Touring with local students

This blog post is part of our New Orleans Cultural Excursion. Read MENtal Freedom member, Chris's, blog post reflecting on his experiences.

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One more day down in NOLA (New Orleans Louisiana) filled with more food and new experiences. We met up with some of Dr. Helvie-Mason's past students before Tarleton. Four of them walked the streets with us. We (TSU students) were through the city to soon arrive at a Mardi Gras/Parade costume shop called Carl Mack's. There we were welcomed by a young man who worked there for the last 5 yrs. He gave us an tour along with inside detail on past customers which including Justin Timberlake, McDonalds, Cisco, and Mardi Gras participants. I never thought of the minor details of creating selling and developing a costume before today. The way their business has grown over the years include: sponsoring their costumers for shows to perform at. In this way their attire is being shown to many viewers.

Afterwards we continued to walk the busy streets of NOLA. The next stop included food. We ate at a pizza place called Pi. They served pizza, pasta, and desert. I indulged on pepperoni pizza with Terra, Tiana, and Neil. We split the price of the meal then I treated myself to a ‘Brownie Delight.’ It was served with a brownie smothered by vanilla ice cream drizzled with chocolate gnash and whip cream.

Christopher Knowles, MENtal Freedom

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