Going out- Frenchmen st
Bar- snake and Jake’s/ SATURN BAR/ okay bar/ maple leaf (most are also a venue)
Cafe- Zotz/ rue de la cours
Food- creole creamery/ camellia grill/ cleos/ nirvana
Activities- NOMA has yoga for $5 on Saturday in the sculpture garden/ there’s some decent thrifting/ museum of death (actually v intense)/ audubon park (u can legally drink in public so picnics are great)
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G’s in mid city for pizza
Saint Roch market is great it’s super pretty and has like 8 different food vendors they have a trivia and game night
- Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar on Bourbon is a good divey bar - The Spotted Cat on Frenchmen St. is great for live jazz - St. Roch Market for dining hall-style Latin, seafood, soul food options, etc.
- Lil Dizzy’s (lunch only) for some of the best gumbo and po’boys
link to a previous rec list, but expanded here:
Listen to WWOZ or go to their website for gigs. The Bywater is so fun to walk around in. Cute little colorful houses. I also like to walk down Magazine St. Turkey and The Wolf is insta famous now, but for good reason. Their sandwhiches are good. If you want a classic po boy, go to Parkway Bakery and then walk up Bayou St. John and lay in the grass or dip into City Park and lay in the grass. Who Dat Coffee for breakfast. Hotel Peter and Paul is a chic place to grab a cocktail. Parlour Books is a cool little used book spot. Hungry Eyes for wine and 80’s vibes and delicious dishes.
In this regard, to what I like to call a funk.
I feel très dookie. Lots of change in my life, and in times of instability I tend to fall off the horse- in a major way. Like many ppl. This past go round I have been excessively hard on myself over my general lacking in… well almost everything. Ive come to the conclusion that there are times you have to give yourself more grace than you’d like to. Maybe the pity party can last a couple more days than usual. I won’t go into details, bc as those of you reading who have dealt with mental health struggles, it can be sort of gross. Sure. There’s a ton I could be doing to put an end to my funk. Make more of an effort to dig myself out of the hole. But, at the end of the day I know I will come out of the funk in my own time. Faking myself out, and convincing myself I’m feeling better serves no one.
Making yourself feel worse over feeling bad in the first place is just wildly counterproductive. Just keep moving forward in time. There’s a lot of it <3
Rough week... Months, rough months. Decided on a whim to crash w my friend an hour outside the city for a while. I was lucky enough to finish my mural early. First night here and I already feel a good bit better :)
