First things first Atlanta. Never in my life had i been to ATL but wanted to go for....(for those who really know me) for The New Era Flagship store. This was the last and final New Era store i had not been to. I have now been to all four North America stores (NYC, Toronto, Buffalo and Atlanta) and have only the europeans stores left! All the stores are cool and this one was no different. Had some stuff that id like to go back and get but it was good to see and visit and if your in the Atlanta area a must visit.
New Era Cap Co Inc
117 Luckie St NW
Atlanta, GA 30303-2146
(404) 584-0151
Also did some shopping in Atlanta at Wish in Little five points. Cool store, a lot of shoes and nice cloths. Spent a little and looked a little. Found one pair of shoes i was looking for and couldn't find another. Hung out with Sheena's friends sat night and sunday too. Cool people and fun. Thanks for letting us stay at your place too!
Over all Atlanta was cool. I wasnt blown away but it was good to check out. Wont be running back anytime soon (i think) but again good to see.
After spending the weekend in Atlanta we made a four hour drive south to Marianna FL to visit her parents. This was a little town not far from Georgia nor Alabama. But the closest real landmark that anybody would know is Panama City. It was about a hour away. She got to spend time with the peeps and i got to chill out and drink beer. We went to "town" and looked around and visited her Grandma in Alabama and her Uncle in Panama. Wasnt too much going on in FL but the end of the week the two of us got to get away and went to the beach to kick it alone! No oil no fuct up beach looked as good as new! It was relaxing there was a bunch of people out surfing and people just kicking it. We did go swimming and walked the pier. Ate lunch a Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville (pretty gay but beach front) for lunch and then headed back to the peeps house for the last night before we headed to New Orleans.
So the friday morning we woke up early to make the drive to New Orleans. Its was a little more than a four hour drive west from Florida. The drive was boring!!!!!!!!!! Two lanes no turns nothing to look at just tree's. But when we got to New Orleans it was good to be back in a big city. I had no idea of what to expect or any pre-conceived notions of New Orleans. But as we pulled into town it seemed to be just like any other big american city but it wasn't. There was the French Quarter which made New Orleans seem like a whole different country. The buildings, the architecture and the people made you think you were in another world. Sure once you were out of the quarter it WAS like any other american city some good some bad but it is what it is.
The first place we went was to the hotel as we had been driving for a while and wanted to get out of the car and see where we were at. We get off the highway and take a slight detour (planned) and we seeeee.......
This Bansky wall stick up. The guy does some pretty cool shit all over. If you never heard of him check it out, www.banksy.co.uk/ Had got another shot of his other work but the girlfriend has them in her camera or her blog. Ill try to get them too.
So we find the hotel easy. It was in the french quarter, a little hotel rooms weren't huge but for the location and price you couldn't go wrong. The hotel and every other place in the french quarter had a nice courtyard and a pool to hang at which was nice. After we checked in we walked around to see what was around. We ended up doing a ghost tour that night. Sheena was talking about it before we went so it was a must do. It was a lot better than i expected. It gave you a good history of the town and what has gone on in the place that you stand. Some weird and creepy shit has gone on in NOLA. That was the end of the night. Plus in NOLA u can drink anywhere!!!! So I was done by the end of tour.
We were only in NOLA for just Fri and Sat so Sat Morning we woke up and drove around to check some other shit out and too see the real New Orleans and not just the french quarter. Nothing was poping but what do we know. So after the drive we went back to the Hotel and went swimming in the pool before dinner. For dinner i had made reservations at a nice resturant so we could eat a nice dinner. N fuck that food was good. Resturant was nice and id do it all over again. After dinner we had planned to goto the Casino and spend the rest of the night playing some slots (her shit) and video poker. We did that for a while didnt really win or lose. But i did get NNNice. Kinda regreted it the next morning when i had to drive 6+ hours from New Orleans to Atlanta with a killer hang over. But we made it.
Didnt take a butt load of pics but definaty a cool town! All in all another successful road trip!
