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Saudades for the NOLA

Ok so… I’m really missing Tulane and New Orleans right now (and also my friends and family in PA).  Let me share with you a few of the reasons why this is:

  1. Leonardo DiCaprio is apparently running around NOLA.  He was spotted at the Boot last night, and, immediately, Facebook and Twitter burst into Leo chaos. 

1.5 Marky Mark was there at the beginning of the semester.  Of course they’re both there while I’m in South America.  All I got last year was Miley Cyrus.

  1. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1394857195/a-giant-ball-pit-in-an-abandoned-house-naturally?ref=live

Someone has raised funds and is going to build a ball pit in an abandoned house in the Marigny.  But it’s really more than that- you have to read the page.  I <3 New Orleans.

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    Three

I can’t remember where this quote came from, but I remember seeing “There’s nothing more liberal than Communist doors” somewhere during my freshman year.  I do not comprehend how doors (not even automatic doors) can constantly be out of order, but they always are.  I think our tuition is $50,000/year because they’re always replacing these babies.  But it still makes me miss Tulane. 

4.      http://lineup.nojazzfest.com/?sort=weekend1

I’m convinced that this year’s Jazz Fest (which is already halfway over) is/was the best one ever. 

5.      I could really go for some beignets, boiled crawfish, waffle cheese fries, a French 75, everything at Camelia’s, a bellini from Domenica, BBQ gulf shrimp, gelato at Sucre, a blueberry muffin from Boulangerie, Lebanon’s chicken shawarma, an oyster poboy, the pecan praline parfait at Commanders, and maybe a daq (for good measure) right now.  Maybe not in that order though.  (I know it seems like I eat a lot… I even held back a little, too.)

 These are also some of the reasons why I do not regret my choice to attend Tulane at all.  Over the last three years, tons of people have asked me why I chose to go to school halfway across the country, what it’s like in New Orleans.  I’ve gotten the question from prospective freshmen and parents, and now from friends who are considering Tulane Law.  I can never come up with a thorough response on the spot; I end up mumbling about the people and the city and how it’s not all about Bourbon Street, but that that’s fun too… Basically, I think you have to go to New Orleans- and not just to the French Quarter.  It can’t be labeled or even described in a few sentences.

 OH, and a little something about Brazil:  here, pineapples are white, and you can eat the core.  Do you think the customs people would really notice if I brought back a suitcase of fruit?