A Series of Crazy Events (Travel Edition)

My recent trip to Baton Rouge was a series of one strange event after another.

I travelled to Baton Rouge with my friends for a weekend getaway combined with a race. The entire weekend was cold and rainy but we didn’t let the weather damper our fun!

While shopping at the mall, we enjoyed a few treats of the season. This cookie was extra delicious because he’s shaped like a snowman and it’s Christmas time.

Speaking of the Mall, we saw quite a few crazy characters.

-For starters, I made eye contact with a lady walking with a walker. She smiled at me, then continued toward the escalator. Not 10 seconds later, I heard screaming and shouting behind me. Apparently she lost her balance and was hanging onto the black escalator handrail for dear life. People were yelling, arms were flying, associates were running…it was quite a sight. Thankfully, they were able to stop the escalator and a physician was in the house. By the end of it all, the lady walked out of the store, scratch free. Whew.

-While checking out with my purchase, my friends sort-of saw a woman shoplift. She came into the store wearing tall boots, short shorts, and a very large oversized jacket – she also had a guy with her. When she passed by my friends again, they realized the lady had tags hanging out the back of her jacket (as if she put something on, then threw the jacket on top). The pair walked out of the store like nothing just happened. My friends told the nearest associate but I'm not sure what they were able to do about it. The whole situation makes me sad because I know it happens all the time. What’s wrong with America? What happened to our conscious…you know, that little “voice” that tells us right from wrong? So very sad.

-We had dinner before the race at Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro. After dinner, we each ordered a slice of cheesecake – mine was drizzled drenched in Bananas Foster sauce. Next time, I think I would ask for the sauce on the side. It was overpoweringly sweet and I couldn’t taste the cheesecake well. However, it was still all very good (y’all know I love me some bananas foster sauce)!

-After the race, we checked out of our hotel and retrieved our car from Valet. Our destination was Olive Garden across town for lunch. On our way there, we heard a very loud pinging sound from somewhere near my seat. It happened twice and I thought it was a seat alarm. I turned the seat warmer off and the noise stopped. We sat down in Olive Garden and after ordering our food, a young man walked up and asked if we just checked out of the Hilton. Completely freaked out, we didn't know how to respond. We recognized him from Valet…strange, right? Apparently his iPhone slipped out of his pocket and landed in between my seat and the console. He was able to track us from the hotel to Olive Garden (across town) though another iPhone! I think it’s cool he was able to retrieve his phone,but it still freaked me out, none-the-less.

-While cleaning out my new crossbody purse at home, I came across a set of keys that definitely are NOT mine. Uhhhh….??? They were tucked deep into the very front pocket and did not have a valet tag (I didn’t use that pocket during the weekend). I called the hotel and am waiting on a manager to return my phone call – either these keys belong to someone in Valet (how they got in my purse, I’ll never know) or someone left them inside the purse in the mall before I made my purchase.

Crazy weekend, right?! What’s the craziest thing that’s ever happened to you while travelling?