Friday July 4th

Well, I ended up having a hang over on Friday morning and I had to go to a lunch at Beth's grandmother's house for Michael. I ended up picking Michael up and we picked up 3 Bloody Marys for us and Beth. Let me tell you that I've just realized that Bloody Marys really do work. In no time I was feeling better. Michael's friend Veronica(who he picked up at the airport that morning) didn't make it to the lunch but we ended up going to dinner that night at Maximos an Italian restaurant in the quarter. We were supposed to go to Maximos on Thursday night b/c that was Michael's first choice but someone decided that they didn't want to go to the quarter. Anyway I made reservations for us on Friday night and we had a really good meal. I had a fire roasted chicken and sausage that was nice and spicy. Very good. I'll definitely head back to Maximos again. After dinner and a bottle of wine we headed to a bar where Michael had a free bottle of Gray Goose. Between Veronica, Michael, Patrick and I we killed the bottle of vodka. We were trashed by the time we left the bar because we were taking shots straight from the bottle. It was crazy! Lots of fun. We should have called it a night but we decided to walk to some club in the quarter. The quarter was closed off due to Essense Festival which was good b/c we were in no condition to be driving. Anyway the rest of the night was total debauchery New Orleans style. We saw ugly or at least average male strippers and we tried to learn to pop our butts at another bar. This black gay couple tried to show us how to do it. Needless to say that none of us were able to do it. I didn't end up getting home til almost noon the next day. I ended up sleeping most of the next day before I had to go to a wedding of a friend. I was sooo hungover at it I couldn't wait to get out of there. It took me the next day to feel 100% right. All in all it was lots of fun hanging out with Michael and Veronica before they left. It's been a while since I'd been in the quarter and had this much fun. Crazy times! I didn't take any pictures but Veronica did so I'll have to get some from her and post some of them or at least the tamer ones. Here's a pic of Veronica and Michael before the drunkfest. I'm supposed to meet up with Michael when I'm in NYC next weekend. Can't wait.