Scents in the City

Traveling around New Orleans you encounter a variety of smells...

The most common are:
Puke
Horse Crap
Garbage

However, we did encounter a few others and thought we needed to share. They are:

Lemon Pledge
Fish
Raspberry Jelly
Diesel Fuel
Diarrhea
Lavender
Gas From Oil Lamps
Night Jasmine
Pizza
Black Licorice
Skunk
Incense
Cajun Alligator Sausage smells like rubber gloves from a dentist

What Do You Think of My Coin Purse??

We embarked on a bit of mischief while on our trip to the FANTASTIC city of New Orleans.

The goal: count how many times you can use the words “coin purse” in a sentence. The sentence must make sense. You can't just go around saying coin purse!!

Tuesday September 15
Saff took an early lead with 18 uses of the words “coin purse” in a sentence. While Nova sucked balls with a lowly 9 uses.

Wednesday September 16
Nova upped her game on Wednesday and managed to tie Saff with a total of 15 uses of “coin purse”. Awesome!! TIED!

Thursday September 17 (Saff's bday!)
Wow what a day! Saff once again proved she is Mistress of the Coin Purse by coming in at a whopping 24 uses!! Nova wasn't too shabby and had a respectable 20 uses! Still Saff wins for the day!

Friday September 18 (day of exhaustion)
Nova gave up.. Saff had like 20 or something.. too tired to write.. keep track or think.
SAFF WINS! BONUS point to Saff for asking Nova to “Smell my coin purse” (it really did stink from the Dungeon the night before!!)

Saturday September 19 (return to Florida)
Nova has resigned from the coin purse competition in shame! Saff is just too good and too fast!

BAAALLLLIIINNNGGG!! Saffieren has earned the title: Mistress of the Coin Purse!

Congratulations!!!

The Dungeon

HI everyone!

We thought we should give a little more information on what actually happened at The Dungeon.. well as far as we can remember. (disclaimer some must still be left out due to the puke factor)

We started out from our hotel using Nova's GPS on her cell phone. Which DOES NOT WORK well when you are walking on one way streets.. you will wander in circles until you are pissed off then just turn it off and look at a map!

Eventually we made our way to The Dungeon. It is a small door with a sign above it that has a hatchet on it. Nice classy place! As we went to the door Saff goes.. AKKK BACK UP! So I'm like errr okies.

Out comes a group of guys.. one being “gently escorted” by a HUGE security guard. When I say gently escorted I mean his hands are wrapped around to the back of his head and the security guard has him by the throat!!! The guy being kicked out has a huge red welt on his forehead. That is gonna hurt!!!

There was a bit of scuffling and some people fell on the ground.. but Saff and I were ok.. we did have to make a run into the street to avoid the ruckus at one point but we survived!
Ok so we actually start to go in.. you walk down a long creepy alleyway to a small court yard and enter the bar. We sat down and ordered beers. The we wandered about some.. we went upstairs to where the dance floor is and went to that bar. Nova ordered a Midnight Potion which is some kind of strong booze and grape kool-aid. YUMMMMMMM! The upstairs was not very crowded but still was not quite our cup of tea so we went back downstairs.

We sat at the end of the bar near the door and the security guard.. He was short and very strong.. Saff immediately started calling him Popeye! Well a few drinks,... some Cherry Bombs... some loud music.. and Saff has to use the ladies... So she goes down the hall and finds an old guy with a long beard.. who will now be called ZZ Top. He instructs her to go down a hall way.. and push the bookshelf. This hallway is all bookshelves, floor to ceiling and at the end you push a wall and it opens up into the restroom. HOW AWESOME IS THAT!

There are no locks on the doors though.. which is why ZZ Top has to monitor the restroom situation. LOL!

Well after a bit more time passes.. ZZ Top says he is going home.. By this time Nova was ummm shall we say.... tipsy!? LOL Distraught at the thought of ZZ Top not being there to monitor the rest rooms she promptly asks Popeye exactly this: Excuse me. ZZ Top is going home. Who is going to watch the bathrooms?

ROFL

Popeye said he would do it.. Whew Crisis Averted!

Ok so more Merry Making, drinking, eating Cherry Bombs.. a variety of people come and go.. here are some highlights:

Fall on the Floor Lady: She came in after we did and sat down next to Nova.. at some point she passed the F**k out and fell out of her chair onto the floor.. It was disturbing and HILARIOUS all at the same time!

Crazy Skeleton Hands Guy: Some guy wearing a funky had and gloves that has skeleton bones on them. He was in a band and gave us flyers for his show. After chatting it up with Nova at various times during the evening he said: “You can (removed explicit language) to my flyer if you want to.” ummmm ok.. right.. ya.. so.. how's the weather? LOL Crazy Skeleton Hands Guy.. he was so funny.

Silent Bob: Saff went to the restroom and some guy was near Nova.. seriously I can't remember talking to him or anything.. I knew I shook his hand.. but everything was getting fuzzy. Well he goes over and sits in Saff's seat! He doesn't speak.. just sits there.. And then she comes back and we are like staring at him and he is just sitting there with a smile on his face.. I know I said something about it being her birthday and he gave her a hug and wandered off.. Silent Bob.. weird-o!

