Top of the evening to ya
Hopefully everything is back in order tonight
The daily announcements are as follows:
The song of the day was the superior live cover of Free Bird by Midnight Crisis (a small band from Memphis that was playing today, shoutout to Will for his epic guitar riff)
The lowest gas price: 3.99
The highest gas price: 4.68
Aggressive signs:
MEN WORKING
HURRICANE EVAC ROUTE
Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument EXIT 8
Beat the heat with a frozen treat (vaguely threatening, no?)
DRIVE SMART MISSISSIPPI
SLOW DOWN MEMPHIS
Middle child of the day: Thor Odinson
"my parents were emotionally stunted so I am also that, and also have brotherly attachment issues"
As Sam and Bucky, we thoroughly enjoyed causing ruckus and mayhem in New Orleans this morning
Though we didn’t tinker with any boats or whatever
We did wander around some train tracks (they were practically asking to be walked on)
WE ALSO ATE BEIGNETS AND THEY WERE YUMMY AND HOT AND COVERED IN POWDERED SUGAR
They were delightful
We both bought three - Elena ate her three and Jess ate two - we have saved the last beignet and Elena will probably eat it later (with much delight and glee)
Thanks to Nichole and Tim for the recommendation to visit Cafe Du Monde
There were also street jazz/blues performers right outside of the cafe
There were lots of brass instruments but tragically no saxophones (so we just listened to a lot of trumpet this morning…) (JAZZ TUBA!!!!)
We made a fun little square around Jackson Square - we took pictures - but we both also stopped in a cute little trinkets store mostly because there was a Zero puppet and a large Plague Doctor squishmallow… joy
After we both bought neither of those things (Jess bought a little mystery Marvel thing and Elena decide to buy some too) WE boosted
YUH
Elena learned today that Jess is actually afraid of birds
But she keeps taking pictures of them, so like ???
“From a distance they’re fine… but if you look at them too hard… they’ve got these beady little eyes… that bird wouldn’t hesitate to peck my eyes out”
We drove for a little while
And then
Magic
We stopped at a gas station for gas
And then we ate lunch
AT 1:45
Wow
That’s really big for us
After lunch we were talking about the fact that we saved a lot of time - we ate relatively quickly and we left New Orleans sooner than we had anticipated - Elena also speeds…
So we cut about 30 minutes off of our arrival time :)
We are excellent drivers
Road Work Ahead signs are filled with lies and sadness,
And therefore violate our human rights under the Geneva Convention
Quit lying to us, road work signs
We arrived in Mississippi
(really we just drove through)
We decided to look and see how much it costs to visit Graceland, because it's cool and why not? We’re going to Memphis, so let’s live it up
We haven’t really done tourist things except for the potato museum and visiting the Funko store
BUT THE TICKETS TO VISIT GRACELAND WERE 200 DOLLARS
OMG
The Cheapest tickets were 50 dollars, and that was literally just for the tour of the custom private jets this man owned (You don’t even get to see inside the planes)
Wild stuff
WE HAVE ARRIVED IN TENNESSEE
Why am I here
Someone please tell me...
We drove past Graceland because diving past it is free
We saw the jets
There are two of them
One small one and one large one
Imagine having that much money
Will never be me
Though we got to Memphis at 5:00 and our dinner reservation isn’t available until 7:30
We have never actually taken more than like an hour max to take pictures
So either we will have a lot of pictures
Or we will just wander around a smidge
Because everything in Memphis closes at 5?
We walked around Beale Street for a little while :)
We enjoyed it thoroughly - we went to a little music shop and Jess bought a vinyl with David Bowie’s face on it, and Elena bought music note earrings and a Led Zeppelin pin for Jess
We walked up and down the street and enjoyed it thoroughly - except it’s pretty hot so like we are sweaty
We decided to hang out outside for a little bit because it was windy and that felt really nice
We sat in the shade :)
Then there was a guy that came up to us and was like “y’all photographers?”
We chatted with him for a while
He was really excited - he showed us his art - he asked to see our art
The whole encounter was rather awkward but it was cute and wholesome
We went and sat in the car after
Jess called her mom and we edited / worked on some things while we waited for our Hard Rock reservation
Which came earlier than expected (the reservation was for 7:30 - we got the notification at 7:12 that it was ready so we booked it over to the restaurant
GUYS There was like a live band playing there tonight
Best thing in the world
We walked in right as they started playing Free Bird or something
It was incredible
They were so good
also there was a lot of cool music stuff
We were at the restaurant from 7:20 to 9 ish because we were enjoying the music so much
It was the second time we’ve eaten out and probably the best decision we've made besides going to the FUNKO store
PEAK
What a way to end the day.
Laugh with your besties
make fun of other people together
we do it!
and we have a great time :)
Statler and Waldorf