FIESTA

>Party TIME!!!

All year long I wait for this time of year.. It's definitely a significant time of year that I remember a lot about my childhood. Its FIESTA in San Antonio! 

Fiesta San Antonio" (or simply "Fiesta") is an annual spring festival held in my home town of good ole San Antonio, Texas . A little history: The festival began as a single event to honor the memory

of the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto.

Fiesta is the city's biggest festival, with more than 100 events that take place all over the city. There's parades, festivals, concerts & art exhibits, etc..
Seriously.. we'll find any reason to party in SA lol
The creative wardrobe is part of the entertainment...

People dress in the most brightly colored clothes they can find,

and these cute little hats.

And have a great time dancing and drinking at the festivals...

It literally is Mardi Gras in San Antonio!

My favorite part is the Flambeau Night Parade... all the bands and floats are lit up with neon glow sticks!

So.. Much.. Fun..
I'm so excited that I got my Fiesta Nails ready!!!

Well I'm off..

Get Ready San Antonio..

Cause Momma's Comin Home to Fiesta!

Barely Alive

I'm so sorry that this explanation is coming late, but I think you'll forgive me after you see the craziness that I'm still recovering from...

Plus.. I just got promoted @ work (YAY!)  and I'm trying to transition/hire for my old position.. needless to say its a little hectic ...

But on to the good stuff...

I think I have about 5 neuron's left in my noggin

after NOLA.... All in celebration of my love Ms. Alex

Me and this girl go way back..

She is one of the sweetest, genuine, and all out just hilarious women I have the pleasure of knowing.

She's the kinda girl that where ever she is... is where the party's at!

So when I heard the bachelorette party was going to go down in New Orleans, I got pretty excited because I had never been! I love traveling and learning about new places so this was gonna be freakin awesome! But every time I told someone that I was going to NOLA, I'd get a weird faced reaction and a response of.. "what ever you do.. don't wear open toe shoes on Bourbon"....

Now, what the heck kind of advice is that?! ....But whatev's.. I was still excited to go on this trip... so off I went to go pack...

(with some nice closed toed shoes)

The Bachelorette shenanigans were complete madness...

for the lack of neurons still trying to recuperate... we'll let the photo's explain the fantastic time I had in NOLA>

Lets start off with the innocent ones...

The whole gang! ( Act like you dont see me trying to hide my brewski)

Karen & Gabby

   

Alex and I                                                             Gabby & I

Gabby N ALex

Lots of calorie packed yummy good food was consumed...

Beignet from Cafe Du Monde

 (These are kinda like a heavily powdered sugared doughnut...Heaven in your mouth....no joke)

Gabby and Alex just straight up walked into this patio restaurant and started eating off their plates!!! Crazy girls... (the faces on Nicole & Karen are classic)

Gabby & her craw fish friend Fred

Alex n Kellie grubbin @ 3:30am...

I don't think people give enough credit to Bourbon St for the entertainment during the day... ok ok.. when your not suffering from a massive hangover from he night before...

But its beautiful!

Fantastic weather and architecture

A street band from the "country".. more like just stinky and grungy homeless men that found some instruments..., but good music

this dog cracked me up.. it...did.. not ... move...

but just sat there frozen for everyone to take pictures.

 

Wait a sec...

This gal was directing traffic like a professional with a whip and everything...

Get it Gurl!! Chic has some balls to wear something like that..  punt intended ;)

Also did a couple seductive dances on cars as they drove by.. HILARIOUS!

OK OK..

Now for the fun...

Alex getting some kind of shot from our waitress :)

Typical Asian-gang-signs!

Party rockin 

Just trying to disguise ourselves and not get recognized.. I think mine was a cat with glasses or something..kinda weird.. but oh well..

               Lots of day drinking to be had on Bourbon St... Fish bowls all around for the gang :)

                      

                                                Plenty of shots..

Plenty of Drinks..

I think Nicole had something on her face ... totally innocent

This Grenade Girl is my homie

                                                   Lots of Dancing...

                                                And late night photo Ops

Me and Kristen 

Alex and Kellie

This is a pic of us getting back to our hotel at 430am.. right after this pic.. Kristen fell into the bushes.... hilarious..

The next night... we hit the jackpot and attended the "Boy"lesque Show @ the House of Blues..

We were not disappointed lol 

We called him Chocolate Thunda.

Yup.. that foo is completely naked besides his socks, hat and bow tie

And we have no clue what was up with this monkey boy.. He was wearing knee high- high heels and was throwing bananas into the crowd while making monkey sounds.. Then he requested the audience to come spank the monkey after the show lol

Yea.. I took a bathroom pic.. I'm THAT girl.. so what..

Yea don't mind that Johnson shaped water gun Alex's holding..

She went around giving people shots out of it the whole weekend lol

totally appropriate..

                                          Gabby's picking out her favorite cock-a-doodle

                                   And just for good measure.. some silly pics :)

All HAIL Queen Alex :) If this trip was any testament of how the wedding will be in June.. We're headed for a good freaking time.. :) So excited!