back to the hotel to get ready.
Steven and Lauren went for a walk, and I didn't want to sit around so I went out for a drink... then I got a call from Steven, he wanted crawfish and wanted me to go with him to get them... we had NO time to spare, but we took off to the restaurant, so he could eat... finished up and got back to the hotel as quickly as we could to pick up Vera and Lauren and meet our tour.
After the ghost tour we were hungry... they had gelato, and then we went to the Hard Rock Cafe for appetizers. Our waiter looked like Nikki Sixx Jr... Vera tipped him 10.00 because "he's pretty".
We went back to the hotel and went to bed.
Another early start for me on Sunday... back to Cafe du Monde and one last walk through the Quarter... I watched the Raiders fans meet up on Bourbon Street and start their march to the Superdome. I looked around in a few stores and snapped a few more pictures before going back to the hotel to load up the car.
After checking out of the hotel we went to the French Market (where they had breakfast) and Riverwalk Marketplace (where I had lunch). Back to the Quarter for one last walk through... Vera, Steven and Lauren went to St. Louis Cathedral. I was thirsty and went to Pat O's for a Hurricane... didn't taste like it had any alcohol in it... suppose they water down the drinks during football games? They are usually pretty strong...
It's 5:00 and we're still shopping... why can't we ever leave New Orleans?
Our adventure was not quite over yet... we got back to Vera's house before midnight... Steven couldn't find his phone anywhere... earlier in the day it had been put in a shopping bag... along the way home we had stopped for gas and that bag had been thrown away. Uh-oh... we Googled the gas station, called the store, called Steven's phone and sure enough the cashier could hear it ringing in the dumpster. She told him she couldn't get it out... she wasn't climbing in the dumpster... (can you blame her?).
I went to bed thinking we'd be going to the mall to buy a new phone the next day... and when I woke up Vera said we'd be leaving in about an hour. So I got ready, got in the car and after heading down the road I found out that we were going to get his phone... the cashier had gotten it out of the dumpster. 136 miles later, he had his phone back.
I got a short concert from part of Steven's band last night... :)
I spent most of the day today curled up with Miss Kitty... she's asleep at my feet as I type this. :)
I leave tomorrow evening... heading to Orlando and Halloween Horror Nights. I wish they could go with me... I think it might be a bit boring going alone... but I wanted something fun to do in between leaving here and going back to Miami.
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