{stateside} new orleans!

not that we ever need an excuse to visit new orleans, but we had a good one this weekend: it was my good friend CJ's 30th birthday!  we flew in on friday afternoon and immediately started soaking up our favorite city: lucky dogs, hand grenades, live music, cajun and creole comfort food...all of the very best things!  this year also happens to be the ten-year anniversary of the first trip we took to the crescent city {actually the first trip we ever took together}... we did all of our favorite things and had some fantastic new experiences too.  couldn't have asked for a better weekend!