ShannonAlbert.com - June 2009

Thursday night, I picked up two of Andy's brothers, their girlfriends and Andy's mom at the airport. Andy stayed at home to get some sleep so he could drive the next morning. I ended up staying up w/his brothers and their girlfriends most of the night and Andy was up before 4 and ready to drive. So off we went w/5 of us very, very tired while Andy drove us to New Orleans. Had an easy drive, drove on the longest bridge we've ever been on and ended up getting in around 2. Some pics I took as we drove in....



Huge tombs...


After some lunch and a nap, we were off to the rehearsal dinner which was held at La Maison de Creole. It was a beautiful venue with fantastic food (including beans and rice, jambalaya, etc.). Some pics of our time there...


Andy's brother, Nick...


Andy's brother, Mark and his girlfriend Liz...


Andy's brother, David, with the groom, Tony...


David and Tony again with their friend Jimmy...


Jimmy introduced Tony to Angela and they made a bet that if they got married, Tony would give Jimmy his Yoda so this is him officially giving it to him...



The couple making announcements, giving out gifts to the wedding party, etc.


After the dinner, it was decided that we'd go to Harrah's casino downtown. I wasn't terribly excited since it didn't seem uniquely New Orleans but it ended up being very fun and gave us a chance to see downtown...and Andy and I both won some money! Some pics of our night out downtown...

On our walk from the parking garage to the casino...



They had one room that had great dance music playing with girls dancing on platforms. They had a small dance floor that I went out on for a bit...


Band that walked the aisles playing music...


Bridges at night on the way home...


Tomorrow - French Quarter and the wedding!