If the Fountain Could Talk

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After growing up in Florida and Texas, moving to Boston this year was a bit of a change. So when my division at work decided to attend a conference in NOLA in early December, I jumped at the chance to head back down south. And thanks to Pat O'Brien's (and a few of those wonderful hurricanes!), I felt right at home. Singing all night to "Rocky Top," "Dixie," "The Perfect Country Song," and other southern classics at the piano bar was a much needed rejuvenation.

I felt so good, in fact, that I gladly invited over a couple of guys who wanted to come take their picture with my friends and I. Turns out they went to Baylor, just a few hours from my alma mater of Rice, and one of them went to high school with a college bud of mine! After swapping stories and singing together for a few more hours (and drinks), we dragged them out to the Cat's Meow- this time to take the stage ourselves. We performed the penultimate song of the south- "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and grooved into the wee hours. Realizing it would soon be dawn, my friends finally dragged me away, but of course we made a pit stop for coffee and beignets and discussed many things that coworkers just shouldn't know. But as we all agreed: what happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans!

So as you might guess, I didn't exactly attend much of the conference that next day, although I think I gave some people a bit of a different view of this "nice" girl! Some of them are still asking how I was feeling the next day... but what fun is work without a little play? So here's the fateful picture that started it all... and Charlie & Alan, if you're ever in Boston, look me up (you've got my number!). Thanks for a much-needed great evening!

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