a/n: "The Ruby Slipper Cafe" is real and it is great! My friends and I ate there 3 days in a row when we went to NOLA last year and the waitress really did refill our waterbottles! I also purchased an umbrella like the one I described because the afternoon showers are crazy down there! And I wrote in first person because I figured it would make it easier to read, so you are I/me/my.