We spent a Mother-Daughter weekend in New Orleans while the boys were off having some fun fishing.  April/May is such a pretty time to visit New Orleans (we got married in April in New Orleans!) and we had the BEST time! We showed the girls all around the city in the short 48 hours we were there.  My Mom has a little one bedroom studio in uptown New Orleans which is where we stayed.  We brought a blow-up mattress for the girls and they were happy as can be!

We headed to dinner at Gautreau’s on our first night there. It is so cute nestled in the residential streets of uptown New Orleans.  The best part was that we were able to walk from our house to the restaurant.  The girls still talk about the pasta they had for dinner that night and they were pretty excited about their banana split!

We took the girls a few blocks away to the French Truck for breakfast and coffee. We ended up here every morning of our trip. I love this little spot so much and we could sit outside.

After breakfast, we headed to meet my friend Meredith and her daughter at Story Land in City Park. It is a cute little area for the kids to explore and has some interactive things for them to do.

These cute little friends

Train ride through City Park

After Storyland and our train ride around City Park, we headed to the Children’s Museum.  Unfortunately, the museum was still closed from COVID, but they had a really cute little restaurant that we had lunch at.  The new children’s museum looks incredible, I definitely want to go back and check it out!

After lunch, we headed for a little shopping and snow balls with the girls!

For dinner, Courtney and I borrowed a babysitter from my friend Meredith and headed to dinner at the new restaurant at the Chloe boutique hotel uptown! It’s super chic and so fun.  The pool area and outdoor bar scene looked like a blast.  We had a nice dinner inside and loved checking out the new spot.

On our last day, we were hoping to snag a reservation for a high tea at the Windsor Court, but they were completely booked.   So we took the girls to the New Orleans Aquarium and then it was time to hit the road home.

We had so much fun on our short little weekend in New Orleans. There is always so much to see and do in this city.  I can’t wait to go back again soon!

Read our previous trip to New Orleans here.

The boys were living their best life too for the weekend.  They had a fishing trip planned to Lake Seminole outside of Tallahassee for the weekend which is why we planned our New Orleans girls trip   They rented a cabin for the weekend and fished lake seminole, sat by the fire, and had boy time!

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I’m here for a recap of this past weekend!! This was a weekend that had been on the books for quite awhile that my Brother and SIL had planned and we were all super excited about.  We were headed down to Tampa for a 2 day/1 night adult weekend to go see the Gasparilla Music Festival.  I have never been before, but I love some good outdoor music and we had a really fun dinner planned at Berns Steakhouse.  There ended up being some maintenance issues on the plane, so our flight to Tampa was cancelled.  Eight adults were all sitting in the airport (with all of our kids already taken care of for the next 36 hours) and collectively saying, What’s Plan B?? haha!

So like any fun group of mature adults would do, we hopped in two vehicles and took a 3 hour road trip to New Orleans!! We laughed that it had been quite awhile for all of us that we had been on an adult road trip. It was quite fun!

So within a matter of two hours, we had new hotels booked (cancelled old hotel), new restaurant reservations made, and a game plan for our new weekend getaway.

We decided to stay at the Ace Hotel in the Warehouse district of New Orleans.  The price was right and we new the vibe would be young, fun and was set in a great location.  The lobby was super hip, great bar, and they have a coffee shop connected to one side and a fun Italian restaurant (which we didn’t get a chance to dine at this trip) on the other side.

It was about 2pm or so on Saturday when we arrived to New Orleans.  We were all pretty hungry and ready for some lunch.  We walked right out of our hotel and two doors over was a fantastic seafood restaurant called Seaworthy.  We sat outdoors in the patio area and had the whole place to ourselves. It was so lovely!

Our lunch was amazing and we all over indulged. So we walked it off by headed down to Canal St. and taking a stroll through the Quarter.  We started at The Ritz Carlton, so Matt and I could take a walk down memory lane.  We got married at this hotel in April 2012!! It was a BLAST of a wedding.

This was the courtyard area that we took a ton of our family photos and bridal party photos before the wedding.  You can find a bunch of those fun photos in this blog post!

Then we headed onto Bourbon Street and ended up at the French 75 Bar at Arnauds Restaurant.   Arnaud’s is where Matt and I had our Rehearsal Dinner.  That was such a fun night too.  You can find photos and blog post from that here.

After drinks there, we headed back to our hotel rooms to regroup and shower for dinner that night.  I didn’t do a great job of taking photos of our hotel room but they are definitely very hip.  Black bathrooms, full bars set up, funky decor, low beds, dark linens, etc.  It was perfect for one night.

Our dinner reservations for Saturday night were at Commander’s Palace. This is a super fun spot in the garden district.  Always lots of people celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

Matt is sooo excited for the table side Banana’s Foster!

We closed the restaurant down and had a blast. On our way out the door, we accidentally exited via the kitchen and it was so cute.  All the chefs were a hoot and cheered us on!

Sunday morning was Day Light Savings Time and we all got to sleep in which was so nice.  We had brunch reservations at Luke’s at 11am as our last hoorah before heading back home.