Freak Show: We were sitting minding our own business.. singing, drinking having fun. Some tard that we now call Freak Show asked Nova if we were looking for guys. - I can't say what else happened here but he got the picture that we were not.. and left the bar in shame. ROFL

Popeye the doorman: He had a large monitor above his head that had mini screens of all the rooms at The Dungeon so he could watch for trouble. He stood there intently staring at them all night.. Nova tried on more than one occasion to distract him. LOL But he was not phased!! He was very good at his job and Nova told him so many many many many many times. LOLLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL “You are very good at your job Popeye” I'm sure he was like WHY THE HELL is she calling me Popeye!!! LOL

Anyway... a drunken night of merry making at The Dungeon! We met Popeye, ZZ Top, Crazy Skeleton Hands Guy, Fall on the Floor Lady, Silent Bob and Freak Show!

Good times!

The Dungeon RULES!!!

The Prince Conti

Hi Everyone
We have made it safely home to S. Florida! Whoo hoo!

Now that no one can stalk us I thought I'd let you all know about where we stayed!

The Prince Conti hotel (pronounced Prince Cont-eye) located on Conti Street just off of Bourbon in the French Quarter.
This is a very nice little hotel that is a great price and even better service!

I just cannot say enough how much we enjoyed staying there. The hotel staff were very kind and helpful 24/7!

This is an old building.. as all buildings are in the French Quarter. There are long creepy hallways and the doors to the rooms have actual keys to get in. Not those new cards you just swipe.

The room we had was small but perfect. Two double beds a desk, TV, Chair and small bathroom. I would have liked the bathroom to be bigger.. but of course I would have.. I'M A GIRL! tee hee!

The bed was so comfy! When we managed time to sleep I zonked right out. I thought that this being an old building we would hear our neighbors.. and being right off of Bourbon Street I thought they might get loud.. but nope! The only time we heard people was when some tards decided to discuss (loudly) the aligator they had for dinner right outside our door. Other than that it was quiet as the grave!

The staff were always ready to answer any questions and arrange anything you needed.

Our last night at the hotel was the only time we had any kind of issue and it was FUNNY!
After a very very very long day of walking, riding street cars, more walking, a haunted walking tour, getting our fortunes read, getting pizza to go.. we stumbled back to our room around 11:30pm. Ready to eat, pack and zonk out.

However, when I put the key into the lock.. it didn't turn. I tried again. Nothing. I got Saff to get her key (out of her coin purse) and nothing. It wouldn't budge. hmmmm ok.
So I dropped my gear and left Saff in the hall and went back to the front desk.

Sitting not far from the front desk was "Cliff the Teddy Bear" (a doorman) and as I'm waiting for the lady and the guy behind the counter to finish their conversation Cliff yells out "PEANUT BUTTER!"

I say, I don't have any Peanut Butter right now but I can probably get you some tomorrow.
lol funnies ensue... blah blah blah... the lady sends Cliff with me upstairs to check to see if I was actually going to the correct door.. you see they are used to drunks from Bourbon Street going to the wrong room. But I wasn't drunk. After Saff's Bday I had sworn off drinking ... at least for a little while.

Well Cliff and I are in the elevator and he is going on about Peanut Butter and I said maybe someone put peanet butter in the lock.. he says maybe YOU put Peanut Butter in the lock... I said maybe YOU DID since you are the one who brought up Peanut Butter first! (it goes on like this the ENTIRE TIME back and forth about Peanut Butter in locks)

So Cliff the Teddy Bear as we now call him discovered I was not at the wrong door and that it was in fact broken! He called and had the night manager come up. They fiddled with the door some. Then Cliff the Teddy Bear said he was going to go get a crow bar out of his car and pry the door open.. he walks off... the manager touches the door and it opens.. magic!
I said: "Why do you have a crow bar in your car. Maybe you have Peanut Butter in there too!"
lol
(more laughing)
Anyway so the door opened and they decided to put us in another room for the night. So Cliff the Teddy Bear goes and gets a cart and moves our stuff for us.

All in all.. The Prince Conti hotel is AWESOME! The staff is FANTASTIC.. and fun! I love it and will DEFINATELY stay there when I go again!

Stay tuned for more updates from our trip.. awards for the best and worst.. and answers to who won the "Coin Purse" contest!

~NoVa

Uhhhh change in plans! lol The tale of the Cherry Bomb!

Well Saff and I went to the Dungeon last night...
all I can say is... wow

Ok that place is like the goth industrial trash metal mecca of the universe!

We had a midnight potion.. it is some wicked strong booze mixed with grape coolaid.. I mean it's GRAPE! How can you not like that.. It was very tasty but strong.

And we started out drinking Guinness beer (yes we mixed beer with booz oiy)

as if that was not bad enough.. I saw on the bar a sign for a "cherry bomb" for only 75 cents.. So I'm like hmmm lets try one! So we ordered 1 each.

The bartender brought us a little cup with 2 cherries in it.. I was like.. uhhh ok w/e.
So I picked mine up.. smelled it.. it smelled like cherry.. so how bad can it be right?!!? So I pop it into my mouth and bite the cherry..

then the world went black and I was swimming in a lake of fire! lol

the only thing that you can do is say... HOLY SHIT over and over and over until you swallow it lol.

I asked the bartender what those cherries were soaked in.. she told me but I can't remember what she said.. I'm pretty sure it is gas... like for your car... j/k I think it is some sort of schnapps.. it was probably the strongest stuff we have had so far.

On a positive note: they are only 75 cents :) We lost count of how many we had.. I think it was around 7 or 8 each.

The downside: midnight potion + beer + cherry bombs = puke

The upside: we made it back to the hotel before the sun came up and before we had to hurl! AWESOME

BUT that necessitated a change in our plans for today.. because we had planned on getting up at 7am ... having some biegnets and going on a voodoo / cemetery walking tour.. lol ummm
ya ... so... no.

