Wednesdays.

On our Wednesdays, Adam and I make free to indulge our every whims. We eat out for every meal. We sleep in as late as our growling tummies will allow. We don't do anything we don't feel like doing. We stay as far away from the hostel as possible. We explore New Orleans. We spend hours at coffee shops and bookstores just browsing books or the web or writing or reading. We ride our scooter all around town, looking as cool as can be. We go to museums or events or famous spots in the city. We get beignets from Cafe du Monde. We go to movies. We go shopping.
We relax.

We recently watched a gorgeous movie called "The Rabbit Hole" at an even more gorgeous theatre. In the middle of downtown New Orleans, on Canal street, there is a super fancy and expensive shopping mall. There is a movie theater in this mall that wins the award for swankiest movie theater. Not only are the seats enormous and cushy and adjustable, but the theater is 18+ because if has in-seat dining and alcohol and meals can be served at any point during your cinematic experience. And this ain't popcorn and sodas (though, they have that too) - we're talking gourmet cheese plates, and handcrafted, fresh pizzas, and caviar pie and all kinds of other delicacies.

We sank back into the high-backed leather seats, kicked off our shoes and ordered whatever we liked by pressing the call buttons on our seats' armrests (which also had extend-able table surfaces). The pre-movie show wasn't garish commercials or loud advertisements: they played yoga-studio trickling music while streaming peaceful and beautiful footage of nature.

 I feel like these people taught Adam and I some lessons in the art of indulgence and relaxation.

Nice, no?

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