Grandpa Elliot

Alligators, beignets, and grandpa Elliot.

Things that come to mind when I think about yesterday. Seeing alligators, a 6ft python, and a hammerhead shark. We saw all of this when we went to the auduban Aquarium; a worldclass aquariam near our house in new orleans. After we left the aquarium we went to a little Beignet store down on Bourbon street. Aside from being extremely delicious, a beignet is a fried dough pastry and the official state doughnut of louisiana. After our desert we decided to go eat some dinner. We went to a Cajun food restraint and had seafood gumbo, fried shrimp and jumbalaya. This was all pretty good although I do think that there is some better Cajun food somewhere else in n'awrlins. We will gave to discover it. We met grandpa Elliot at the corner of royal and Toulouse, one black away from bourbon street. For those of you who don't know who grandpa elliot is, he is a famous new Orleans street musician who has appeared in the YouTube video "stand by me". Check it out below. It was a shock to recognize him as we walked by. He wore glasses so we were even more shocked to find out that he was nearly blind. He told us that he had lost his vision right after hurricane. We stayed and talked for a while, he sang a love song for a young couple and then proceeded on our way. Right now Luke and I are taking a little siesta, hiding from the heat of the Louisiana day. Stay classy San Diego.