Surprise!

Aaron and my best friend, Katrina, surprised me this weekend with her flying out for four days. And I mean surprised! I was brushing my teeth on Thursday night when she silently poked her head around the corner. I dropped my brush and flew to hug 'er. We spent the rest of the night laughing about how long they had been scheming - a month and a half! - about the whole thing and what kinds of tattoo Kat wants to get, what we should do, where we should go. What a rush; it was the greatest surprise ever!

So, Friday we ran some errans, had lunch, and then layed by the pool for a few hours. Then Aaron came home and we went to Dragos for dinner - char broiled oysters and soft shell crab! mmmm Went home and changed and then went down to Bourbon St. to show her the sites and sounds of the French Quarter. Of course she had a hand grenade with moon shine, and then a nice 190 octane daquiri that she and Aaron had to share. Bourbon St. is known for it's gigantic, very potent drinks - which one can legally carry around with them on the streets AND drive with as long as there isn't a straw in it. Then we went to a club called Ampersand where apparently Bow Wow was having a party. His little shindig took up the entire second floor and for some reason we ended up waiting half an hour to get in the place. Anyway, it was nice to finally go dancing and pretend I was 23 again. ;-)

Saturday we had lunch at home and then I took her over to Aaron's tower. Then we went down into the 9th Ward to get a better picture of the devastation of the flood, and the bright new homes they are rebuilding! Then we went home to rest a bit before Aaron came home and we went to Korean BBQ and sushi for dinner. mmmmm again! Then we persuaded Aaron's friend Dave to join us for a late night showing of Sex and the City!

Sunday we we drove around looking for somewhere to get a tattoo for Kat. Unfortunately because we hadn't planned it in advance no one was available. We had lunch at Slim Goodies (sweet potato pancakes and bacon cheeseburgers!) and then found the Anne Rice house and then the witches house she wrote about and oogled around the fence. When we got home we looked online and discovered we had been looking at the house accross the street from the real house in which the witches live. It sure looked like what we imagined it to be.

So, I went out more this weekend than I had in months! It was strange to look over and see my best friend from home right here in New Orleans. We had such a great time and I'm so grateful for the surprise, and time with my friend. Thank you Aaron and Katrina! I hope you had a fabulous time too!