New Orleans Adventures

We are truly loving our location here in New Orleans. We are within walking distance to all the fun activities. We went to the Pelicans vs. The Dallas Mavericks game on Tuesday. Believe it or not, the Pelicans put a smack down on the Mavs. We were thankful that we had bought Pelican shirts and were cheering for the home team. Plus, these New Orleanais are pretty serious about their sports and I would probably be a little fearful to root against their players.

It is hard to tell, but that is a picture of Drew Brees and
 his family in their private suite.

Justin's work has been rather eventful this week. There have been multiple situations to be dealt with, and he is handling them like a champ. Since I have no work to do, Justin came home one night with a surprise for me. I have always talked about what I want our future home to look like. (We are planning on building.) I have hand drawn on paper what I want the floor plan to look like. Justin brought home the HGTV Home Design computer software. I am able to virtual build and design our home that I have hand drawn. It is so exciting. I have been playing with it all week!

This week the weather has been amazing. It did not rain, and the temperature was just slightly cool. Friday, we enjoyed the weather on our walk to The Theatres. It is like Star Cinema Grille, but it is on the second floor of a super fancy mall, here in the downtown area. We saw the movie Burnt, which was excellent. Afterwards, we took a stroll down to my favorite place to have bananas foster, Palace Café. Justin had neither been to Palace Café nor tried bananas foster. He is now a fan of both. I have a feeling we will be taking another trip there before we leave.

Saturday, we took a Ghost and Haunted Mansion tour. The ghost tour was excellent. (I found it on Groupon for 50% off!) Our guide told great stories. He even took a little detour and walked us to Brad Pitt and Angelia's home. He told many stories and related them to the 3rd season of American Horror Stories. He would tell us what parts they got right and what parts they got wrong. Justin and I had never watched the show, but after he told us that it was about New Orleans we were intrigued and thought that we would try it. That idea only lasted about the first 5 minutes of us trying to watch it. GROSS!

It is crazy that it just looks like a normal row house, but they said they paid
 somewhere between $4-$6 million for it.

Sunday, we went to our second Groupon find of the week, St. Joseph Plantation. It was a beautiful plantation that is still running today. The Plantation is still owned and run by family members of the original plantation owners. The woman working the tickets and gift shop is a grandchild to the family, and our tour guide Sylvia, is a great family friend to the owners. She gave wonderfully detailed information. The last family member to live in the house just moved out in 2005. They said that they even had workers who resided in the original slave cabins until 2000. (The cabins had air, electric, plumbing, and sheet rock added, but later were restored back to their original condition after the workers moved out.) They still had many artifacts from the home. They had the original slave quarters, outdoor kitchen, school room, barns and work spaces, and store. They even let us touch the items and take pictures! There is a second home that is on the property known as the Felicity Home. It is part of the plantation and owned by the family as well, but it is currently being used to film a movie. It has already had the films Twelve Years a Slave and The Skeleton Key filmed there.

St. Joseph Plantation Home

 

 

A child' toy fire truck dating pre-Civil War.

 

The items to the left of the wash basin are a curling iron and a crimping iron.

A partial view of the yard from the front porch.

 

Outside the outdoor kitchen.

 

Inside the outdoor kitchen.

 

An original slave cabin from the late 1700's.

We find out our new destination for the month of December tomorrow. We are always dying with anticipation as the days approach to when we find out. Either way, until the end of November, we will be enjoying our New Orleans adventures.