I ABSOLUTELY ADORE

my sister and one of the best trips I have taken was to New Orleans when she turned 30.
Click here for the New Orleans post.....

She's been reminiscing and it just made me smile because I loved the trip, I adore her - she is amazing and I adore her fabulous friends too....

I HAVE A THING FOR OLD DOORS, SHUTTERS,

wood, brick and hinges - you get the idea.

I was reminicing my New Orleans trip and these are a few of my favorite finds throughout the city....

WE MADE BEIGNETS TONIGHT FOR DESSERT

and some boys really enjoyed the experience...

They were delicious....

I TOOK MY HOLGA TO NEW ORLEANS

and it had a little accident where it was dropped, the back popped open and exposed a whole roll of film, you get the idea......
Luckly, it takes a lot to hurt a Holga, so the camera is just fine.

Here are two salvaged photos from the swamp tour...

I LOVE how old and crumply these photos look....

STEPHANIE AND I LEFT AT

o-dark thirty for New Orleans for her 30th birthday.....

We stayed at the Dauphine Orleans Hotel.

They are so friendly, helpful and nice. The beds are amazingly comfortable. I would definitely stay here again....

We had fun every day we were there....

We went on a haunted history tour....

We walked all over the French Quarter....

We went on a cemetery tour and saw one of their Cities of the Dead....

Jackson Square is beautiful....

And so is the Saint Louis Cathedral...

We saw incredible street performers....

This cracked me up. Skateboarding, now tap dancing. What's next?

We went on a swamp tour with Captain Allen that was a BLAST...

The girls got their characterchers done at Jackson Square....

We ate beignets everyday at Cafe du Monde....

We rode the trolley around town and to the Garden District....

We ate a ton at incredible delicious restaurants and listened to jazz....

We saw the Mississippi....

And celebrated the birthday girl....

It was such a fun celebration in the Big Easy....