Went to New Orleans last weekend for Sam, Dave and Mark’s bachelor celebration. Also in attendance — Greg, Matt B, Darren, Mike K, Aug, Carmen and Mac Dog.

Food
Muffaletta at Cochon Butcher.
Choucroûte Maison (housemade sausages and slow cooked Berkshire
pork belly, cochon de lait, and knuckles) at Lüke Restaurant.
Rabbit & Sausage Jambalaya at Coops Place.
Crayfish (and other assorted things) boil at The Maple Leaf (also a great bar).
I strayed from my usual vegetarian diet a little!

Bars
Went to a lot on Bourbon Street, each one obnoxious and loud and full of idiots. Jean Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop (the oldest bar in the US) towards the end of Bourbon had this old lady playing virtually anything on the piano and we sang our bachelor hearts out there, ending the night with a very loud medley of America the Beautiful, Proud to be an American and The Star Spangled Banner. This other low-key local’s joint called Buffa’s was a nice dark place to drink on a sunny afternoon. Snake & Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge was found pretty late on Sunday night.

Pretty swamp.

Gators on the prowl. They fed them marshmallows and chicken parts.

At the Maple Leaf.

Mark and Aug eating a mess of crayfish. They boil up a big batch with lots of cayenne pepper and then dump it all on these tables they violently set up.

Aug posted more better pictures too.

Film
Freaks. This old movie from 1932 using real circus freaks.

A State of Mind. This movie about gymnasts in North Korea. But really about North Korea in general and how brainwashed and fucked this place is.