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Katie’s New Orleans Bachelorette Weekend

The bachelorette weekend got off to somewhat of a rocky start. I woke up to a  lovely phone call saying that my flight (on Thursday morning) was cancelled and I was rebooked for Friday morning at 6 am. Um, no thank you! I proceeded to get ready as I was patiently on hold with American Airlines for 2.5 hours!! Yes, you heard that right. I received no help until I drove my butt to the Raleigh airport and waited some more until a gate agent helped me. Apparently Dallas got quite a bit of snow/ice so everything coming in was cancelled. I didn’t want to wait til the morning (plus 6 am flights are the death of me) so I did the next best thing and drove myself 3 hours to Charlotte to catch an afternoon flight (which also got delayed 30 minutes). Anyways, I made it to NOLA safe & sound so let me just end this spiel by saying that this trip was an absolute blast and #katiesragincajunbach was a success!

We loved our bachelorette party pad

We all stayed in Thursday night to watch Katie open her pretty presents, drink wine, and play Cards Against Humanity. Friday was spend exploring the city, bar hopping, and going on a ghost tour. Going out on Bourbon Street was nothing short of awesome. It’s one big party in the street and there are so many fun bars and crazy people hanging off balconies. Katie got to sing on stage and ride a bull for the first time so she was definitely the life of the party. Our last stop of the night was to a little place called Bourbon Bad Boys… and… that’s all I’m gonna say about that. It was craziness!

 Jackson Square
Pretty balconies everywhere!

Saturday we got up, grabbed lunch at a little place called Butcher, and hung around Jackson Square. The weather was perfect and we got to enjoy some entertainment from breakdancers. A little tiger snooze was needed so we hung out at the house for a little while before we got ready for the 2nd night’s festivities. We went to a nice dinner at Mr. B’s Bistro and most of us got filets with truffle butter (yes, like the song… I’m obsessed!) and continued with bar hopping on Bourbon.

Don’t you just love Katie’s little friend, Richard?!
Hurricanes at Pat O’Brien’s

I think we got 4 hours of sleep on Saturday night (no help from daylight savings) but it was so worth it. I’ll definitely be back to NOLA at some point, it is such a cool city with it’s history and beautiful architecture. We had so much fun celebrating the bride and I can’t wait for the big day on May 16th! 

Linking with Biana & Meghan.





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  1. Katie Elizabeth says

    This is so much fun!! Well besides the travel fiasco but glad to hear the rest of the weekend was a success! Now I could go for a Hurricane and a filet with truffle butter.. yummmm! Hope you're recovering today 😉

  4. Christina Sotherden says

    There is no worse start to a weekend!! Good for you problem solving and still getting yourself there anyway!! The bachelorette pad looks adorable, the photos are all fabulous, it looks like you girls had just the best weekend! New Orleans is on my travel bucket list for sure!

  10. Meghan @ Southern Belle Secrets says

    It looks like you guys had an absolutely amazing time!! I'm so sorry about your crazy flight issues, those are never fun but hey you managed to get the party going anyways! I've got NOLA on my list of places to travel too and this fun recap is making me consider it sooner, rather than later.

    xoxo,
    Meghan
    Southern Belle Secrets

  12. Alanna @ Alanna and Co says

    Glad you had fun! I feel like I probably crossed paths with you when I was there this past weekend! I definitely rode the bull for my first time this past week….which was interesting.

  14. Meghan says

    You go girl, getting that flight to NOLA! This looks amazing. I'm so glad y'all had so much fun! Katie's face in the bull picture is hysterical! Have a great week, friend! xo

  21. Myra says

    What a mess on getting to NOLA! But the rest of your weekend looks like it was a total blast! And that picture of Jackson Square? Gorgeous!

  22. Pamela {Sequins and Sea Breezes} says

    OMG sorry to hear your trip started out so rocky but so glad you made in time to celebrate and had fun once you got there! Definitely worth it then! I had so much fun following along with you ladies through Instagram, it looked like such a blast! I've never been to NOLA but I definitely want to go someday! And filets with truffle butter? Yum! Although hopefully the truffle butter wasn't exactly like what the song is about haha!

    <3, Pamela
    Sequins & Sea Breezes

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