Trading In Pop Parties for Jazz Clubs and burritos for Po boys

Ok, so it's Thursday August 19th and I am all moved into my new apartment. I will be living here for the next 4 months. :) I got into NOLA Tuesday night, checked into Harrah's downtown (my dad is a high roller and gets rooms from there for free anywhere in the country). After we checked in, we headed out to Mother's, a famous southern resturant right in the heart of downtown. I got greens, red beans and rice and crab! I TORE THAT PLATE UP!!!! ha ha

We later headed down to the French quarter (a few blocks away) and even went down Bourbon Street, where it is a party Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday....ha ha ha. It was wild to say the least. The next day we again walked down the French quarter, got beignets for breakfast and checked out the Mississippi River Walk, tons of art gallaries and numerous book stores. I stupidly left one of my text books on the plane so my dad and I checked all the book stores for any copies. Unfortunately the book is no longer in print..SOOOOO, ya. We went to a lot of bars and even went to Pat O' Briens (shout out to Paige...we are checking that bar out when you get down here! HURRICANE WHAT!) Needless to say, I was feeling really good after that drink and so was my dad after 3 bloody mary's! One of the nights we headed down to another NOLA area with a lot of jazz clubs/bars and saw Walter "Wolfman" Washington! He was GOOD! WOW. I love me some jazz! Being so close to the music just puts me at another place and you just feel good. Seeing my dad get down was entertaining as well. I swear that old guy has a black soul.

So today was move in day. I live in a four bedroom apartment with 3 other people (obviously) Two of the girls are from New Orleans and they are both in a historically black sorority and are on the step team (holla to Feet of Nature, the step team that told me to "fall back"). The other girl, who I share a bathroom with, is from Oregon, so we got that whole west coast thing going for us. :) I got my own room and it is decorated with all Target stuff. I only brought clothes in my suitcases so everything from the bedding to school supplies are from Target...I really feel like a freshman again and it is kinda exciting. A freshman that can drink legally...Now that sounds really good. While we were moving in, it stormed like a crazy madman for about 30 minutes and everything around the apartment was flooded. It was nuts. Oh and don't worry, I brought the girls with me (Destiny's Child) so they can watch over me when I'm living down here.
Ok, I know I am all scattered about, but driving around University of New Orleans there on tons of houses where you can see the water lines from Hurricane Katrina...it is awful. There are even dorms on campus that are closed down because of the damaged caused 5 years ago...
This experience is going to be LIFE CHANGING. LET'S GO.

Much love,
Skylar

p.s. my backyard is Lake Pontchartrain