Aug
Come back with your liver, or on it.
Posted in Entertainment | No Comments »I turned 29 on Wednesday. My 20′s are almost over, boo-hoo. Now people might actually begin to take me seriously! (Naw, who am I kidding?) The good thing about being almost-30 is I’m wiser, smarter, and look better than I did when I was almost-20. Although I have noticed a lot more gray hairs and the beginnings of wrinkles on my forehead. I still get mistaken for being under 21, however maybe now that I’m approaching 30, I should actually learn how to use make-up…
Summer in Nola is hot, y’all. I don’t think I’ve ever sweat this much in my life. A couple of weeks ago, the heat was so intense it actually warped one of the streetcar rail lines.
In an effort to escape the heat, my roommate and I took a trip to Destin, FL. The water was so blue, it reminded me of Hawaii! Everybody knows how much I love the gulf coast, but in case you don’t understand why, feast your eyes on this:

This weekend was the annual New Orleans Red Dress Run. Of course, my “weekend” started with my birthday on Wednesday, then Red Skirt Run on Thursday, and Red Lingerie Run on Friday, before culminating in the main event. Needless to say, my liver has filed for a trial separation and has moved back in with its parents while we seek couples’ counseling.
The concept of a red dress run is not exclusive to New Orleans; Hash Houses in many different cities hold dress runs (some I have attended include Savannah’s Green Dress Run and Red Dress events in Washington DC, Pensacola and Jacksonville, FL). Usually you will only see hashers in attendance. Our red dress run is open to the public, which brings in a lot of tourism during a typically dead season. Profits are donated to local charities, and this year that amount totaled to over $200,000!

Unlike other RDR’s I’ve attended, this one was less of a trail run, and more of a “drink in Washington Square for a few hours, then run amok on Bourbon Street”.
I guess when you live in a region that gets this miserable in summer, the best way to take care of it is drown it with cold beer.








