Yeah for friends in the south!  Kasia and I took a little jaunt down to visit Ryan and Shan in Jackson, Mississippi.  It was such a blast!  While we were there we spent a day in New Orleans.  It just so happened that the same weekend we were there they were having the French Quarter Festival.  It was great!!  They had jazz music on every corner and artists all over the place displaying their work.  The weather was perfect!  AND we even got to see a wedding!!!  HA!