dirty, dirty south
i spent last weekend in the dirty south, visiting friends in new orleans, and am returning to the dirty south this weekend. well, i'm not sure if florida counts as the dirty south. it is geographically southern, and at times physically and consciously dirty. and the similiarities between the swamp, fried food, warm weather, southern hospitality, alligators and flora/fauna certainly make florida and louisiana closer cousins than say, idaho and new jersey. my roundabout point (does she actually have a point?) is that i'm really looking forward to traveling southbound two weekends in a row. i've been needing a nyc break -- a break from the winter, a break from the attitude. give me warm weather and laid back people! apparently you can take the girl out of the south, but....