ALOHA EVERYONE!!!
AND YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING TO YOURSELF, WHAT THE FUCK??? HE JUST GOT BACK FROM BERLIN AND NOW HE'S HEADING OUT TO NEW ORLEANS??? AND TO GO SEE "DURAN DURAN" IN CONCERT???
WELL I HAD A WEEK TO SPEND IN BETHEL, SO IT'S NOT LIKE I JUST "TOUCHED AND GO", OR MAYBE I DID... OH WELL. I SIMPLY LIFE MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND WHY THE FUCK NOT???
AND YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING TO YOURSELF, WHAT THE FUCK??? HE JUST GOT BACK FROM BERLIN AND NOW HE'S HEADING OUT TO NEW ORLEANS??? AND TO GO SEE "DURAN DURAN" IN CONCERT???
WELL I HAD A WEEK TO SPEND IN BETHEL, SO IT'S NOT LIKE I JUST "TOUCHED AND GO", OR MAYBE I DID... OH WELL. I SIMPLY LIFE MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND WHY THE FUCK NOT???
ANYWAYS, BACK TO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY...
AFTER UNPACKING AND GIVING OUT THE SOUVENIRS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY THE CHOCOLATES TO MY MOM JUST BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY (HAPPIEST MOM EVER), IT WAS GOOD TO BE BACK AT WORK TOO!!!
AFTER UNPACKING AND GIVING OUT THE SOUVENIRS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY THE CHOCOLATES TO MY MOM JUST BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY (HAPPIEST MOM EVER), IT WAS GOOD TO BE BACK AT WORK TOO!!!
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| BEAUTIFUL AND CHILLY FEBRUARY SUNDAY MORNING WAITING FOR THE FREIGHTER TO ARRIVE!!! |
BUT ONLY FOR A WEEK BECAUSE...
30 YEARS LATER AFTER I FIRST SAW THEM IN THE 80'S ON MTV, I FINALLY GET TO SEE THESE GUYS PERFORM LIVE!!!
ON MY WAY TO NOLA BABY JUST FOR A FEW DAYS!!!
BETHEL - ANCHORAGE - SEATTLE - NEW ORLEANS!!!
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| RAINING IN NOLA!!! |
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| THE DEBONAIR TRAVELER HAS ARRIVED IN NOLA!!! |
IT WAS DEFINITELY WAS MUGGY AND TOO HOT FOR ME, BUT LUCKY FOR AIR CONDITIONER IN MY RENTAL CAR!!!
HEADED STRAIGHT TO MY HOTEL, SHOWERED AND CALLED MY GOOD BUDDY NICK FOR SOME SOUL FOODS!!!
NICK TOLD ME TO MEET HIM AT
"NEW ORLEANS FOOD & SPIRITS"
LINK--->NEW ORLEANS FOOD & SPIRITS
CRAWFISH CHOWDER & CHARBROILED OYSTERS!!!
NOW THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF AND ATE "CHARBROILED OYSTERS", AND YES THIS IS MY 3RD VISIT TO NEW ORLEANS AND I FELT LIKE AN IDIOT FOR NOT EVER NOTICING THAT THIS IS A POPULAR DISH AMONG THE PO BOYS SANDWICHES, GUMBO, JAMBALAYA, GRITS, CRAWFISH, ETC.
AFTER EATING A DOZEN OF THESE BAD BOYS CHARBROILED OYSTERS... I DIDN'T WANT TO EAT MY FRIED SHRIMP PO BOY... LOL!!!
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| MY DEAR AND GREAT FRIEND/BROTHER, NICK!!! |
THANK YOU BROTHER FOR DINNER!!! I GOT THE NEXT ONE!!!
AFTER THAT AMAZING DINNER, I HEADED OVER TO SURPRISE MY OTHER FRIENDS UNANNOUNCED...
IF YOU KNOW... YOU KNOW!!!
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| TRACEY'S IRISH PUB!!! |
LINK--->TRACEY'S IRISH PUB
AS SOON AS I WALKED IN... I CALLED OUT TO MY BUDDY JUSTIN WHO'S BARTENDING AND HE LOOKS AT ME LIKE HE'S SEEN A GHOST AND I FLASHED HIM THIS...
FUCKER LOOKED STRAIGHT DOWN AT IT LIKE A
"DEER IN HEADLIGHTS"
GOT HEEEM!!!
😂😂😂😂😂
AND I GOT MY GUINNESS SERVED ON THE SPOT, WHILE MAKING SURE JUSTIN DIDN'T PUT ECSTASY OF SOME SORT IN MY BEER, AND MET MIRANDA AND HER DOG PORTER.
MY MAN JACOB TOO!!!
MAN I GOT SO WASTED AND I DIDN'T EVEN TAKE PICTURES OF ALL THE SHIT THAT WAS GOING ON!!! I STAYED TIL CLOSING AND THANK GOD FOR UBER OR WAS IT LYFT???