It is now 12:50 here and the tour started at 10:30 WHOOPS! oh well that was the only one we had not pre-paid for so w/e.

anyway so we are going to find food and recover ourselves. Our next walking tour starts at 8:30 tonight.. no more drinking for me.. I'm out!

(double hand clap)

Happeeee Birfdaaaaaaaay Saff!!!

Happy Birfday to EWWWWEEEE!
Happy Birfday to UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Happy Biiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrfffffffffday to YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU OOOOOO!
Happy Birfday to you!

Today's theme: All about Saff!!
We started Saff's Bday celebration last nigh at The Erin Rose where 'Jeff the bartender' created the new awesome drink just for Saff's bday.

So after that adventure when we woke up this morning.. it WAS STILL SAFF'S BDAY! it was like a 2 day birthday extravaganza!!!

We went to Bubba Gumps for lunch.. sooooooooo yummie!!! The Mamma's Country Chicken is fan-freakin-tastic, as always! Because it was Saff's bday she got a free shot.. not just a shot.. a double shot. She got the very tasty "Red Headed Slut" lol

After lunch we went to Harrah's to gamble.. btw on your birthday at Harrah's you get a free spin on the birthday wheel.. Saff won $25 whooooooooo hooooooooooooo!!!

I started playing on a machine.. a penny one.. cause I'm cheap lol and I put in $20 and before I knew it I had won over $50 whoo hoo.. If you win money just take it an go.. right?
NO!
You gota blow all that and another $20! lol So I ended up spending $40 but had fun.
Saff ended up coming out $10 ahead which is awesome!

We were SO F'IN TIRED today... those walking tours yesterday took their toll.. I think we walked at least 10 miles.. so today walking was like this:
ow.. ow.. ow.. ow... ow.. ow
After we were done playing at Harrah's we took a cab.. to our hotel. which was less than a mile away... ROFL best $8 bucks we spent today! lol

However the cab driver dropped us on the corner of Bourbon and the street where our hotel is.. because there are a lot of one way streets.. and another life moment happened. Some guy gave us a little flyer for a Restaurant called Oceana right on the corner.
So we took the flyer and went and took naps.. which are awesome.

When we woke up we went to Oceana for dinner.. OK THAT PLACE IS GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
We had to try the Cajun Aligator Sausage :) yummm
Saff had a blackened chicken po-boy and I had Jambalaya.. tasty
Then for Saff's bday we had bananas foster ice creme cake.. WOW.. SO YUMMIES!!

now we are resting up.. we are going to THE DUNGEON to partay later! :D whooo hooo
See you all soon!
~NoVa

Time to Crash

After an unsuccessful jaunt to the McDonald's to feed Nova's supposed tapeworm, we discovered that pretty much all of New Orleans shuts down around 2 am. Alas, the McD's was not open. We did however, find a guy selling Lucky Dogs on the side of the street (just like in NYC) so we purchased some hot dogs and ate them while we walked back to our hotel because we are freakin tired!! And now we are off to dreamland until later on today, where it's still my bday!!

Cheers!!
~Saff

Guess What?? It's My BIRTHDAY!!

OK, first off, we need to say it...Jeff the bartender from The Erin Rose is freakin AWESOME!! We asked the guy at the front desk of our hotel to recommend a good place to go that was NOT on Bourbon Street (more on that later). So he recommended The Erin Rose, which was right across the street from our hotel. We walked in there and at first wanted to leave because it looked icky in the front room, but then Nova suggested we go see what was in the back room. There was only one person at the bar and then the bartender. We explained that we wanted drinks, but not beer, and we had already had hurricanes and absithe this evening, AND my Bday was in 15 mins, so we need drinks. And Jeff the bartender said "oh amazing, I have drinks!!". So he created a special drink, just for me, called "The Fabulous [Saff] (insert actual name here)". It was fruity and delicious!! The other customer there, whose name we didn't get, but was totally cute (except he was smoking - YUCK!! and we're pretty sure he had a GF) actually worked at that bar and Jeff had him taste the drink and Cutie McCutie said that it tasted like Five Alive - and it totally did!! So we had four of "The Fabulous [Saffs]" apiece. And we stopped off at the hotel to make a pit stop, then we're off again because Nova is hungry and we're pretty sure she has a tapeworm.

Overall, my bday is off to a FABULOUS start!!!!!!! :)

~Saff (The Bday Girl)

Guess what we did... oh ya baby!

According to some law (I can't remember it now) the drink Absinth became legal to buy and consume in 2007...

surprise surprise surprise..


so after a night of a fantastic Vampire Walking Tour
sorry no pics.. it was too dark, creepy and we had hurricanes along the route

anyway.. where was I.. oh ya.. after the fantastic Vampire Walking Tour
we stopped to purchase the signed copy of some book.. (again sorry I forget the name)
from the author.. it was at a nice bar.. long story blah blah didn't get any book....
but we decided to order a drink..

The show Three Sheets on FLN teaches us to ask the local establishment what their drink is... so we just happened in some bar where their drink of choice is .. yes you guessed it.. Absinth

I as like.. are you shitting me?
Bartender: nope we have (insert rambling talk about strengths etc)

OK we will take 2!!!!!!

