New Orleans - Summary

Thursday, Feb. 14

• Arrive in N.O. around 3:00pm(central)
• Check into hotel: Queen and Crescent
• Dinner at T.G.I. Fridays on Royal St.
• Out to Bourbon St. at night
• Café du Monde afterwards, cocaine-like substance everywhere

Friday, Feb. 15

• Check out hotel at 12:00pm
• Sign-in at Hotel de L'Eau Vive
• Harrah's casino
• Riverwalk shopping complex near Mississippi river
  • lunch there at Margarita del Rio, huge margarita there that sucked ass, but came with some sweet alligator beads - which were later "given" away…"I was hosed Tommy, I was hosed"
  • Dave also cries about teeth
• Check into Hotel around 3pm, basically have orgasm at sight of room
• Groceries at A&P at Royal and St. Peter
  • Buy beer, Red Baron oven pizza, and sweet heat chips…this becomes a common theme for the rest of trip
• Bourbon St. again at night

Saturday, Feb. 16

• Wander around French Quarter
  • Jackson square, see tumbler guys from NYC…later we see them lie about being from NO on some MTV Mardi gras special…bastards
  • French market, and first run-in with evil donkeys
• Early dinner at Café Gumbolaya near French Market
• Groceries again at A&P…just guess what we bought
• Bourbon St. once again…same clubs/bars again, but run into Boston girls at place called Ragin' Rooster

Sunday, Feb. 17

• Neil finally shows up around 11:30
• Wander around French Quarter
• Meet Boston girls at Aquarium of Americas around 4…discover that Manta rays love broccoli
• Have dinner with them at Café Gumbolaya
• Watch some Olympic hockey, some Spaceghost, then out to Bourbon St. again, and more drunken-adventures
• Back at condo for hot tub party, Neil runs into wall and explodes!

Monday, Feb. 18

• I personally slept basically the whole day, but think Neil might have gone somewhere
• More groceries at A&P…gotta love the Baron!
• Meet up with Boston girls for Ghost tour…kind of creepy, especially the drunk homeless guy with the cart…and the donkeys
• Bourbon St. again…by this point, our livers have given up!

Tuesday, Feb. 19

• Again, this day is kind of a blur…no clue what we did during day
• Casino maybe…yeah, sounds right
• Dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp place
• More Olympic hockey, visit Boston girls for a while, then Bourbon St.

Wednesday, Feb. 20

• Visit St. Louis Cemetery No.1…some ghost keeps yelling out for Neil
• Go to Café Beignet for breakfast, which was horrible
• Order in Papa John's pizza for dinner
• Meet up with 2 remaining Boston girls later on (sucks to be Noel)
• Go to Pat O'Brien's patio for drinks…see a rat
• Then Tropical Isle for drink called Hand Grenade
• We all get nice and hammered, Noel and Neil are initiated into the Black Dracula's, do some hunchbacking

Thursday, Feb. 21

• Boston girls apologize about ditching us, we all go on Swamp tour
• Some little kid tortures Noel on boat…his feelings are hurt, but he keeps the hurt on the inside
• Discover that Alligators love marshmallows
• Left over Pizza for dinner…yeah, we're cheap, shut up or I'll kick you in "the junk"
• Go to Red Fish restaurant for dessert
• Rent a movie and watch it at our place with Boston girls

Friday, Feb. 22

• Noel: "I'm telling you, a damn ghost woke me up at 5 am…"
• Neil leaves for airport around 6 am, Dave and Noel around 9am
• Arrive in Buffalo around 4:30pm…wait until 9:30pm when we finally leave…I hate that damn airport