Friday Update

Well I guess I should fill you in on what's going on in my life. This past week was crazy. Parades started on Wednesday but I didn't end up making it since I went to dinner with Noel at Rock n Sake. It's his hangout and I owed him his bday dinner so we went to have sushi. It was fun. Anyway Thursday parades were cancelled due to the bad weather that was supposed to come through last night. Of course, the rain and wind came through but were done by the time the parades were supposed to start. My friend Mel invited me to the Mayor's Ball. I'd been to one years ago when my friend Arnold was Deputy Mayor but I hadn't been to one in a very long time. Anyway, Bryan, Miguel and his mom, who were back from their cruise, decided to go. I was dressed in a short cocktail dress and Bryan and Miguel were dressed up but didn't have a tie on. Mel called me right before we got to the ball to tell me that they wouldn't let him in without a tie. We ended up buying these cheesy touristy ties from some store on Canal Street. Some people were in cocktail dresses and tuxes. Very fancy. It was at Gallier Hall which I think used to be the old City Hall back in the 1800s. It's really nice inside. The booze and food was free. They had a brass band and a dj in different rooms. We ended up dancing to the Brass band alot. Bryan and I ended up taking a picture just like the prom. Only problem was it was in front of a blue screen and my dress was blue. I forgot the picture but I'll scan and add it later. Had a really good time dancing and socializing. Ran into a couple of people I hadn't seen in a long time. Before I forget. We were leaving the parking lot after the ball and we see this guy laying on the street. We stopped to see what was wrong and lo and behold he'd just gotten hit by a car. The guy and his friend decided to walk on the street and a car hit him and left the scene. He seemed ok and we stayed with them til the EMTs and police got there. The sad part about it was when the EMTs said they had to call around to the hospitals to see who would take them. Two years after Katrina our medical facilites are in total disarray. Think about that next time to start to get Katrina fatigue. We went to go see Rebirth Brass Band at the Howling Wolf for free after the Ball.

I'm debating on whether I should go to Austin for the wknd since I'm taking off Monday. I'll probably end up leaving Saturday afternoon. Have to go pick up my craft desk from Pier 1 tomorrow morning. I'm going to try to see parades tonight. I want to at least catch a couple of them if I do decide to leave town.