Vandy Gras 2009

Last weekend, Erik flew to New Orleans for his annual get together with his friends from law school.  He had a rough start when his passport was lost (stolen?) in the Santo Domingo airport.  After a couple hours of fruitless searching at the airport (including a fun look through an overflowing restaurant trash can), he caught a cab to the U.S. consulate and was able to get an emergency passport the same day. After dinner and a night on Bourbon Street Friday night, they all drove up to Baton Rouge for some tailgating and the LSU-Vandy football game Saturday night. Unfortunately, Vanderbilt lost the game in a steady rainstorm, but they still had a great time (Tiger Bait!). The best part was Erik spent several hours at Target, Wal-Mart, etc. on Sunday getting many of the things that we can't get here.  He left with one small carry-on of clothes and two big empty bags and came back with them full.  We don't have any plans to return to the U.S. again before the end of the school year, so this was our last chance to get some of our favorite things from the U.S. until we get some visitors.  Shelf liner, hand sanitizer, Oxi Clean powder and Shout spray, Starburst,  etc. Oh, the simple things:)