So Saff and I had Absinth ..... in New Orleans! HOW FREAKIN AWESOME IS THAT!!!!!!
score!!!! /dance

Absinth smells like black licorice.... and wow.... ok
so if you have never had it or seen it.. this is how it goes..

they bring out a glass and a spoon that has holes in it.. and absinth spoon.
they pour some absinth in the glass.. it is clear
then put a sugar cube on the absinth spoon and poor water over it.. the misture of water, sugar and absinth causes the mixture to swirl and turn green.... some people call it the green fairy

at some point there was fire.. I'm not sure when .... I forget

but anyway.. so you sip this drink.. what we had was 50% alcohol so 100 proof.. just go ahead and hit yourself with a hammer...

you sip it.. and it tastes a little like black licorice.. but after you sip.. then you get the burn in your chest. it is AWESOME!!!!! /dance

anyway.. so a lifelong quest to drink a forbidden drink.. that was illegal until 2007 has been acomplished without breaking ANY laws..
we did get acosted by a homeless woman but we thwarted her... by a tale of lies and 1/2 thruths..
she asked where we were from and Saff was on the spot with .. Azeroth.. and she said oh that is nice... lol
anyway.. we wandered back to the hotel... and are about to leave again on a drinking extravaganza.. mostly because..

we were planning on going to a certain alley at around 4am to hope to see a ghost that is spotted there often but we went to the alley tonight.. and ummm I'M VERY DISAPOINTED! they have so many lights in the alley and it is not creepy at all.. lame! I give it an F-

ok so gotta go get my drink on.. I've been wearing Kitty Ears for 2 days now.. lets see how many free drinks I can get! lol

Don't do anything I wouldn't do!

~NoVa

Lafayette Cemetery Pics

Some Pics from NOLA

The first one.. is that the DEVIL? nope it's Saff's shadow! I know you were scared!

Above is Sandra Bullock's house!

Anne Rice owned this house.. isn't it pretty! Nicolas Cage owns it now.

And this below is TRENT REZNOR's former house.. it is lucky he still doesn't live there or I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ARRESTED! lol

Central Grocery -vs- Franks

Hi everyone!

As Saff and I have been planning our trip many people have suggested we go to Central Grocery to get a Muffaletta.

You may have read yesterday that by the time we go there CG's was closed.

After much turmoil and a random good smaratian we ended up 2 shops down at Franks.

The muffaletta we got was AWESOME.. service as mentioned yesterday was ... a little on the crazy side.. but fun.

Well today.. we decided that we just could not pass up on having a muffaletta from CG's. Afterall SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many people suggested we go there. Even our tour guide today said that was the 'only place to go'.

off we went.. walking about a bagillion miles to finally arrive at CG's. We were so exhausted by the time we got there all we wanted to do was sit at a nice table, get a cold beverage and a tasty muffaletta.

There are no actual tables at CGs.. you sit on stools at a kinda bar.

So here it is... Central Grocery -vs- Franks

Dining arangements:

Franks has tables and actual chairs, CG's has stools at a bar.

Franks has waiters (crazy but w/e), CG's has a counter where you order.. like at McDonalds

Franks has silverware, CG's has napkins

Food:

The muffaletta at Franks was warm, the bread was soft, the cheese was melted. It was fresh and very very good. The sandwich was made AFTER we ordered it and came out nice and fresh on an actual plate. Franks has fountain soda.

The muffaletta at CG's was premade - stored in a fridge because I guess they mass make them at some point. It was cold, the bread was firm and chewy and tasted like it had been in the fridge for a while. The meat was greasy and I didn't even see any cheese. There was a lot more olives on this one as well which was good but did not make up for all the other downsides. CG's has a coke machine where you can buy a canned soda for $1.25 each!

So overall we have decided when getting a Muffaletta in NOLA go to Franks .. not CG's. It is 2 doors down and the food is EXCELLENT! The wait staff is entertaining and the price is about the same as CG's but the food is 10 times better. :)

sorry to everyone who thinks CG's is better.. it just isn't!

~NOVA

Whew! What a day!

New Orleans... such a beautiful place :)

Hi everyone!

We survived our travels from Azeroth to New Orleans!

For starters... going through security at WPB.. Saffieren was pulled asside and got felt up.. by a female security officer.. I was going to point and laugh but I figured I might get tazed.

Then breakfast of champions!!!!
Nova - Plain bagel and a screw driver
Saff - Lemom Poppy Seed muffin and a Palm Beach Airport version of a mimosa (chardonnay and OJ)

Awesome!

Plane #1 was ok.. Saff sat next to the window and me in the middle next to some nub.. I kept dropping stuff on that guy.. I'm sure he was all like.. why do I have to sit by these crazies!
We played the longest game of Harry Potter UNO ever.. as a matter of fact it never actually ended. I resigned! lol

Then BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLING!
Discovery! Novaember has discovered Atlanta Airport!
Discovery! Saffieren has discovered Atlanta Airport!

A quik trip to the crap store for gum and water.. then head to plane #2!
Luckily Saffieren was on the ball and noticed they not only changed what gate our plane was at but they changed the ENTIRE CONCORSE! I would have missed it! WTG SAFF!

So plae #2 .. snoozer.. Some old tard was in Saff's seat next to the window.. but it was easier to just let him sit there.... W/E

ok so we arrive in New Orleans!!!
BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLING!
Discovery! Novaember has discovered New Orleans Airport!
Discovery! Saffieren has discovered New Orleans Airport!

As we went down to baggage claim there he was Mr Awesome Limo Guy (no idea what his name was) and our stretch limo waiting for us!!!!!! whooo hooo - THAT IS ALL WE ARE GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT!

Our hotel is AWESOME!