We decided to walk off a little bit of that heavy brunch and headed to the Roosevelt Hotel to check out the Sazarac Bar before hitting the road home.

We were sad to say goodbye, but we fit so much into our quick 24 hours that we had in New Orleans!!! I would do it again in a heartbeat!!! It is always one of my very favorite places to visit and holds such a special place in my heart!!

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Happy Monday, Friends!! I actually feel like I have too much stuff to cram into one post today, but I’m going to do it anyway.  We had a busy weekend full of a lot of fun celebrations to hit this weekend.  I actually drove over to New Orleans with just my Mom on Friday afternoon to go visit with family and celebrate my cousin who is getting married this summer.  Friday night happened to be her 30th birthday and then Saturday night was her engagement party.  We had a blast visiting and catching up with family and kicking of their wedding festivities.

They threw a gorgeous outdoor party at their house on Friday evening to celebrate her birthday.

These oysters were SO AMAZING.  I was obsessed.  These two cute girls own this company called Two Girls, One Shuck and they travel around to parties with this set up.  They display these delicious raw oysters and then also do grilled oysters with some type of garlic, butter and parmesan mixture.  They were heavenly.  I told them that I will definitely be calling them for a party soon

I wore this red tie front Mara dress that was fun for an outdoor party.

And this one the 30th birthday girl…my adorable cousin

Saturday morning was gorgeous! I actually woke up at about 7am on my own and I was determined that I was going to sleep in because I didn’t have the kids with me.  It took me awhile to fall back asleep, but then I didn’t wake up until 10am!!!!! It was amazing.    A bunch of us went to brunch at Kenton’s on Magazine St. and we were able to sit outside which was so nice.  I’m a Benedict addict and this one did not disappoint.

#charm

After brunch, I decided not to head down to the French Quarter festival (which I know was really fun) and meet up with some friends to walk and shop down Magazine St. for a little bit.  We hopped into several stores and also went to Rivers Spencer Interiors show room.  If you love home decor, you are probably already following her on Instagram.  She has gorgeous taste and a beautiful Insta feed!

Saturday night was the engagement party in New Orleans.  It was at a friends house on the rooftop of a gorgeous Warehouse District apartment.  I did a terrible job of taking a few pictures before it got dark, but the views were stunning!

I wore this Mara one shoulder dress for the party.  This was a dress that I thought was pretty cute when I saw it online and then I became obsessed with it when I saw how vibrant and pretty the colors were once it arrived at my house.  It’s on the short side which I always struggle with, but I still loved it.

One Shoulder Dress | Purse | Shoes

Sunday morning, my Mom and I drove back really early in the morning to head to Pensacola.  My nephew was getting baptized and I’m the God Mother!! So we got our butts in gear and headed home.

I was excited to get home and see the babies and do some more celebrating.

I wore another one shouldered ruffle dress (whoops) on Sunday.  The white seems to be sold out, but it comes in black, blue (so pretty), orange and navy too!! They are all adorable.

Sunday afternoon was a Master’s themed party to celebrate the baptism and also celebrate my nephew’s 3rd birthday!! It was lots of fun seeing the kids run and play on 100 different toys and the adults ate, watched the master’s and tried to keep track of our kids

Phew, I hope you made it to the end!! It was a fun one!  I’ll be recovering for the rest of the day

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It’s been a busy week!  Matt left for his annual guys trip to Aspen on Wednesday and me and the kids had a jammed packed schedule.  I hosted my annual girls Dirty Santa party on Wednesday night which was so much fun.  I owe you guys a whole post on that one this week!  Thursday we hung out and I recovered from the girls party and picked up around the house a bit.  We had dinner at my Mom’s that night and then early Friday morning we packed up the car and headed to New Orleans for the weekend.

We got to New Orleans Friday afternoon and got ourselves settled in.  We were taking them to City Park that night as soon as it got dark to Celebration of the Oaks.  It was so much fun and so beautiful.  We rode the train to see all the lights around the park and then they had a ton of fun fair-type rides that my Mom and Brody had a blast riding.  I wasn’t sure if he was going to love the rides this year, but he rode everything he was tall enough for including the roller coaster.

We completely wore the kiddos out and I had to snag this photo of Brody sleeping on his little blow up mattress with his sleeping bag.  It’s the first time he’s slept in the sleeping bag and we’ve had it for 2 years!

Saturday we had my Aunt and cousins kids come over for a little playdate.  We had lunch, played at the park and rode the streetcar.  All the kids loved the street car, but Madelyn started getting a little antsy.  It’s so much fun to do though if you are ever here visiting.

We had a babysitter Saturday night and my Mom and I went out to dinner with friends.  I didn’t manage to snap any photos, but it was so much fun getting to catch up.  We drove home early Sunday morning to try and beat the bad weather home.  The kids did great.  This was the first long (3 hour) road trip that Madelyn really did good on!  We got home with our new toys from friends and waited for Daddy to get home that night.

We’re all pooped, but had a great trip.  We’re glad to have Daddy back and officially celebrate the week approaching Christmas!! I can’t believe it.  Happy Holidays friends

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