We could not have timed our arrival more perfectly with all this rain even if we would have tried! LOL The first nine days here it has either sprinkled or been a deluge! The rain has not stopped us from enjoying our time. We are loving our hotel. This Residence Inn used to be an apartment complex, so we have more room than usual. We are living a one bedroom apartment, but we have all the added bonuses of being at a Residence Inn.
Saturday, we had all these great plans of things we were going to do in the city, but as you know, The Traveling Belchers have to have at least one crazy thing happen a week. We had planned to go to the French Market and shop around, have dinner at Mother's, see a movie at The Theatres (a movie theater with recliners as your chair), and end the night listening to live bands on Frenchmen Street. Well, little did we know, that was just not in the cards for us that night. The extreme rain kept us from going to the French Market, so we went to plan B and headed straight for dinner at Mother's. We parked in the parking lot next to the restaurant. While I was waiting for Justin to put the parking ticket back in the car, I asked the parking attendant if I could stand in his booth with him so I could stay out of the rain. He allowed me to do so and made small talk about where we were from and where Justin works. We then headed inside to eat. When it came time to pay I realized that I was missing my wallet. (Now of course I happened to be the one responsible for all the cash this particular night.) I remembered leaving it in the hotel room, so we averted a panic attack. But, when we got out to the parking lot to pay our parking fee we had a whole new dilemma. We were parked in a cash only parking lot. Luckily, the parking attendant said he trusted us, (I feel pretty sure it was due to the fact that he knew Justin worked for CFA) and he said we could go back to the hotel to get our money. We made it back to the hotel got our money and headed back with our parking fee and a free chicken sandwich coupon for the awesome parking attendant. Now if you thought me leaving my wallet was the hiccup in our night, you are wrong. We headed out the movie theater. When we get there the rain had not let up for a second. We drove around and around a parking lot waiting for the people to clear the parking meter over-hang so we could squish in and pay. So we pay our TWENTY DOLLAR parking fee for a two hour time period and sprint inside to buy our movie ticket. We get to the ticket booth and our movie was SOLD OUT! And our parking will run out before the next showing starts. But, wait for it, the movie attendant says, "Here is a ticket to validate you parking for the parking garage." WHAT?! There was a FREE parking garage. We jumped back in the car after our twenty dollar detour and tried to find another theater. Which we did, and missed that showing by about 15 minutes. Needless to say, we headed to Sonic, got Coke Zero and a Sonic Blast, and headed home to watch Gotham on Netflix.
Sunday made up for Saturday. My dad drove into town and the three of us went to the Saints vs. Titan's game. It was an awesome game. It was so close and it even went into overtime. It didn't have the outcome we were all hoping for, but you can't ask for more than a close nail biting game. Dad then took us to Deanie's Seafood for some fried shrimp. It was delicious!
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| Please ignore the disgusting angle, it's the best I could do without dropping my phone. |
Dad even brought a treat for the puppies, sent by Mom of course! Raincoats. Seriously, I am not sure who comes up with all these puppy clothes, but they are so cute! The dogs loved their raincoats and are ready for the rest the of rain coming our way.
These Belchers are glad to be back together. We are looking forward to the rest of our adventures here in NOLA.
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