Ole Miss Homecoming; New Orleans trip-Ole Miss/LSU game 2010

Ok so Little Floyd travels a lot. Thanks to his Papa right. He's a very lucky little man. His Papa takes him on a lot of Ole Miss football trips. The 2 of them have some serious Ole Miss spirit running through their veins. One trip this fall included a trip to Oxford for the Ole Miss Homecoming game. This wasn't just any regular Ole Miss Homecoming....see the story goes like this... Floyd has become pretty good friends with Tim Walsh, the current Ole Miss Alumni Director. Floyd has been from Dallas to New Orleans on some trips organized by Tim himself. Floyd just recently realized that Tim was indeed a pretty important person to the Ole Miss family and not just the guy in charge of the buses. However, Tim thought that was a pretty insightful job description. So this year at the Tulane game down in New Orleans Tim invited Floyd to be his guest on the field prior to the Homecoming game in Oxford. Floyd had a ball and I'm sure it is a memory he's not too likely to forget anytime soon.
Papa and Floyd

pre game sideline shot in Vaught Hemingway

posing with the Varsity Cheerleaders

a little piece of Heavan

On their way out!!

With Nutt

No comment needed here! Awesome!!!

Yes, I've died and gone to Heavan


So! We go to New Orleans for the Ole Miss/LSU game. This was a couples trip and we had such a good time. We stayed at The Provential Hotel which was a quaint little hotel in the Quarter that had such a New Orleansy feel. Our room opened up to a central courtyard filled with tropical greenery complete with a fountain and neat ambiance. (Not sure what I was thinking but didn't take any pics here)

There's a blog I follow called the Visual Vamp. The Visual Vamp's real name is Valerie Hart and she works at Perch, a fabulous, eclectic store on Magazine Street. Lisa Lisa and I are big fans of her decor style. We were able to make a quick trip over to Magazine to check out Perch in person but unfortunately the Visual Vamp's husband has had some health problems so we were not able to see her in person. We had a good time none the less.



Lil Floyd was lucky enough to be invited by Cham and Jane to join them in New Orleans for the weekend trip. They had a great time and we happen to stumble upon them in the antique gun store on Royal and then they joined us for drinks at the Napoleon House bar.
The Floyds! Sweet sweet boys!

Dad and Jane

Steven and Lisa Cookston

me, Floyd and Floyd

Group shot at afternoon bar stop


Floyd and I met Dad, Jane and Floyd at a great Italian restaurant called The Italian Barrell for a wonderful meal. We hit Bourbon Street pretty hard after that Friday night and everyone had a great time. No no silly...those aren't all for us!


Our group chartered a took a bus to Baton Rouge which was a wonderful way to travel to Death Valley. We found the Tiger fans not quite as obnoxious as we were anticipating and even though the Rebels didn't pull out the victory it was a really great game.
Reese and Allison in Death Valley

Jody and Kim

There we are in the nose bleeds!!

Kevin and Patsy

Great game!!