International Reading Association Conference and NOLA - Day 1

My BFF and I loaded up my little car and took off for NOLA at 5:00 this morning.  While we had some rain north of Baton Rouge, we had a really good trip.  We arrived at our hotel in the warehouse District just after 1:00 and met up with our other BFF.

We immediately got ready and went to the Convention Center to check-in and get our programs and bags.

After asking directions, we got on a shuttle to take us to a trolley stop so we could go to the French Quarter.

Our first trolley ride!

First stop, benigns at Cafe du Monde. (That is a lot of powdered sugar!)

Walking through Jackson Square.

We walked over to Bourbon street just to say we saw it.  We found the Carousel Bar, which was really neat.  Since we hadn't eaten since breakfast, we were starving by this point, so we rode the trolly back near our hotel and went to Butcher for dinner, where our waiter showed us his tattoo.  He will have a book published later this year or early next year.

We waited out a torrential downpour at the restaurant before getting back to the hotel and planning for tomorrow.