New Orleans October 16, 2007
Last weekend, October 4-6, Bobby and I joined Mom, Dad, Lindsay, Bryan, Cornell, Andy, Robbie and Michelle on a trip to New Orleans.
Having never been there before, Bobby and I decided that the Gators playing in
Traveling with 10 – including pregnant me – was an event. But luckily that was the weekend that my sickness FIANLLY decided to fade. I swear if we had gone the week before, it would have been a totally different trip.
As it was, we had a GREAT time.We walked the French Quarter, had dinner at all of the hot spots and took a tour around the city. While the pregnant lady never made it to Harrah’s with the clan at night, it seems that the Glass family did their part to contribute to the NO tourist community at Harrah’s.
Friday night, Cornell had arranged for us to all have dinner together at this fancy restaurant (The Commander – I think) and it had the most AMAZING mash potatoes EVER! Baby really liked them! While 8 of 10 of us had wonderful dishes, Dad decided he should mention to a manager that 2 meals were not so good. Not only were those 2 meals taken care of, they treated us to Champagne and desert. (As it turned out, Dad didn’t mention the issue to just any manager, he spoke to the GM.) And not just any desert – 17 deserts. That’s right; we had 17 deserts to choose from for 10 people!!! MMMMMM… no one left hungry!
On Saturday, we took a bus tour of the city that included a trip to the 9th Ward to see where the levy broke and the area that has hardly even started to recoup. Two years after Katrina, it was incredible how much further the area still had to go.
Check out some pictures from our trip – more to come as I get them from Mom and Lindsay. (Be sure to check out the baby bump starting in the pictures by the water) http://rlburg.com/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=2967
While ”the game” was less than we could have hoped for… It was a WONDERFUL trip and I am glad we all went. Thanks to the Glass family for inviting us!
I see the bump, yea! Go Baby Burg!