And finally, the last of the trip pictures.
Stopped by a cemetery. Ryan and I took a few photos. Matt waited in the car
Lunch the last day, possibly the best meal of the trip. For sure the one containing least fried items. Unfortunately I forgot the name of this place.
Ended up catching the Hornets/Cavs game our last night in New Orleans. Well, technically we planned the trip around both the Hornets' schedule and Chris Paul's recovery timetable, so I guess going to the game wasn't exactly a spur of the moment decision.
Food on the Club Level at the arena was pretty legit - filet mignon sandwiches...
...and made-to-order pasta. But then again there were no Wetzel's Pretzels like they have at Staples Center.
And of course Lebron had 38 points and a million rebounds and two million assists, like usual. Cavs won fairly easily.
When the league found out that we were, in fact, the authors of nobizplan.com, aka (arguably) the world's most popular blog, they gave us passes to hang out after the game.
Diesel. Shaqtus. Kazaam.
We ran into Sebastian Telfair and spoke to him for a minute. I was basically the only person who recognized him. This kid has an incredible level of talent that he's never really been able to showcase as a pro, up to this point. He was doing alright this year for the Clippers before the trade to Cleveland. Now, behind Mo and Delonte, there's really no room for him so I hope he gets the chance to go somewhere in the offseason and perhaps finally finds his niche.
Then Lebron walked by. He kind of ignored everyone and headed straight for the team bus. Which is sad for him because I don't think he realized that he was passing up what could end up being his one shot at getting himself featured on our blog.
Think about it - Lebron sees the reporters from the national media and major daily newspapers everyday, but how often does he run into the preeminent sports and graphic design bloggers of their time? How common is it that Ryan is with us and was able to sneak in all his fancy pro camera equipment past arena security? Exactly - it appears Lebron may have missed his one shot at stardom by disregarding us.
Whatever, I'm sure it was probably a misunderstanding. He probably didn't recognize Matt and I - since he was wearing sunglasses, indoors, at night.
On the other hand, these guys hung around and asked if they could take some photos with us.
Point guard Mo Williams.
And power forward Antawn Jamison.
Just chillin with a couple of NBA All Stars. No big deal.
And last but not least, there's always room for a few more beignets.
