Dom and I made it back safely from our half week in New Orleans. Overall it was a great trip. My conference was fine. I met a couple folks which was cool. I learned a bit more about some of the different Salesforce products like Mulesoft. Mulesoft is a platform that's used to connect completely different data and system sources where information is required to be passed between areas. The food provided by the convention could've been better though I wound up missing the opening outing at a restaurant called The Court Of Two Sisters. It was a lovely space from what I saw and when I checked it out from those who attended as well as their website. I liked it so much I told Dom that we had to try it for ourselves.
Getting there itself was an adventure. The hotel we stayed at decided to have a fire alarm set off just as we were getting ready to leave. That meant the elevators were out of commission and we had to walk 8 flights of stairs down.
For Dom it was extra challenging since he's not able to move as fast. There were a crowd of folks behind us as we slowly made our way down. To top it off we had to walk to the restaurant which was a little over half a mile from the restaurant. Dom and I slowly trudged down the street and he had to stop a couple times since his hips were getting sore. Just when he was wanting to give up we saw the sign.
Once there he needed to sit for a bit in the waiting area to catch his breath. There was a group that took all the front area to sit. They finally were seated and Dom was able to sit. We made reservations for 8PM but there was still a small wait. Finally the host (who was a sexy MF - he almost reminded me of singer Kenny Lattimore) called my name and directed us to our seating area.
The food was good but very expensive and tiny appetizer portions. Par the course these days. Dom even made another friend in our waitress. It's so funny how folks seem naturally drawn to him. Our first night in New Orleans a random lady came over to compliment him on his shirt and tell him he could play Santa Claus which of course Dom told her he has...LOL. It was hilarious and it took her a few minutes before noticing I was there. Too funny.
There was no way Dom was going to make it walking back to the hotel so I tried to do a Lyft. The first Lyft driver drove right past us and eventually Lyft tried to send a second driver. After fifteen minutes of foolishness from Lyft, Dom wanted us to look for a taxi instead. As luck would have it, a taxi happened to drive by and we were able to direct it to stop for us. I cancelled the Lyft and we made the short via taxi drive back to the hotel.
The rest of the conference was okay but I will admit I was feeling a bit out of place at times. Thankfully I was able to use my hotel room for refuge. And oh my gosh, I saw a fat mouse scamper against the wall in the great hall where the conference was hosting an awards dinner. At the time I was sitting by my lonesome at the table so I was the only one that saw it but that was quite a shock.
I also got to enjoy my casino hobby a little bit with the Harrah's not being too far from the hotel. They shook me out of $90 which wasn't that bad.
We also got to try beignets at two different spots, the infamous Cafe Du Monde and also Cafe Beignet. I will say I think I liked Cafe Beignet's beignets a little better. They don't drown them in as much powdered sugar as Cafe Du Monde does. They are a little more dense than Cafe Du Monde as well but they were great.
We managed to walk a bit around the French Quarter after taking a scenic trolley ride around town. Eventually we had to find another taxi to take us back to the hotel as Dom was not going to make it. Ironically we wound up finding The Court Of Two Sisters and half a block away, the same waitress that served us was heading to her shift there. Dom and she chatted for a bit which was cool. We eventually found another taxi a block away who was able to take us back to the hotel.
Overall it was an enjoyable trip. I'm glad we managed to get through it unscathed. Even the house was safely found after I forgot to set the timers for the lights. Next adventure for us is the first of two concerts in Shipshewana, IN.
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