My Golf Roadtrip!!: New Orleans, LA

Mile Driven: 4742 miles

Texas was fun but after being there for 2 weeks I was ready to hit the open road again. My buddy Scott decided to meet me in New Orleans since he's never been before. This is the 3rd time I've been to New Orleans and haven't been back for about 10 years. This is one of those cities that's much more fun when you have friends to share the food and memories with. Being a huge foodie, I knew this was gonna be an awesome trip. One of my fondest memories of New Orleans was going to Commander's Palace in 2002 and having one of the best dining experiences during Sunday Brunch.

I got in on Friday afternoon and decided to stay by the airport since Scott was flying in on Saturday morning. Besides, it was much cheaper than to stay in the French Quarter. I found an awesome little seafood restaurant by the hotel called Harbor Seafood and Oyster Bar. Sat at the bar and powered down a dozen oysters, cup of crawfish etouffee, and 1/2 an Oyster Po-Boy. Not a bad way to start the trip.

Scott gets in on Saturday and we checked into our hotel in the French Quarter. Since our room wasn't ready, we decided to hit up Bourbon Street for some day drinking and pub crawling. At night, we booked at table at Muriel's Jackson Square for some authentic creole cuisine. If you ever go, save room for the bread pudding.

The next day we did some sightseeing in the museums and walked around the Garden District after an awesome brunch at Restaurant Stanley. Follow by checking out Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar (built in 1722, the oldest structure used as a bar in the US) and hitting up Pat O'Brien's while watching Tiger win the Players Championship. I did manage to walk away from some jackass trying to pick a fight because he wanted to grab the seat I was saving for Scott. Whatever man, if you are that desperate to sit down, you can have the seat. No need to call me a "douche" because I'm from San Francisco and wanting to fight me when I said that was uncalled for. Loser...

After that brief encounter with the psychopath, we got cleaned up and went to Commander's Palace to celebrate my friend Lisa's 30th (for the 3rd time) birthday. The meal was a good as I remembered from 10 years ago! We then met up with my friend Chris that I hadn't seen since 1996 and stayed out until 3am. It was good to catch up with friends I haven't seen in a long time but I was definitely feeling the effects of the weekend this morning.

I didn't golf this trip but did have plenty of food...here are the pictures. Enjoy!!