No Alarm today :) But I made it into the shower before the drunk rush got up. Music blasted until around 3am so I knew they would be out for a while. Very big drinking city...one big party all the time at this Hostel.
Cable Car to Bourbon St. -- missed my stop -- car driver was super nice! Reminded me of Chicago.
VooDoo: Don't shake a tablecloth outside after dark or someone in your family will die.
Found the Aquarium of the Americas
-wasn't going to do that until tomorrow but it was walking distance from where I was so I decided to go and check it out (also don't have to pay for parking now). AZA just posted a job at this aquarium so I wanted to see if it was something I wanted to pursue or not. They only have Penguins, Red Tailed Hawk, and Parakeets so I don't know what I want to do yet.
Walked to Cafe Du Monde, stood in a very long line and had Beignets (SO good!)
Walked Jackson Square, and Bourbon St.
-People were already drunk at 9am on Bourbon St. and it wasn't what I thought it would be...it was not nearly as populated and busy as Decatur St. Maybe at night it's a different story?
Back on the street car to the cemeteries
-I really don't know what the draw to them is. It us one of the biggest tourist areas in the city and I just don't get it. I think it's kind of creepy to just walk around graves sites. I found a few that were beautiful and I found a few that were very cool from an art perspective. I will have to do some more research to see if I am missing something here. It did remind me of the movie Double Jeopardy (personal fav) as I was walking through.
VooDoo: If a witch comes to your house, say, "Kiss my ass" three times under your breath, and she can't harm you.
{(The Dead Shall Rise Again. Why aren’t the dead in New Orleans buried underground as they are in most of the rest of the country? Tour guides are fond of explaining (and sometimes embellishing) the practice to shocked tourists. The main issue, they explain, is that New Orleans is actually located slightly below sea level. Because of this, the water table is quite high. When early European settlers put coffins under six feet of earth, they found that the water level would often rise above them, especially during the city’s frequent floods. Since the coffins were filled with air, the water sometimes pushed them up through the earth, causing both a gruesome sight and a health hazard. To keep the coffins underground, holes were drilled in the lid to let air escape, and the coffins were weighted down with rocks and sand. But this was only partially successful, and in any case the saturated corpses did not decompose properly, leading to unsanitary conditions. The only solution was to bury the dead above ground.}) --> Very interesting!
VooDoo: If you lay a broom across the doorway at night, a witch can't come in and hurt you.
Katrina Memorial
Walked to Parkway Bakery and Tavern for a Po Boy (Christine's orders)
Hung out at the hostel in the common area for a bit.
VooDoo: If a woman wants her husband to stay away from other woman, she can do so by putting a little of her blood in his coffee, and he will never quit her.
Whats next? Who knows? It's only 3pm.
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On a sad note, Cindy text me today to say that the Great White Shark we saw in Monterey was showing signs of going downhill so they released it. Later they found it dead.
Great white shark dies after release from Monterey Bay Aquarium
A young great white shark released into the wild last week after being on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has died, marking the first unexplained shark death since the aquarium began capturing and exhibiting them in 2004.
The shark found off Marina del Rey in August had been part of the aquarium's "Open Sea" exhibit for 55 days. It was released into the sea off Goleta, Calif., on Oct. 25 and died a little later, according to an electronic tracking device affixed to the shark.
The shark found off Marina del Rey in August had been part of the aquarium's "Open Sea" exhibit for 55 days. It was released into the sea off Goleta, Calif., on Oct. 25 and died a little later, according to an electronic tracking device affixed to the shark.
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