Going out- Frenchmen st
Bar- snake and Jake’s/ SATURN BAR/ okay bar/ maple leaf (most are also a venue)
Cafe- Zotz/ rue de la cours
Food- creole creamery/ camellia grill/ cleos/ nirvana
Activities- NOMA has yoga for $5 on Saturday in the sculpture garden/ there’s some decent thrifting/ museum of death (actually v intense)/ audubon park (u can legally drink in public so picnics are great)
May 24, 2024
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- Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar on Bourbon is a good divey bar
- The Spotted Cat on Frenchmen St. is great for live jazz
- St. Roch Market for dining hall-style Latin, seafood, soul food options, etc.
- Lil Dizzy’s (lunch only) for some of the best gumbo and po’boys
Feb 19, 2024
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link to a previous rec list, but expanded here:
Listen to WWOZ or go to their website for gigs.
The Bywater is so fun to walk around in. Cute little colorful houses. I also like to walk down Magazine St.
Turkey and The Wolf is insta famous now, but for good reason. Their sandwhiches are good. If you want a classic po boy, go to Parkway Bakery and then walk up Bayou St. John and lay in the grass or dip into City Park and lay in the grass.
Who Dat Coffee for breakfast.
Hotel Peter and Paul is a chic place to grab a cocktail.
Parlour Books is a cool little used book spot.
Hungry Eyes for wine and 80’s vibes and delicious dishes.
May 24, 2024
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Listen to WWOZ or go to their website for gigs.
Walk through the French Quarter just to get a feel for it, for maxximalizing the senses, but I don’t linger. Unless I want a Huge Ass Beer™️ or Hand Grenade©️. I would head towards Magazine St. or Frenchman for music.
Try and walk every street through the Bywater and take in all the beautiful houses.
Who Dat Coffee for breakfast.
Hotel Peter and Paul is a chic place to grab a cocktail.
Parlour Books is a cool little used book spot.
Hungry Eyes for wine and 80’s vibes and delicious dishes.
Mar 4, 2024
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To start—> I don’t want this to come off as trauma dumpy, I am v happy with the person Ive grown into. Who I wouldn’t be if I didn’t have these experiences:)
I’ve moved around so so so much especially as a kid. I used to feel v guilty bc there were a lot of friends I left behind bc of circumstances beyond my control. This pattern became a trend that continued throughout my life. Went to 4 high schools; was going thru a lot, and was referred to as a ghost.
Having someone you didn’t even realize knew who u were say “omg! It’s been a year! We thought you’d died, wow, how are you? Yk a lot of people tried to reach out…etc” completely changed my perspective on the world. I didn’t even realize the possibility I was really noticed outside of my immediate friend group.
Another case happened this year at university. I was chatting w someone from a class, their friends walk up to say hi, and one says “your name is Sophia right?” I said yes and assumed I’d just met her while drunk at a show. So I apologized, and asked her name/ where she was from and all that jazz. It got more awkward when she said we went to the same school growing up, same class and everything. I didn’t recognize her at all, but obviously she knew me, it was so bizarre. Continued to see her around campus nearly every day for the rest of the year Lolz.
It didnt all actualize for me until recently, and still makes my head spin. I can’t imagine how many people I unintentionally became a ghost to :// being perceived is crazyyyy
May 24, 2024
In this regard, to what I like to call a funk.
I feel très dookie. Lots of change in my life, and in times of instability I tend to fall off the horse- in a major way. Like many ppl. This past go round I have been excessively hard on myself over my general lacking in… well almost everything. Ive come to the conclusion that there are times you have to give yourself more grace than you’d like to. Maybe the pity party can last a couple more days than usual. I won’t go into details, bc as those of you reading who have dealt with mental health struggles, it can be sort of gross. Sure. There’s a ton I could be doing to put an end to my funk. Make more of an effort to dig myself out of the hole. But, at the end of the day I know I will come out of the funk in my own time. Faking myself out, and convincing myself I’m feeling better serves no one.
Making yourself feel worse over feeling bad in the first place is just wildly counterproductive. Just keep moving forward in time. There’s a lot of it <3
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