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On the eve of my return to my hometown I find myself feeling quite nostalgic with mixed emotions. A little bit of sadness and a little of bit of uncertainty as to what I will find after not being back in New Orleans since 2001 and mor importantly after hurricane Katrina ravaged through my hometown. I'm very excited to arrive and connect with my past. This trip is not just about a weekend getaway during Memorial day holiday. Its more than that....its a rekindling of my past and the connecting of my present as a grown woman who has matured and come a long way in life then when I first left. I hope this trip helps me move on from the shortcomings that have affected me throughout my life and help me get passed the insecurities that arose from the life I lived in new Orleans and the turbulence I endured as I was yanked from my home and friends....I was yanked from everything that I knew was familiar and comforting. Only to begin a new life in a place that made life even more turbulent and almost destroyed the niche that was my family. But moving on from the sad stuff I plan on spending a wonderful weekend with my new husband and old friends. New Orleans is a city of culinary delights and carnal pleasures. You can count that I will indulge in both. I look forward to having my beniegts and chocolate milk at the historic Cafe Du Monde and walking down memory lane of my childood years and just in case I forgot what happened on my drunken nights down Borboun street, I will make sure to document it on my trusty little blog.
As we Cajuns like to say: laissez le bons temps roulez!!!
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