a weekend to remember...

thursday around 2, chris felleisen, fish gabe, and i set off for baton rouge, la. after a long lunch/dinner at bennigens (where chris and gabe somehow only left the waitress less than a dollar tip), a trip to walmart for underwear for chris, and some great music classics, we arrived in baton rouge at doug and kathryn's house and then met up with a high school friend of chris's and finally headed to a good night's rest.

friday morning we woke up ate some cinnamon rolls and then headed to the big easy to watch the fish compete at tulane. they did an awesome job and continued the tradition of winning the national championship. good job fish. after the awards ceremony we went back to doug and kat's for the evening. we got to hang out with the fam (doug, kat, kylie, karis, and caleb) along with jenny anne and chris and their daughter addison and eat some good poppy seed chicken and all the fixins, including some d.taylor sweet tea, abooyah. we tried to get to bed at a decent hour, in order for our long party day ahead.

sat. we arose quite early, but still later than most days in cs, and traveled back to the big easy. after we found a free parking spot, we made our way to the french quarter and introduced gabe to cafe du' monde and some beignets. then we walked most of the parade route, until my feet couldn't take it any more, along with a stop at the d-day museum. we watched the krewe of iris parade and caught a ton of beads and saw the fish again. then we started to walk back to the french quarter to meet up with the fish. after grabbing a bite to eat at johnny's poboys, we saw the fish, then started to head back to the car to drop off all the beads we collected earlier so we could get some more. once that mission was accomplished, we headed down bourbon street to get to canal for the endymion parade that night. we met up with the fish and headed to the parade. we somehow got stuck in the middle of the road for the parade, along with some lsu students, one of whom went to high school with one of chris's roommates from the summer. so we hung out with them for the parade and then talked about being facebook friends and taking pictures. we watched the parade and saw some of the saints players, taylor hicks (last season's american idol), journey and styx. we didn't get as many beads at this parade, but that was ok, because we got a lot earlier in the day. by the time the parade was over, we were really hurting from walking around all day, so we headed back down bourbon and back to the car.

sun. we slept all morning and headed back to cs. after a stop in orange, to eat with lauren (a friend of chris's from mock trial), we made it back here. all for an extremely fun and unforgettable trip.

here are some pictures for your enjoyment...