WWC Theatre Alumni Blog

Well hello everyone again, it is I, Calvin. Just got back from a road trip to New Orleans and back. I gotta say, that is a fun place to be. I went down with my girlfriend of six months for a buisiness conference of hers. We stayed at the Marriot on Canal Street just inside the French Quarter. The food and music and atmosphere down there are wonderfull. One of my favorite new food experiences was barbecued oyster Po Boys at Red Fish Grill Bourbon Street; a loaf of french bread piled high with deep-fried barbequed oysters, blue cheese and red onions, the Biegnets at Cafe Du Mond is a great experience too. It's located right between Jackson Park and the Mississippi River. You sit down and enjoy your "french doughnuts" in the cool morning air to the sound of very lively and talented street musicians while watching the cart horse tours leave the park. On St. Patricks Day I hung out in Kerry's Irish Pub (down on Decator to anyone who's visited the frnch quarter) and listened to live irish folk music until the parades started at around 6:00 but didn't stop until after 10:00. Then it was time for more food and live music at house of blues. I also took the haunted history tour while I was there which was very cool and also kind of gruesome but I wouldn't want to spoil those stories by telling them here. After a few days of fully enjoying myself it was time for the long drive back to Salt Lake. The only comlaint I have about that is the powerful winds in northern Texas combined with the snow from the night before. Visibility was next to nothing but I did get a kick out of the icecicles pointing sideways off of the semis. On our way back I decided to stop at Cruel Jacks to remenisce a bit. although the place had changed a bit the food was still good. Not that I really had enough cash to ever order much more than a few pitchers of water when I was at Western. Anyway, as i looked at the little man in a big hat pointing a gun at me fron my bottle of hot sauce, I was reminded of all my good friends and i wished you were all there with me. Anyway, this post is pretty long so i better end now. I hope everyone else is having a fun time with whatever they may be doing.

Calvin

p.s. if anyone wants to contact my personal e-mail, my address is cyprusonian@yahoo.com just no spam stuff ok. I really don't care that if I forward an e-mail to 7 people in the next hour something good will happen to me. With that in mind, I look forward to seeing hearing from some of you.

Calvin