Saturday Sadness Due to Friday Madness!

     Everyone knows that New Orleans is known for the BEST bars/restaurants, thank the stars above I am not one who likes to venture to them on a daily basis. If I was to be one of  those people, Nola would be the best and worst place for me. Here I sit at my computer...7:30 pm...Just starting to feel like a human! NAY! A human who can move, eat, drink, walk, and breath (pretty much Janelle with no alcohol in her system). So let me try to put this night together for you. A scavenger hunt if you will.

Columns Website

    It all started at the Columns. My twin sister Ashley, her friend Trey, and I decided to start our evening here. Now if you have never been to Nola and don't know St. Charles Ave, you have never seen southern charm at its finest! Literally the most perfect street in the world. Extravagant houses, amazing restaurants and bars, AND you get a trolley in the median! (I love to exaggerate, but this time I mean BUSINESS!) 

    The Columns is a magnificent plantation house that has been renovated into a hotel/restaurant/bar. Known for their Mint Juleps, (Yummmm) The Columns bar/restuarnt is in the lower level (they also have amazing outside seating), while the hotel is upstairs. I recommend sitting outside. Passing trolleys, people watching, I could sit there all day! I totally recommend this place to any visitor searching for a little southern charm. Here is a recipe for the -> Mint Julep <- if you would like to try one delicious southern drink! A HUGE P.S. If you are obsessed with Alicia Keys her new single "Fire We Make" was filmed here! EEKKSS!!! Here is her video featured in The Columns

Our song requests:
I Believe I can Fly
Lets Stay Together
I Saw the Sign

    Next and last stop would be Pat O'Briens. Here they serve the infamous amazing Hurricanes. This piano bar is hard to get in and has limited seats, but if ya know someone and that person knows someone, then HEY! you find yourself in there on a busy Friday night getting your drink on! Just write your songs on the napkin, throw a couple dollars on top of said napkin and wait to get your groove on! One amazing place to try, but WATCH OUT those Hurricanes are one dangerous drink!

Ash getting her drink on!

       

Yummy, but dangerous!

So here I am grouchy, hungry, tired, and hungover, Ash more than me. But what an adventure last night was! So my Michiganders if you wanna come join me in some Hurricane drinking, Columns lounging, people watching fun, COME ON DOWN!