Day 2: Shameless Fun

At the moment I'm basking in the air conditioning at Annunciation, thinking back on a full day of sun and fun. The youth are "quiet" in "lights out."

A quick recap of the day...

After church at Christ Church Cathedral this morning (Special Thanks to the Dean for a shout-out (http://www.cccnola.org/RADIOBROADCAST.htm), we went to the French Quarter for lunch at the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen. On the way we took the group for a quick drive-through tour of Bourbon Street. We figured Sunday at noon would be the most harmless time of the week for this. Glad that's done. Check.

At the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen, I was astonished that, given the remarkable selection of fresh ingredients for toppings (ie, asparagus, shitake mushrooms, goat cheese, etc.), over 75% of our group ordered cheese pizza. It was still delicious. We then had some free time in the French Market and along the mighty Mississippi River.

We took an afternoon rest break at the mission before heading back out to see the New Orleans Zephyrs, a minor-league baseball team for the Florida Marlins MLB franchise. They battled to a defeat tonight against the Iowa Cubs, a Chicago affiliate. A highlight was that the jumbotron camera operator was fond of our group's exuberant dancing skills. We were on the 'tron all night. Another highlight was Sam Fuld, centerfielder for the Iowa Cubs, who forged a lifelong friendship with Mac Pivirotto and Griffin Miller by giving them a baseball. The boys came straight home and friended him on facebook.

We came home to a nice Compline service and bedtime. We're all ready for our first day of work tomorrow.

With love,
Josh