Weekend Recap

This past weekend was so much fun. The highlight was definitely Saturday night.  Another one of my grad school friends is departing Nola, this time for NYC.  There aren't too many of us left in this city anymore, but it's forcing me to get out of my comfort zone and try to make new friends and get involved in this city I love so much.  Still trying to figure out how to do that successfully...

To celebrate my friend's going away, we all gather at the Davenport Lounge at the Ritz.  That was my first time there, even though I've been trying to get there for the past 3 years, sad...  Well, I'm so glad I went, and I will definitely be going back.  I LOVE, LOVE to dance to an almost ridiculous degree and I have no skills and the more adult beverages I consume the less I care about what I look like or how many people are actually on the dance floor with me.  (Note to self, you didn't over indulge Saturday night, still managed to dance and not make an ass of yourself.  Remember this for future wedding receptions and various other functions)

On Sunday I took at trip to my grandmother's house, and I always bring my dog, Mr. Cooper, with me.  Apparently he has a rough life and wants to escape.  My grandmother and I decided to take a random trip to Lowe's, but in the process of getting out the door, Cooper escaped!  He took off down the street (thankfully at least, away from the main street, but unfortunately toward the woods) and of course, would not listen to me when I was yelling at him to stop, sit, come back, etc.  Awesome, here I am sprinting through a 55 year old and older community, running through people's yards screaming after my dog in 115 degree heat and oh and when I finally do catch up with Cooper, he doesn't have a collar on and I don't have a leash...  So, needless to say, he got away again.  This time on his run back toward the busy street and my grandmother's house, he decided to say hello to a lady and her two dogs while she was unloading her groceries. Thankfully, the lady was a dog person and offered to keep Cooper in her house while I ran back to my grandmother's to get his freakin' harness and leash.  (Note to self, the dog needs to wear a collar at all times, regardless of what the damn groomer said - the groomer who made your dog go from cute sheep dog to questionable gay fairy dog)  Pictures below.  So...my Sunday afternoon was slightly eventful, but all is well now and Cooper will now have a collar on at all times.

Pre-Groomer

Post Groomer...

Mr. Cooper's hair has quickly started to grow back, thank god, but he will not be visiting that particular groomer again...

Literally...Still Figuring It Out

        So...this is my first blog post.  I don't really know what I'm doing, but I want to learn.  My friend is going to give me some tips tonight hopefully at happy hour.  We're going to have beverages at Oak.  One of my favorite bars in Nola.  It's definitely not a typical Nola bar.  Everything is white on the inside, chic, etc.  Not exactly what you think of when you think of Nola.  However, it's a good atmosphere (they generally have some live music) and the drinks are very reasonably priced.  It's a wine bar, but I rarely get wine.  Wine and I, unfortunately, have developed an unfriendly relationship over the last few years.  It's truly unfortunate because I used to put it away like a champion in college, but oh college days...  Can't drink like that anymore/don't need to drink like that anymore.

Here's a pic of my friends and I at Oak on NYE 2010/2011

Clearly we're all sober...

Well, that's it for my first post.  I really just wanted to see what it would look like on the blog.