My first weekend here has been pretty good. On Friday after work, another intern at the office and I went down the street and got snowballs (they apparently really are a big deal). This place blended them with real fruit--I got pineapple mint, which looked kind of weird with the green mint lives ground into it, but it was really really delicious. Then we rode our bikes along the river where there was something of a breeze--Audobon Park is gorgeous--before getting dinner at a bar and grill nearby.
Later on, I went back near the bar and grill by myself--I couldn't justify going to bed at 9 pm on a Friday night in New Orleans! I found a group of people (mostly Tulane students) sitting across the street in front of this Irish pub-type place... and managed to talk to them. It was super awkward at first, but then they were introducing me to their friends and I actually had a pretty good time, and got some tips for other places I should visit while I'm here. I also now know where I can find a variety of drugs (sketchy) and perverted off-duty New Orleans cops flashing their badges to attempt (unsuccessfully, thankfully) to get favors from female underage drinkers. I mean really--did you miss the whole "to serve and protect" memo? But besides that awkward and pretty infuriating situation, I had a surprisingly good night.
Yesterday I slept in, but then took the St. Charles streetcar to the French Quarter and spent the entire afternoon walking around all the shops and the market--people watching, mostly. I took some pretty decent pictures, ate beignets and drank iced coffee, and had random cheap Indian/Pakistani food for dinner (I know the dinner part is not what I'm supposed to eat in the French Quarter, but it was so good! And really cheap!). It was a great, lazy afternoon that left me surprisingly too worn out to go out at night--the heat makes me more tired that I otherwise would be, I think, and I did walk a lot.
Today I've been pretty lazy sitting here with my A/C, but once it cools down a bit, I'm heading out on my bike for some more exploring.
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