Then.. dun dun dun after a brief respite in the room we venture out into the great world of New Orleans... whoever came up with GPS on the cell phones is BRILLIANT! Input the address for Central Grocery.. start walkin.. so we walk and wander.. and then we arrive at CG's... AND IT IS CLOSED! WTF for real!! It was 5:30.. and they close at 5.. seriously.. 5?!!?? really? you're serious?

soo.. we stand in utter shock for a moment.. when one of those life moments happens.. some random lady goes.. what are you looking for? We go ummm CG's but they are closed.. Then she goes.. go to Franks.. a couple doors down.. they are really good. So we do.. and they are really good!!! we ordered a 1/2 Muffaletta and an order of Fries. Saff ordered a DR Pepper cause the menu says DR Pepper bt they didn't have it.. so BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

The foods come.. and ...... HOLY MOTHER..... that was some seriously tasty foods!! I haz a happy in Mah Tummies!

Not to mention.. the waiter.. wow.. ummm lets just say he was 'special' ... like short bus special.. but he was really sweet and asked if he could sign my book.. so i let him but he couldnt actually write.. but he scribbled.. then.. lol he came back later and said he needed to give me his number.. so I opened the book again for him to give me his number.. and he wrote: 6
yep 6 that is it. awesome thanks crazy Melvin or whatever his name is. bless his heart!

So more wandering and then we arrived at the place where God came to earth.. Cafe du Monde.
lol

Beignets are the necter of the Gods my friends..
Saff had a frozen cafe ole.. translation frozen cafe au lait (I think that is fancy for iced coffee)
Nova had hot chocolate
and we shared an order of beignets.. all for 8 bucks! delish!

anyway.. more wandering.. fun stuff!
oh! then we make it back to Burbon Street headed to the steet our hotel is on.. when we are just walking.. and yes I walked across a road when there was a don't walk sign.. but no cars were coming.. and then it happened.
Mr So-in-so stops us and says.. Excuse me but you didn't cross at the sign.. and I nearly shit my pants. lol
So he wrote us each a sitation.

For being too sexy.. yes it was true.. I have the paper.. HEEEEEE-LARRRRRRYYYYYYYYOUS!
It was the cat ears and Saff's devil horns that did it.

Well we finally made it back to the hotel.. BTW Burbon street smells like a mixture of pee and puke and horse shit. awesome. :)

Ok finally... today's winner of the contest: What do you think of my coin purse?
is SAFFIEREN!!! With a whopping 18 uses of the words coin purse in a sentence!!! Nova sucked balls today and only managed 9 uses. Stay tuned tomorrow to see who wins!!!

We have arrived!!!

Yes that's right!
Saff and I have safely arrived in NOLA!

We have checked in and are ready to run amuck!!!
More to post later! :)

~Nova!

Let it begin....

YEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Saffieren and her paternal unit are on their way to pick me up to take us to the FP in West Palm.

Good thing her paternal unit has a traveling mount so he can carry both of us at the same time!

The day has finally arrived.. we are on our way!

Let the games begin!
Stay tuned to the blog for daily updates. Watch CNN (just in case!)

I have on my head band with kitty ears.. bags are packed. Munkie has been fed and watered. OMG I nearly forgot our mascotts! Akkk..

ok crisis averted!

Anyway... stay tuned.. New Orleans isn't going to know what hit them!

Ohhh I almost forgot.. we added a new Quest:

What do you think of my coin purse?

- Count how many times you can say the words "coin purse" in one day. They must be in a complete sentence that MAKES SENSE. You can't just go around saying COIN PURSE! For example: Hey Saff.. I think I will buy a new coin purse in NOLA! -



toodles
~Novaember

Will Saff and Nova ACTUALLY make it to NOLA?

Hi
The topic has been brought up... so here is your time to let us know what you think.

Will Saffieren and Novaember ACTUALLY make it to NOLA?

The flight leaves on Tuesday morning..
There is a layover in Atlanta...

Do you think we will make it to NOLA?
Do you think they will actually let us ON THE PLANE?
Do you think we will be escorted OFF the plane in WBP? or Atlanta?
Do you think we will be arrested in WBP? or Atlanta? or upon arrival in NOLA?

Please post your responses.. you can post anom..

Let us know what you think!!!

I think we will make it to NOLA with a great amount of chuckles and only a slight unconfortable feeling (from the security guards following us around)

lol

Peace out!
~NOVA

Achievements!

Hello!

Here are a few of the Achievements Saff and I are going for on our trip to the great city of New Orleans!

Who do dat Voodoo?!?

• Make a Voodoo Doll
• Visit Marie Laveau’s grave
• Go on Voodoo Walking Tour and visit the Voodoo Museum

Where in the World is the Big Easy? (ask the following people where the Big Easy is)

• A Cop
• A Store Clerk
• The Hotel Front Desk
• The Limo Driver
• Any Random Person on Bourbon Street

Reward: Title Big Easy

Tastes Like Chicken (sample 25 different foods in New Orleans)

It's Happy Hour Somewhere! (sample 25 different drinks in New Orleans)

We will be updating the blog daily with the foods and drinks for the two achievements above.

Well Read

• Read a History of New Orleans
• Go to the visitor website and click on links for

1. A history of the French Quarter
2. Take a Tour of jackson Square
3. Take a Pictoral Tour of St Louis #2 Cemetery
4. Hauntings in New Orleans
5. Orb Photos from New Orleans Cemeteries
6. Streetcars in New Orleans

Discovery Achievements! (locate each place listed below)

• West Palm Beach Airport
• Atlanta Airport
• NOLA Airport
• XXXXXXXX Hotel (name changed so you can't stalk us!)
• French Quarter

1. Bourbon Street
2. Canal Street
3. Jackson Square
4. St. Louis Cemetery #1

• Central Grocery Muffaletta
• Preservation Hall
• Garden District

1. TR House (shhhhhh we cannot talk about this)
2. Lafayette Cemetery

Stay tuned for the Quest Log!

