Kendrick Lamar concert! This is REMI'S!!!!

Back in late September, I went to go see one of my favorite artist's, his name is Kendrick Lamar. Since I first heard of him I fell in love with his music. So when I came to New Orleans and found out that he would be performing, it was a no doubt situation where I had to go. So when I decided to go, I didn't want to go alone, so I asked my friend Brendan to go, and of course he said yes. It was awesome, he played all of the music that I expected and some that I never heard before all and also it was my first time at the House of Blues, which was amazing as well. All in all, it was a great time, a well spent $35 might I add. I hope he chooses to perform here more, because I am for sure to go again.

The Roadtrip to St. Louis

After I completed my last final, I had to wait 2 days before I could head back home to a place I like to call, St. Louis. When the day got here I packed my stuff and headed with 3 of my friends, one of which included Remi. The drive was grueling, but it honestly didn't take as long as first expected. I thought it would take around 12 hours when it only took 10 hour, but of course we didn't speed at all, that's just wrong. It was a good time though, I got to finally see my first coast, which was pretty badass. I also got to see different parts of some states including Mississippi and Tennessee. I listened to music most of the trip, some of the music included Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi and a little bit of John Mayer. I might say that the trip was fun and I'm glad to be back home, but I cannot wait for the trip back, because I know in a few weeks, I am going to miss home, that is of course New Orleans.

Dooky Chase's

For my final for Creole Crossroads, we went to a restaurant that before this visit I had never heard of before. We went to Dooky Chase's which is a pretty famous restaurant which I'm pretty sure inspired the movie "Princess and the Frog". The food was amazing and I had great time with friends there, the bonus was getting to meet Leah Chase, the mastermind behind this amazing restaurant. After we were done eating, she came by our table and talked to us for awhile. It was astounding to see how happy she was to see us. I enjoyed the talk she gave us, one of things I'll never forget that she said was that "you will always know what kind of person someone is by what they eat, so it is true, you are what you eat". I enjoyed my time there and I would love to thank Dr. Hunt for taking me and the rest of the class there for our amazingly hard final! It was a good time, and for sure when my parents come and visit next year, that will be one of the places I will take them. No doubt!

The Dallas Half-Marathon

So on December 9th, I did the most incredible thing that I have ever accomplished in my young life. I ran the Dallas half-marathon. This has been on my bucket list for awhile but I never thought that I would accomplish this feat at the age that I am now. It took some persuasion from my Uncle to get me to come down there since it was during the time of my finals, but I think if I would've chosen not to go, I would've greatly regretted that decision. The time I got to spend with my Uncle and family and friends was awesome, but the race was the main reason for my visit. So on race day morning, I got up around 5 in the morning, took a nice shower, ate a good breakfast including a small bowl of cereal, a banana and a grapefruit, which was the nastiest thing ever. Then after that, I stretched for about a half an hour and talked with my uncle and friends who I was competing against. After that, we headed on down to downtown Dallas for the race, then for the last half hour I just listened to music to pump me up. The race overall was good for me. I kept a constant pace and was feeling really good until mile 9, there I had stomach cramps and wasn't feeling good so I had to walk for a little bit, but after that I was completely fine. My final time was around 1:50:00, which I wasn't happy about since I was aiming for a 1:40:00 or better, but I was told that that was an amazing time for someone who has only been training for 2 months. After the race, we celebrated with wine and margarita pizza. It was an amazing day overall, and I'm glad to say that this will now be a every year tradition for me and family and friends