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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Who Dat?!

Who Dat?! New Orleans, LA. So, we were not exactly looking forward to NO before we got here. It marked the end of our vacay with family and we had been down Bourbon St. before. After we did the riverwalk, ate beignets at Cafe Du Monde, went to an amazing dress shop selling vintage cuts named Trashy Diva, and ate Pineapple Basil popsicles from the organic popsicle shop Meltdown...we felt differently. We saw beauty in the ironwork balconies and heard music in every nook and crany.
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We were charmed! The French Quarter felt very, well...French.
We stayed at The Chateau Le Monte. It is a historic hotel, like most everything in NO. The set-up of our room is awesome aside from the mouse who shacked up with us the last few nights. I don't mind...as long as he pitches in.
There was a Turtle Pond right outside our room and Soph visited them everyday. They used to jump in the water from their perch on the higher rock, when we came up. By the time we left, they we swimming over to us or just continued to stretch and sun themselves. We are going to miss those guys.


Sophie took four consecutive independent steps on Sunday, June 5. We are so proud of her and you could tell she was so proud of herself. It was about 4:30, so Eric was just wrapping up the first show, Soph and I were playing at the foot of the bed and I had the key in my hand. She got excited and distracted and before she knew it...she was walking!!! We tried for more steps, like the first, all day, but to no avail. She kept trying for about 2hrs though. We explored every inch of this hotel. Sophie is going to sleep hard tonight.
The record high temps and heat advisory that weighed on the city this week made it difficult for the cast. Their Tony Award winning costumes are crazy amazing, but with a heat index of 110 on some days, it was extremely hot. Across the country, record temperatures were being shattered. It was hot everywhere. The show must go on though. That's the biz, as they say.
Sophie waves goodbye to New Orleans.

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Here's a few photos of Soph from this week that are keepers.
First up...Miss Pris


Next up...That Face!




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Location:Bienville St,New Orleans,United States

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