Unfortunately, Emma ended up getting really sick in the middle of the night and basically slept on the bathroom floor for hours Our best guess is that it may have been a rogue oyster from the first night. She woke up feeling much better, but ended up resting in the room most of the day. Such a bummer! Especially since it was the most perfect day. Penny and I decided to head out and grab beignets & coffee from Café du Monde. We hung out in the park, where Mel & Amy met up with us a little while later, then we all went to the French Market for Bloody Mary's at Organic Banana.
Lunch was a crazy little place Mel found called Red's Chinese. It was pretty amazing. We had pork buns, smashed cucumbers, ginger scallion noodles, cheeseburger fried rice and broccoli. The broccoli was ok, and one dish too many, but the rest was perfect. You guys, cheeseburger fried rice. So flipping good! What a fun find. Leave it to Melissa. We even were able to pack up some rice and bring it back to Emma.
Melissa ended up stayed with Emma for a bit while Amy, Penny and I wandered more. We visited amazing antique stores, I bought a hat. We stopped at The Chart Room for a cocktail and ended up marching in a Second Line parade! Seriously, we saw a lady with a Jaywalkers sash on, not thinking much about it. As we were leaving, the rest of the band showed up, and next thing you know, the police escort was there and we took off marching with the band. The core group was the three of us and another couple. Occasionally other strays were join in while we marched down Bourbon Street. I was even able to text Mel & Emma and they got to watch the spectacle from our balcony. So funny. We didn't know where the parade would take us, but didn't care -- and as it turns out, it walked us home! Seriously, it ended a block from our apartment. What an escort. We couldn't stop laughing about it.
That evening, Emma was able to join us. We went to Frenchman Street, which was an area Brian & I didn't make it to last time we were in NOLA. It was so fun! We spent some time at the Palace art market before going to Snug Harbor to hear Charmaine Neville perform. Let me start by saying, she was such a nice person and was chatting and hanging out with us before the show even started. She was such a great performer and so much fun. The highlight was when she brought Emma (and a couple others) up on stage to help with a song. So fun. We came back to our room and called it a night. It was quite the day.
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