These two brave girls are back packing across America with a 30 day bus pass.
I called Stephanie to figure out where to pick these two up. The first words out of her mouth were "Hey girlfriend! Were at Bourbon Cowboy having the time of our lives." I immediately rolled my eye and giggled at their ignorance to fun in New Orleans.
As I walked down Toulouse St. I could start to see this little bitty figure of a girl waving her hands in the air with a huge backpack weighing her down.
A few seconds later Jen pops up with these big beautiful eyes an a septum piercing.
First thoughts going through my head, these two chicks are to pretty to be backpacking alone."
I immediately went into soccer mom save mode and led the way to the first stop where I take everyone for a glorious peanut butter burger, Yo MaMas.
We all indulged in the heavenly goodness of the PB burger while chatting and drinking local beer.
The next morning we all slept in to prepare for hitting the town that evening.
The girls ran errands with me and helped me prepare for makeup jobs. Afterwards the girls hung out with my dad and autistic brother Chris. Turns out the two awesome ladies actually work with autistic children for a living. They were great with Chris. We actually were able to get Chris to eat which is like pulling teeth. It was great to be able to communicate with people who understand the autism spectrum.
That evening I dolled the girls up for a crazy night in Nola!
The first stop was the Renden inn, a complete shit hole bar but has the best improv comedy show around called Brown.
The comedy show was great! All 3 of us participated in some of the acts. After the show we learned there was a pool in the backyard of the bar. Naturally, we all stripped down to our chonies and jumped in.
The look on the cooks face was priceless!
After the swim it was time to move on to Frenchmen St.
I took the girls to Blue Nile and we danced until we were all drenched in sweat.
After dancing it was time for some Cafe Nigril tacos.
These things were so spicy I had to get milk from the bar. Mind you, I don't eat spicy food...
We ended the night with dancing in the street to Elle Golding and Stephanie teaching me new hula hoop tricks.
I can barely even keep the damn hoop up but I'm learning!
While trying to show Jen and Steph how Poi dancing works even though I can barely do it myself. Jen taught me so many interesting things about the Indian Culture. Jen had the most interesting fun facts about Indian weddings, clothes, food and culture. I learned so much and found it absolutely fascinating.
She even gave me a Henna tattoo me!
The next day we slept in,ran errands/makeup jobs, and had a chill day.
That night we just had a girls night. We shared stories about love laughing and heartbreak while painting our nails and doing henna tattoos.
A much needed girls night with complete strangers! ha!
Monday was a huge day for me. This was my first time teaching a makeup class not for a company. I was on the verge of an anxiety attack all day.Luckily the girls kept me calm. We had coffee from the infamous PJs, my favorite and prepared for the class. Although the class didn't have the turn out I expected I did better then expected. I never thought I would be able to talk to 2 hours straight.
After the class a few of the students, friends, models, and shop owner sat on the porch and just passed around the extra bottles of wine. Chatting and gossip soon turned into lessons on bounce dancing! It was a blasty blast!
After the cops rolled by and told us we had to keep it down... we moved the dance party inside.
I returned to work the following day while the girls figured out what city to visit next. I came home to a clean apartment which made my day :) They cleaned for me!
That Wednesday I took the girls to the bus station and we said our goodbyes.
Watching two of the coolest chicks I've ever met leave sucked.
They just don't make people like that anymore. I have never met people who appreciated life as much as these two.
Another successful couch surfing experience.
