H-Town Rundown

So some random stuff out here in H-Town...I went to this club last night, Bam Bou. It was Latoya Luckett's birthday, and MIMS was in the building pushing his new album, as well as Estelle and Vince Young. Estelle didn't sing though, I was a little dissapointed, I really wanted to hear her rip it. I went with my homegirl Stephanie. It was a cool time, the club was nice but the architech needed to rethink some of his or her designs.This is the 2nd picture we've taken together on the same website, ironically (I remember taking this one Steph!! hahaha!). Cool times.

Went up to the Galleria mall today too, tried to do some shopping. Didn't really succeed, kinda mad about that. I did however see the funniest book I've ever seen in my life. It's called How to Live With a Huge Penis: Advice, Meditations and Wisdom for Men Who Have Too Much. I thought it was hilarious. You be the judge thoug, I suppose.
Quick shoutout to my friend Charlotte...she saw this street sign in DC and sent me the pic. Boricua!!

Last Night

It's the last night in New Orleans. I must say I've eaten some good food the whole time I've been here. Fried catfish, shrimp (skrimps), po' boys. Tonight I had some alligator sausage (the bomb!!) and jambalaya, crawfish ettoufette...so good. I love the food down here. Tomorrow morning it's on to H-Town. I'm definitely gonna be eatin' steak all day, lol. Since we're leaving at 6am, I think I'll head to sleep soon. More to come.

Let Us Break Bread Together

Ate at this dope restaurant today - Remoulade - in New Orleans, it's on Bourbon. I hat a combo fried basket - fried catfish, oysters, and shrimp. It was good, except they didn't have any hot sauce (other than Tobasco, which for anyone who eats hot sauce knows isn't hot sauce). Hit the streets after that...saw some strippers (in the street, not in the strip club), some street walkers, some TNA...NOLA is crazy. Whatever. Bout to hit them sheets. Holla in the morning.

PS- Oh yeah, doesn't this bread from the restaurant look like the original communion bread? Hahahahaha!

At the Hornets' Game in New Orleans

We were mad far up in the stands. I felt like I was climbing Mt. Everest. One false step and it was over...Shout out to Wake's Gospel Choir for doing their thing with the National Anthem.

Road Trippin' with Wake's Gospel Choir

I hate riding on buses. I'm too tall and I can never get comfortable. We've been driving now for about 12 or 13 hours, we're maybe 45min from New Orleans, the first destination. I'm so ready to get off this bus, lol. It's ok thought, anything for the students. Tonight they're singing the National Anthem at the Hornet's game, should be a good time. After that, hit the streets of NOLA! More to come...

Live and Let Live

So when I wake up this morning my thoughts gravitate towards the idea of anger and irritation. Not that I am angry or irritated this morning, but I was just thinking about it. I am definitely someone who isn't prone to getting extremely angry - it takes a lot to get me mad. But I do let myself get irritated or bothered by little things quite often. It's actually pretty oppressive, if you think about it. See, if you're anything like I am, when any small thing is wrong with you (i.e. you're sad, angry, frustrated, blah blah), you don't seem to function correctly. That emotion consumes you, to the point where you have to do something about it just so you can get your equilibrium back. that's oppression. The feelings are in control, they are upsetting the natural balance of your life. So my solution? Stop getting so irritated by things that probably don't matter any in the long run! Particularly if it's a small irritation. Unless you are going to (justifiably) get steaming mad about it, just full of rage because the injustice done to you was so magnificent that you simply cannot ignore it....let it go. Brush it off. Laugh. Get over it, or yourself. Or both. But most importantly....let it go. The hardest part (for me) is letting it go, moving beyond the frustration. I tend to hold on to feelings for a long time. I don't want to, I just find it hard to let them go. But I need to work on that, and I suggest you do to. If you can manage it, you can free yourself to enjoy your life. Life is definitely too short to get caught up in ridiculousness. This rings so much truer with people. If you have friends who can sometimes irritate the hell out of you (and I mean small things, not huge, relationship-ender things), just try to remember that you love that person and move past whatever it is. If it helps, think about the fact that you definitely annoy that person too, at some point. That's what friends are for. You thank yourself in the end, when you realize all the lost time you've gained back. So try it. Live...and let live.

Mind on Food

I'm definitely lacking thoughts right now. At least I'm lacking thoughts that I want to write about. I missed the entire weekend of blogging. What can I say, I'm not perfect, lol. I'm watching Iron Chef...great show. I'm trying to up my cooking skills even more. I feel like I'm in a rut with cooking. I do a lot of the same recipes over and over. I need to expand. I think I'm going to start going to Whole Foods at least once a month and going all out on a meal, something just mad crazy. I did seafood-stuffed Tilapia the other day, it turned out really well. I'm trying to get away from pastas as much, for some reason, unless I can find some interesting pasta dishes. Let me know if you have some good recipes I should try. I swear, one day I'm going to open a restaurant, lol.

Until tomorrow.