nervous excited bah bah bake sale!!!
soooooo, we are leaving for new orleans in T minus 5 days. It is truly crunch time. I feel like I have so much to do between then and now and not much time to do any of it. But I will continue to breathe and take one step at a time. Tomorrow we have our last bake sale before we leave. I made some pretty cool treats. I made a gluten free and vegan option. I got gluten free pretzels and vegan chocolate chips and dipped them together. mmmmm i made my room mate who is a vegan be my test rat. He seemed to really enjoy them. I really think that the bake sales have been going well. I think it is hard to have it happen every week though because the glamour behind fresh treats kind of fades within our school.
Oh also I am going to make some cards for us all to hand out to people so they can check out this blog. I think it makes a lot of sense to give this site a public viewing. I really think that being able to give people our site and a reminder that we were there is nice. Even if no one in New Orleans posts back on the blog, it would be really exciting if they were to simply check it out. Keep track of us up north. We shall see.
5 DAYS!!!!!
Music and Art Events in NOLA
Here are some links to events going on while we will be in New Orleans.
Concerts:
Vanilla Ice anyone?…..anyone?
No really there’s a bunch of bands most I’ve never heard of but have you…?
http://pollstar.com/resultsCity.aspx?ID=40643&SortBy=Date&SearchBy=new%20orleans,%20la
FOR THE EVIL UNDERGROUND
http://www.nolaunderground.com/gigs.html
Art:
ART IN BLOOM @ NOMA
Art in Bloom is a five-day event that showcases more than 100 exhibitors that create inspirational floral designs, sculptures and sceneries in over a dozen categories.
ST. PATTI’S & JOSEPH’S DAY EVENTS
including a block party with food and drink, and lots of parades
http://goneworleans.about.com/od/festivals/a/stpatstjoe.htm
OTHER WIERD UNDERGROUND LINKS
DIY stuff, Louisiana Punks(sounds interesting…never mind), Miss Binky, Recording Studios….just FYI stuff i guess…
http://www.nolaunderground.com/links.html
any way. have fun
Excited for NOLA!
One week to go before New Orleans! As Kim mentioned, it feels pretty surreal that we’re THISCLOSE! i feel like we’re going to hit the ground running because of the time constraints, and I’m sure that everyone has a TON of work to finish in this last week before break. I’m excited to see New Orleans for the first time and to get some good work done while we’re down there (my parents lived there for a long time, and I’ve heard only wonderful and heartfelt/homesick stories from both of them). I have been, admittedly, a bit distracted as events (both expected and unforeseen) on my artistic and personal stratosphere have taken my attention. That being said, I am SUPER psyched to be heading down there with this fantastic group! Three cheers for SMFA-NOLA!!
(the ‘Ani DiFranco Helps Kick-Start Katrina Piano Fund’ post was from me as well, so if anyone is interested in finding out more about organizations that help get instruments and equipment to musicians, I would love to get together and chat/research!)
-meredythe