NOLA will never be the same!

~Nova

Welcome to the WoW NPC Quotes IRL Game!!!1

"Good day to you!!"

Thanks to the website wowwiki.com, we have a list of quotes from the NPC (that's Non Player Characters anyone who doesn't play WoW) in the game. Our goal is to use as many as we can while we're in NOLA.

Join in the fun and play along!!! It's extra fun when you say it just like the characters in the game (if you play the game you'll know what we mean!!)

Here is the list:

Ah, potential customer
Ah, you have a death wish
A'khal hekita
All prices here are reasonable
Alright, move along now!!
Alrighty, then!!
Anything you like??
Are you challenging me??
Ark'ehnan poross
Bal'a dash, malanore
Be careful
Be careful out there
Be good
Blessings upon your family
Blood and thunder!!
Buy?? Trade??
Can I help you??
Chroma, ekt'kota
Chronakai kristor
Courage is our greatest weapon!!
Dabu
Dark Lady watch over you
Do not lose faith
Do you require medication
Don't be shy
Don't test me, child (irritated)
Each day is a blessing
Each of us has role to play
Ehhhhh,,,,, (irritated)
Elune be with ou
Even the patience of the Draenei has its limits
Farewell
Find the strength within you
For the Alliance!!
For the Horde!!
Give or…or take
Glory to the Sin'dorei
Go with honor, friend
Good day to you
Good fortune!!
Good prices here
Great t'meet ya
Greetings!!
Greetings, traveler
Hail
Have a good one
Heeey, how you doin'??
Heh, heh, glad I could help!!
Hello
Hello there
Hello, mon!!
Hello, stranger
Hey dere
Hey there
Hi
Hm, interesting
Hmm??
Hmmm, interesting
How are ya??
How you doin' mon??
I am Forsaken
I can help you??
I don't have time for this…
I got the best deals anywhere!!
I got what you need!!
I gotta long day kid…
I hope you'll find something useful!
I sell only the finest goods
I supply only the finest goods
Ishnu-alah
I've been expecting you
Keep your feet on the ground
Kinda busy
King's honor, friend
Knock it off…
Light be wih you
Light bless you
Light. Must remember the light
Live...another day
Lo' mon
Lok'tar!!
Luck to you
May I show you my wares??
May the eternal sun shine upon thee
May the light embrace you
May your nets always be full
Me buy and trade
Mok'ra!!
Must not...give up
Must remember...patience
My torture continues (irritated)
My, you're a tall one!!
Need help??
Need something??
Off and away!!
Only by working together can we succeed!!
Our enemies will fall
Peace for you
Pleased to meet you
Put you faith to the Light, and all is possible
Safe travels
Safe travels
Safe travels!!
See you
See you around
See you later
Shouldn’t you be off then (irritated)
Shut it!!
Solam!!
Something you like??
Speak your peace
Spit it out!!
State your business
Stay away from the Voodoo
Stay the course
Strengh and honor!!
Suffer well
Take time if you need
That's not funny
The end of the Scourge draws near
The Legion will fall
The Naaru frown on such behavior
The Naaru have not forgotten us
The time of the Argent Crusade, is now
The winds guide you
There is much work to be done
There is no escape
Think that's funny do ya??
Thrall hall!!
Time is money, friend!!
Very good
Victory lies ahead!!
Walk with the Earth Mother
Watch yer back!!
Wazzup??
We are Forsaken
We press on!!
We shall triumph!!
We survive
We will have justice!!
We will have our revenge!!
We will ravage this land!!
Welcome
Welcome, friend!!
Well met
Well met
What can I do fer ya??
What can I do for you??
What can I get for ya today??
What do you ask of death??
What do you need, stranger
What do you want?? (irritated)
What now??!!
What troubles you??
What??
WHAT??!!
What'chu want??
What's on your mind??
What's your problem??
Why you do this?? (irritated)
Ya' got my attention
Yeah, very funny….
Yeah, what do you want??
Yes, shalashka
Yes, yes!! What??!! (irritated)
Yo
You are not normal
You come back sometime
You come get da Voodoo
You find many things here
You go now!! (irritated)
You have a great day now
You need somethin'??
You very strange... (irritated)
You, knock it off!!
Your gold is welcome here
You're getting on my nerves
You're just embarrassing yourself…
You're not amusing
You're startin' to bother me
Zug zug!!
Your skills are impressive… (irritated)
…but your manners need work (irritated)

Stay tuned for updates, to see what we use and when!!

HOLY CRAP!! It's SEPTEMBER!!!!!1

Wow. It's finally September. It seems like forever ago that we Mischief Makers started planning our trip, and now it's only two weeks away. We are in the home stretch!!!

Don't forget to let us know what you want us to bring you back!!!! Speak now or forever hold your peace :)

~Saff

PS Sorry there was no poopery in this blog.

Jammur says enough with poop so....Peanut Butter and Jelly ... bean... Sammich!

So if you have a slice of bread and put peanut butter on it.. then some grape jelly and then another slice of bread you have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

What if you took
1 slice of bread
a layer of peanut butter jelly beans
a layer of grape jelly beans
1 slice of bread on top

you get a peanut butter and jelly ... bean.. sandwich

tasty?!?

I think so! Go ahead .. you know you want to try it.

More Poop!!

As a follow-up to our previous blog, here are links to a few hilarious skits performed by The Whitest Kids U Know, courtesy of youtube. Enjoy!!

Warning: may contain strong language!!!

