So on Friday the 15th, Wale called me and was like “let’s go to New Orleans…Kevin Durant is giving us his tickets, Bun B is gonna be there, Jay’s gonna be there…we gotta go.” So we booked our flights the day before and it was surprisingly not that expensive. However, I must warn you, do not fly Continental Airlines under any circumstances. I had a 5:45AM flight out of LAX, I got there at 4AM. Somehow my reservation had disappeared even though I had a confirmation number and money had changed hands. I had to deal with people at the counter and on the phone for an hour. I almost missed my flight and had to rebook my flight at the counter. It was ridiculous. Luckily I was compensated with a sweet Continental Airlines duffle bag on my return flight since I got too much swag in New Orleans and my bag was too heavy. See bag below. And that’s Brady, my dog, he’s a Katrina rescue. Call him Little Duffle Bag Boy.

So we got into New Orleans on Saturday afternoon
Bun B had an extra hotel room for us at the Crowne Plaza where the boss Ricky Ross was staying. He had a wrapped bus and Escalade parked outside. We headed over to the LRG x Casio x EA gifting suite a few blocks away where Kevin from LRG and Melissa from Casio were hanging out. Got some cool watches, LRG gear, video games.

Such an intense game of NBA 08



We then headed to lunch with Bun B at world famous Mother’s. Bourbon Street was popping off before it even got dark.

There was a line at Mother’s which we had no problem waiting in except that everyone recognized Bun B and the employees refused to let him wait in line. Wale had a hard time ordering since everything in New Orleans is made with pork, but he and I ended up with some good fried chicken and french fries and fried Apple Juice (you gotta try fried Apple Juice…wow). Passed this Nike pop up Be True store. Nothing good, just a lot of dunks.

We then headed to the skills challenge, 3-point challenge and dunk contest.

This guy standing outside was pretty amazing. He’s like Small Wonder, except taller and a black dude.

They didn’t show it on TV but Wale won the shooting stars award

And me and Hornet go way back…to like Charlotte…with Larry Johnson and his Converse Reacts

After the dunk contest, we headed to Jay Z and Lebron James’ 2 Kings event

Traffic was ridiculous. Streets were closed. But we were rolling with Bun B whose name carries more weight than the President down in Nawlins. We were just driving up to cops saying “We have Bun B in the car” and they would open streets just for us. It was pretty remarkable.

L’Chaim!!!

DC’s finest were truly in the house house house

Wale and Mick Boogie…he did Kanye’s last mixtape. Might wanna check for him.

I went to All Star Saturday in New Orleans and all I got was this lousy pack of gum…and G-Shock…and gold bottle…and Zune player…and LRG hat…lol