Friends and Queens

Jim and Leslie came to visit us for Labor Day weekend and a gay time was had by all haha! I am very glad that they wanted to come see New Orleans and all it has to offer, but I was sad to inform them that their visit fell right in the middle of New Orleans' own "Southern Decadence Festival," the annual gay pride festival. Oh my what a sight to behold! We still had a very good time, but we definitely saw some interesting sights when visiting the French Quarter, more so than usual anyway. New Orleans is something else on an ordinary day so "Southern Decadence" just made it all the more unusual! We had a good time anyway seeing all the fun sights and eating beignets at Cafe du Monde. Yum!
On Saturday we went to The Camilla Grill, a yummy diner downtown. It has the most delicious chocolate milkshake. After that, we headed downtown via the streetcar to save money on parking. It was lots of fun riding the trolley. Neither Stephen nor I had ever riden a streetcar before. Bumpy ride, but lots of fun! We ate at Deanies Saturday night for some delicious seafood. Sunday we all went to church together at First Baptist then later got some ice cream at the Creole Creamery...super yummy!! They have this ice cream there called the Cookie Monster that was right up my alley!
Sunday night we wanted to go on a "ghost tour," but didn't want to pay the $20 per person or walk the French Quarter for two hours so we went to Barnes and Noble, bought a history of New Orleans book, and found a lot of old houses in the Garden District that were supposedly haunted. It was fun getting to look at the outside of the houses without having to even get out of the car. My kind of "ghost hunting"!
We had a great time catching up and experiencing New Orleans with old friends. Super weekend overall!
I was going to post pics, but our laptop died so we had to get a new one. For some reason, our new laptop is blocking the window that should popup to allow me to upload pics. Any suggestions?? Otherwise, see my facebook account for pics!