Timmy Poop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLv2CHvxAes

Hot Air Balloon Poop Rope: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmqnjLf4LTw

Grandma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lsIDFGuoE

And this is not poop-related, but it is one of my favorite WKUK skits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv8mV5X0MR8


The WKUK = Awesome!!!!

~Saff

Is that a candy bar?..... nope! It's poop!

Recent events necessitate an entry here..

Have you ever heard a story so shocking.. so unbelievable.. that it can't possibly be true.. but it is?!!??!!1

Well hold on to your underpants! Here is a tale of SERIOUS Mischief .. and we weren't even involved!

I'm getting this second hand.. or third hand.. or is it foot?

A person where Saff, Jammur, Rick and I work reported that they saw what appeared to be a candy bar in the floor.

a NORMAL person would be like .. what turd (tee hee) left a candy bar in the floor? And then WALK ON BY!!!

A CRAZY person.. would think to themselves.. HEY! A candy bar in the floor.. why don't I give it a good KICK!

(crazy never sleeps people! crazy never sleeps!)

So said nutball kicked what appeared to be a candy bar.. that was lying in the floor WHERE WE WORK. Did I mention this happened where we all actually work.. For realz ok!

and surprise!!!! It was not a candy bar at all...

yep.. you guessed it.. it was in fact


POOP!
.... in the floor.... where we work.. uhhhh mkay

So here are some of the questions I have. They are grouped together for space and to save numbers (yes I know it is not like numbers are an endangered species or something - whatever)

1. Who pooped in the floor?
2. Was this an ACCIDENT? or an ON PURPOSE?
3. If this was an accident.. How EXACTLY did said accident happen? Your pants fall off on the way to the printer and you pooped? Maybe some jack ass snuck up on you in your cube and scared you so bad you ripped your pants off and went running away and you pooped?

It boggles the mind!!! ok.. umm back to questions

4. If this was an ON PURPOSE.. did this person accomplish their mission? Did they 'hit the target' Was the above mentioned POOP KICKER the target? Did you know this person would naturally want to kick a 'candy bar'?

5. And knowing the people who told this story to me I have to ask this.. Rick.. Jammur... something you need to confess? Did you poop in the floor? Hey .. it had to be asked!

Ok now on to the POOP KICKER as I have now dubbed the unlucky POOP FINDER (which is also a good name that I may use in the future).

6. Why was 'let me kick this' the first thing you though of when seeing a 'candy bar' lying in the floor? Do you have something against candy bars? Did you immediately (after the kick) realize it was in fact... poop? Did you hurl? What happened to your POOP KICKING SHOE? lol Are you able to return to the scene of the .... ACCIDENT? Did you feel targeted? Are you now afraid someone might poop again.. this time IN YOUR CUBE?!! Will you ever eat a candy bar again?dun dun dun!

last.. but certainly not least.. poor building services..

7. How did you react when called to come clean up POOP? After the poop had been kicked I bet it really made a mess!! Did you hurl? Did you quit? Hell I would have.. I'd have been like.. look you guys give me shit all day .. this is the last straw.. I draw the line at poop.. And it looks like you drew a line IN POOP after you dumb REH-TARD kicked it!

We have restrooms at every corner of EVERY wing on EVERY floor.. how could this happen?
I still can't believe it.. this is so insane.. first someone actually pooped in the floor.. then probably the only person in the entire WORLD that would kick a candy bar laying on the floor happened along. It is like the stars aligned so that the paths of these two WACK JOBS would converge in the GREAT POOP MYSTERY OF 2009! The world may never know who did it. I will be watching the "Moving On - Separations" posting on our intranet over the next few weeks for sure!

That's it.. I'm out! (insert image of black jack dealer clapping hands and showing palms up then walking away)

Stay safe.. poop in the proper poop receptacles!!

~Nova

Mischief Time, All the Time

I would consider the amount of mischief caused this week an 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10.

Mischief makes the world a better place!!!!

~Saff

Flaw in the Master Plan!!!

Well we didn't realize that the tours we wanted to take are only Friday - Monday tours. So that means that we have like 1 day to do them! D'oh

No worries.. we are going to re-evaluate our priorities! TEE HEE
There is nothing 2 mages with a flashlight and voice recorder can't acomplish on our own! Lets not forget the provisions as well.
No Doze + Mt Dew + super jumbo Pixie Stix = hellagood time!

REMEMBER: You never have to be afraid when you are out in the world. If you act like you are COMPLETELY CRAZY people tend to stay away from you. (I'm going to need a new light up wand I think)

More to come in the next few weeks regarding what tours we are doing. I hope we can manage to cram it all in with only 3 days!

~Nova

More Achievements Added!

We have added these achievements to our list! So much fun!

Tastes Like Chicken
(Sample 25 different foods in New Orleans)
Alligator? Crawfish (no way man! seriously that is just a large bug!)

It's Happy Hour Somewhere
(Sample 25 different drinks in New Orleans)
FYI - ANY drink counts - but only once!
Water, Hurricane, Mississippi river water.. wait no that is gross!

~ we will be updated the blog with the foods and drinks we have.

I can see us now.. Friday arrives.. we have only had about 5 different drinks.. what to do!!! Drink our way down Burbon Street! We gotta do it.. it is an achievement!! And you HAVE to do achievements! This might also be a feat of strength!

~Nova

Where in the world is the Big Easy?!?

Thanks to pal Jammur who thought up this achievement for trip to NOLA!

Where in the world is the Big Easy?
(While holding and looking at a map ask the following people "Where is the Big Easy?")

