New Orleans: French Quarter & Bourbon Street

After 2 months here in New Orleans, we realized what losers we have been since we have not even explored the city’s most famous places - French Quarter and Bourbon Street. So amidst our tests and shitload of assignments, we decided to go down on Sunday :)

As the streetcar drove through the place to our destination, all the sights tis making me fall in love with NOLA. Thoughts about leaving (keeps popping up) is making me really sad. I would love love love to extend my stay and just finish my final semester here but oh wells. :( 

Saw a shop selling Saints merchandises. We need to get some Saints-like clothes for the game next month but dang, they are all so expensive!

Am definitely going to buy a pretty mask before I leave. Only problem is… how to bring it back?


Bustling streets. A perfect time to go cause the streets were filled with pre-gamers.

Colts and Saints fan.

Halloween deco all over! Why don’t we have a Halloween culture in Singapore? :(

Tits on display for phototaking

Tits for tips?

Witty or just slutty?

We get excited when we see a bunch of people hanging out at the 2nd level (onwards) of the building cause usually they would throw mardi gras beads down to people!

What better way to get some free beads. It’s like a culture or something.

Some would want you to flash before they would throw though. This old dude with this nice silver beads refused to throw it down and kept asking me to flash (and proceeded on to flash himself. torso only people) so I was like forget it, bye! And then he relented and threw it down, whoohoo! Yay for me, nay for it. 

Our first mardi gras beads!

In Saints color - perfect! Now K and I wouldn’t need to source for accessories for our Saints game!

Bourbon Street

Pretty tutus! Wanted to get it for Halloween but oh wells, too expensive!

what a … …

Louisiana Supreme Court - so pretty!

Some random pretty looking hotel

We were starving! Finally found the place which our housemate recommended - Deanie’s!

Boiled potatoes with a really yummy seasoning on the skin! So we just ate it all up whereas everyone else there, skinned the potatoes before eating :x

Crawfish Quartet! (Crawfish Etouffe, Crawfish Balls, Fried Crawfish and Cheesy Crawfish)

 

Dinner Platter (Catfish, Shrimp & Oysters)

And as usual, we cannot finish our food (2 entrees for 3 people) when the Americans all ordered an entree each. Gosh.

Walking back along Bourbon after dinner, I got myself my first jello shot and my first… *drumroll* hand grenade!

Heard so much about this drink from housemate. Apparently it’s only sold on Bourbon Street  (only 4 shops there with the rights to sell it) in New Orleans. And it’s said to be quite potent, like the equivalent of 4 Standard Drinks!

it has this sweet tangy taste which was exactly how some people warned me. They said you would think it’s sweet and yummy and finish it in and instant and get knocked out. So I went easy and took a really long time to finish it.

Conclusion? LOVE IT! Cute souvenir too!

Right… Why would you even drop some money in for this guy?!?

Funny characters walking all around 

my harvest!

proud of it and loving it!