David's blog: Hawaii, A.I. & New Orleans

I wasn't planning on going to the beach...but hey, I did! :)

Hey guys! So I'm going to try and summarize this week since it was a pretty crazy one. We were able to look around the island of Oahu and do a lot of neat things there. We first went to the Sea Life Park and saw a dolphin show there. Then, we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center for a luau and saw the incredible show about all the different cultures of the Islands. Some other things we got to do were have shaved ice at Matsumoto's, go to the Dole Pineapple Plantation, a macadamian nut store, and see a few beaches. we had a really really good time, and I have fallen in love with Hawaii. I want to go back soon! It's funny because even when it was like 70 degrees, people who lived there were saying it was cold haha. I loved it.

After we left Hawaii, we went to Orlando for the premiere of the American Idol Experience at Disney World. It felt like a family reunion with so many past idol contestants. All 7 winners were there, and Melinda, Phil, Lakisha, Sanjaya, Brooke, and a bunch of other people were there too haha.

My older sister came down for the event, and my cousins were already in that area because it was my grandma's birthday that same day. So they got to come too! It was a reunion with the American Idol family, and my real family. the American Idol Experience was so cool too! It was freakishly similar to the real stage, and I think it's way cool how people can get a chance to see what it's like to be in our shoes up on stage performing or watching the show live. We got to ride the rides after doing press. Man so much to talk about! But I don't want to make this a novel lol.

The final thing I'm going to talk about is my first time going to New Orleans. I was there to be in the Caesar Parade on Valentine's Day, and that was way cool. I got to throw tons and tons of beads to people. The night I got there, I was able to eat dinner with Gavin Degraw and Tony Orlando, who are like 2 of the coolest and nicest people you could ever know. We ate at a restaurant called Impastato's, and oh my heck! It was AMAZING! It was so good we went to eat there the next day lol. But Tony and Gavin were to performing in New Orleans too. Tony already performed that night, but Gavin was performing the next day so we went to see him perform. He was great. After him though.... I had a big surprise lol. We didn't know that Sara Bareilles was going to be on after him!! I couldn't believe that I was going to see Sara Bareilles without even planning on it or knowing she was there! Haha it was so cool! She's sooo good live too. I got a chance to talk to her and she was talking about how nice my fans were. So thanks to all of you guys!! I thought that was so cool of her to mention that, and how we could both agree on that. But anyway, I was really happy haha. The parade was right after that, and it was neat because we had police escorts to take us where we needed to go. When we got to the float is was crazy how many people were asking for autographs lol. I wasn't expecting so many of them. But yeah, the parade started and it began to rain. I like the rain though so I didn't mind too much. I was just hoping I didn't get sick haha. It was way fun though!

Well I tried my best to keep this short, so I hope it wasn't too long. Check out my new pictures to see my Hawaii experience and go to my website, www.davidarchuleta.com to see the Idol and New Orleans pics!

I'm going to be rehearsing as much as I can with the band while we have time, especially since tour is starting really soon! I'm so excited for that. But I better head out now to get the day
rolling. I'll talk to you guys later! Oh and let me know if any of you go to the American Idol Experience! I want to know what you think of it! Another thing I'd like to know is if any of you did cool things for Valentine's Day too. Hope everyone had a good one!

Song for the day: In Love With a Girl - Gavin Degraw
Hooray for Gavin