back in the bay

i arrived in bsl for the fourth in time for the bay idol competition where karaoke contestants regaled the crowd with everything from violent femmes to whitney houston. instead of voting, the crowd put money down to support a singer and all the proceeds went to a pack of americorps kids project in waveland. then it was off to a beach bonfire at the foot of de montluzin where i met up with some buddies (all over the age of 40 mind you) and ended up crabbing with lantern, net, and friend. the next day some friends and i hit up the newly rebuilt dunbar pier and fished for a while until we couldn't take the crabs eating our bait anymore and quit to go to gabbie's downtown for some mint juleps. i had dinner with at a beach bar with a friend and his parents and then sluggishly bar crawled before crashing and burning. a lazy sunday with a few sweaty visits to the beach crabfest to hear some live music and watch people buy silly things with expensive tokens. tomorrow my mom lands in new orleans so i'll get some quality time with the city and my grandmother before picking up the continental wonder at louis armstrong airport.