Day 1:
“The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes ‘sight-seeing.’"
-Daniel Boorstin
Today, I was a traveler. I dropped the last of my singles to hear an earful of jazz from a band on Royal and St. Peters in the Quarter. I exchanged stories with a hipster on “citylife” in a studio. I shared a laugh with a transgendered woman at a man in a pink onesy swinging on a pole outside a bar. I talked to a waitress on what makes Fried Shrimp Poboys so delicious. She said "the love." For the first time in my life, I felt like there might be a culture more dynamic then mine. I loved it. Tomorrow, I will be a volunteer. I find the opportunity to give more back to this community absolutely delightful.
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