It was our very first visit to the Louisiana Children’s Museum. As usual the day was filled with mishapsadventures.
1. Getting out the door – fighting kids!
2. Following directions your friend says are better than your mapquest print out. Let’s just say I took the scenic route and saw East Orleans Parish for the first time. What a depressing mess – gosh! You can’t follow I-10 to the Tchoupitoulas exit – it doesn’t happen!
3. Parking in front of the museum – cool – meters are open. But dang – these “smart meters” aren’t smart enough to take 3 of my credit cards!!! Dig for change and we are good for 2 hours. Mental note to get more change for lunch time!
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4. Pay for the full membership or pay the day fee??? That is almost as difficult as paper or plastic. Then there was door #3 – pay for the museum – see if you want to be a member – then pay the difference if you still want to join. Yay.
5. We had soooooo much fun (yes me too). My daughter loved the grocery store & the cafe’, the boys loved anything that involved touching, building and exploring. After 2 hours – we were members!
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6. Next stop eating….the museum had a list of restaurants and we headed towards Tucker’s Bar and Grill on 869 Magazine Street. I split a catfish basket & sweet potato fries with middle child. The other 2 split a bacon burger and cheese fries. We had leftovers (wow). The kids liked being in a true bar with a pool table, dart boards (no darts), and a couple of video games. I resisted the beer temptation!
7. Kids slept all the way home and I spoke to Kaare Johnson on the radio again (pathetic me-yes solving all NOLA’s problems with 1 call hehehe).
(c/p @ NOLA.com)