And then, I had a religious experience. Not on the day when we saw Catholic bric-a-brac, went to mass, and looked for voodoo, but on the day we went to Snug Harbor. We saw the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, led by Delfeayo Marsalis, and I quite literally lost my mind. It was incredible. I don't know what was best: the five saxophones battling it out during "Oleo," Delfeayo's sexy "I Thought About You," or the EPIC piano intro to "Blues in B Flat" but if I have to pick, I will pick "Whoopin' Blues," their closing number. It was straight up INCREDIBLE. I bought this version, by the Onward Brass Band, based on the iTunes preview, which is short and probably not at all indicative of whether or not they are awesome. But luckily, it's a pretty great version.
Other Wednesday events: cooking class (we ate gumbo, jambalaya, pralines, and bread pudding), shopping with Merk, dinner at Evelyn's (I had red beans and rice), St Patrick's Day parade, beads beads beads, more beignets, and the drunk dude who proclaimed that "there is nothing to do in New Orleans." WHAT A FOOL.
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