SO OF COURSE I WOKE UP WITH A NASTY HANGOVER BUT I KNEW THE PERFECT PLACE TO GO...
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| CAFE DU MONDE, BITCHES!!! |
LINK--->CAFE DU MONDE
AND I LOVE BAND MUSIC AT THE FRENCH QUARTERS, THEY ARE SO FUN TO LISTEN TO.
NEXT...
YOU DAMN RIGHT I WENT AND GRABBED SOME OF THEM SPICY CAJUN HOT SAUCES AND SPICES TO BRING BACK!!!
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| C'MON... I DON'T LOOK THAT HUNGOVER!!! |
AFTER MY LATE MORNING CRUISE AROUND THE FRENCH QUARTERS, IT WAS TIME TO FOR ME TO HEAD BACK TO THE HOTEL AND THEN GET READY FOR DINNER AT...
"COCHON"
LINK--->COCHON RESTAURANT
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| MY AWESOME KREW, JEFFERY, JUSTIN, AND MARY!!! |
COCHON IS ANOTHER FIRST TIME PLACE FOR ME, STRICTLY CAJUN AND I MEAN GRITS, CATFISH, ETOUFEE, ALLIGATOR MEAT, ETC.
AGAIN FOLKS, THANK YOU FOR DINNER!!! THIS IS GONNA BE MY LAST VISIT WITH THEM BECAUSE I FLY BACK TO ALASKA THE MORNING AFTER. AND I PROMISED THEM I'LL RETURN FOR "MARDI GRAS 2020!!!"
AND NOW... "IT'S TIME!!!"
I'M AT THE "HARRAH'S" SUPER EXCITED!!!
I WENT TWO HOURS EARLY TO BEAT THE LINES AND HOPE TO BE AS CLOSE AS I CAN GET AT THE FRONT OF THE STAGE. WELL OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH THE SAME IDEA!!!
BUT I MANAGED TO GET AS CLOSE AS I COULD AND I WAS MAYBE ABOUT 10 YARDS AWAY, SO NOT TOO BAD. I WAS ON MY 3RD DRINK THE DJ WAS PLAYING A MIX OF 80'S AND CURRENT HIP HOP JAMS, THE CROWD WAS GETTING EXCITED AS MUCH AS I WAS AND THEN THE LIGHTS WHEN OUT...
DURAN DURAN STILL GOT IT!!!
FROM WILD BOYS, HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF, SAVE A PRAYER, REFLEX, A VIEW TO A KILL, RIO, AND MANY OTHERS AWESOME HITS... DURAN DURAN DELIVERED AND ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER CHILDHOOD DREAM HAS BEEN FULFILLED!!!
I LOVED HOW THEY ENDED THEIR CONCERT WITH 2 OF MY FAVORITE SONGS AND THEN A FUCKLOAD OF CONFETTIS STARTS RAINING DOWN HARD AND THE CROWD IS ON FIRE!!!
BY THEN I WAS PRETTY PLASTERED AND EITHER I PISSED MY PANTS SOON OR HIT THE RESTROOM AS SOON AS THE CONCERT ENDS... LOL!!!
I'M BACK AT THE HOTEL AND I'M PRETTY DRUNK WITH ONLY 5 HOURS LEFT TO GO BEFORE I HEAD BACK TO THE AIRPORT... FML!!!
OKAY OKAY OKAY, SO MY ALARM GOES OFF, AND I'M A TAD BIT BETTER THAN 4 HOURS AGO... UGHHH!!!
HIT THE SHOWER TO WAKE MY ASS UP, PACK UP, WHICH WAS EASY SINCE I ONLY STAYED FOR 3 DAYS. DRIVE BACK TO THE AIRPORT, RETURNED THE RENTAL CAR, USE MY TSA PRE-CHECK TO SKIP THE LINES (BECAUSE I'M JUST THAT AWESOME!!!), ARRIVED AT MY GATE...
FLIGHT DELAYED, MECHANICAL ISSUES!!!
WELL FML AGAIN!!!
SO I TOOK A NICE 2 HOUR NAP AND THEN WAS WOKEN UP WITH AN UPDATE, 6-8 HOURS DELAY WITH A FREE MEAL VOUCHER.
THE GAL IN FRONT OF ME AND I WAS CHATTING UP AND LATER TO FIND OUT SHE LIVES IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
BOOM... NEW FRIEND, NEW LUNCH DATE!!!
AFTER THAT BAD ASS AND LAST TASTE OF THE SOUTH... IT WAS BACK TO ALASKA FOR THE BOTH OF US!!!
TO MY AWESOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NOLA, THANK YOU FOR TREATING ME OUT TO DINNERS, TO THE TRACEY'S KREW... I'LL BE BACK FOR AS PROMISED!!!
AND IT WAS LOVELY MEETING YOU, LYNDSEY!!! LETS MEET UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHEN I VISIT ANCHORAGE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE!!!
AWWWRITE!!!
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