• A Cop
• A Store Clerk
• The Hotel Front Desk
• The Limo Driver
• A Random Person on Bourbon Street

Reward for completing this achievement -
Title: The Big Easy

Oh ya baby! Can't you see it now!
Saffieren the Big Easy
Novaember the Big Easy

R O F L

~Nova

Patch Notes 1.1.2

Hi again
Ok to post a comment without signing your life away
click on Comments
Then type in the box
Select Profile = Anonymous
Then Press PREVIEW (I had to click this twice for it to work - not sure why)
there will a word verification you have to type what displays
Then Press Post

and your comment will be posted!

Thank you for your time and attention
~Nova

Patch 1.1.1

Hi again! Nova here!

Today's Patch Notes:

The 2009 Adventures in New Orleans blog has been updated so that you can now post comments without registering or filling out your life history and blood type etc.

You're welcome!!!!1 (tee hee)

Also new Achievements and Quests are being added as we speak. More to come on the next patch!

10 Daily Achievements Complete!

Hi everyone!

BAAAAALLLLIIIIINNNNGGGGG!
Saffieren has earned the achievement 10 Daily Quests!

Novaember has earned the achievement 10 Daily Quests!

/cheer
/dance

~Nova

Ground Transportation has been Acquired!!

We are sooooooo jazzed - we just booked our limo reservation!! Nova and Saff are travelling in style!!!!!!!!

Also, a big thanks to Saff's sister for renting us some helpful guidebooks from the lieberry. They are chock-full of awesome information!!!

New Orleans, get ready cause we are coming!!!! You can't stop us!!!!1

Signing off
~Saff

Public Service Announcement #1

Recently there has been an explosion of the use of Facebook. We get countless emails “so and so wants you to join Facebook!!”, people harassing us “Hey, join Facebook, you have to do it, these 80 people are on, don’t you want to be on too??”, and everywhere we go, people are reading other people’s posts, talking about the games they play, etc.

Here are a few reasons why we don’t like Facebook:

· The name “Facebook” is dumb. It just sounds weird. Face book?? Doesn’t go together.
· FB is a haven for stalkers. It makes it way too easy for creepy people to find you, see pictures of you, and see information about you. Even if you don’t have a page, but your friends do, they could put up a picture of you for the world to see. Which leads to…
· It is a major invasion of privacy.
· We are private people. We don’t share every second of every day of our lives with ANYBODY, so why would we share with the entire world wide web?? People don’t need to know that we just woke up, that we’re about to play WoW, that we’re going to take a shower, that I just had an abortion, etc.
· On the flip side, we don’t need to know what other people are doing every second of every day. We don’t care that you are going to bed now, that you are watching “Law & Order”, or that you just took a dookie (well, that is pretty funny actually).
· We’re pretty sure FB is a cult.

The more people pester us to join FB, the less we want to join.

The more we hear people obsessing over FB, the less we want to join.

WE WILL NEVER JOIN FB!!!!!!

Disclaimer: the statements declared here are the opinions of Mischief Makers. Again, these are simply our opinions. If you agree or disagree and have a well-thought out opinion, feel free to go pack sand up your ass!! Or, post in the comments :)

HA! Mischief Managed!

Nova here ... Today was the day I had to venture to this thing called "traffic court". Apparently I was flying my drake way too fast! They said I was going 75 in a 45.
I said "you speak funny.. My drake goes at 280% speed"

So long story short .. The king or whatever he was said I had to pay him 250g plus 100g court costs.
So I won't be taking that flight path anymore!!!

For a while I thought about frost nova-ing then blizzarding the entire room. I bet I could have gotten a lot of cloth and maybe a purple! But I was way into the building and figured I might die if I agroed the entire zone. So I let them all live. You're welcome.

So another day on the continent of North America. Overall I like this zone.

Toodles for now!!
~Nova

5 Daily Achievements Complete!

Saffieren has earned the achievement 5 Daily Quests!

Novaember has earned the achievement 5 Daily Quests!

Awesomes!!!

Introductions

How are you?? Welcome to our crazy, fun, exciting world.....


Novaember Talullah Beasley
Arcane/Frost Mage Current
Hearth is located at the Argent Tournament in Icecrown
Traveling to the new continent of North America for the 2009 NOLA World Event

Saffieren Raven Moonstone

Frost Mage
Current Hearth is located at the Argent Tournament in Icecrown

Traveling to the new continent of North America for the 2009 NOLA World Event

Testing blogging via blackberry

Howdie do! Nova here - just testing out my wicked crackberry! Need to be able to update while running amuck in NOLA!

Gathering Quest for our Adventure

Hi everyone! Currently my partner in crime and I are gathering necessary resources... making plans.. making mischief.... lets just say so far the plans involve a limo, a stolen rock... laminated character cut outs.. I've said too much already!!! THESE ARE NOT THE DROIDS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!

Quest Log:
Currently we are gathering all our quests in our Quest Log!

Achievements:
Achievements for the NOLA World Event is shaping up!
There may also be some achievements for Feats of Strenght! wooooooooo!
I'm trying to figure out how to get a world server message.. The only thing I could come up with was a 'breaking news story' on CNN but somehow I don't think we want to go down that path!

Flight Paths!
So far we are going to get 3 new flight paths!! WPB, Atlanta and NOLA! SCORE!

Stay tuned for the lists and daily updates in NOLA!!!!!

The excitement is building for the event of the year!

toodles!
~Nova

Getting ready for our trip - 64 days to go!!

On Friday we booked our hotel room and our plane tickets!! It is official - we are going to New Orleans!! Whoooo hoooooo!!!