why i want to go to new orleans with you.

it's the perfect time to go. your birthday as a matter of a fact and all the more reason to take a four hour road trip & cross into Louisiana. i want to show you all the places my Dad showed me when i was younger. all the pretty houses he lived in & the great French/Spanish/Colonial architecture you can't find anywhere else in the world. Canal St., the bayou, the elaborate graveyards. i can take you to all the vintage stores on Magazine St. and we can max out my credit card and i won't care; because when i'm down there, my feet don't touch the ground & i feel a little intoxicated because of the sensory overload. it could be just you and me, you know? that's how we like it anyway. and we can take TONS of great pictures because i'll have a camera by then. and on top of all this, i can fatten you up like i always do & we can eat at places that are probably as close to my mom's and Gammie's cooking as we'll get away from California.

plus i want to see that "Bienvenue en Louisiane" sign for myself ;).