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Joy comes on the Weekend

May 10, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

It was a whirlwind of activity but oh, so nice in many ways. I like to think of the weekend beginning on Friday evening when David gets home from work. I had planned to cook at home but he wanted to go out which was just fine with me. I’ve talked before about our home-away-from-home…

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Menu Plan Monday…

May 10, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click above for more menu ideas. Monday: artisanal pasta in a brandy cream sauce steamed broccoli tossed green salad garlic bread Tuesday: red beans and rice salad French bread Wednesday: fresh vegetable medley brown rice salad rolls Thursday: pancakes eggs bacon fruit smoothies Friday: baked whole chicken with sundried tomatoes and caramelized onions garlic mashed…

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First sushi

May 8, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

— Posted From My iPhone…please excuse typos!

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The Big Easy

May 6, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Here are just a few more pictures from our trip to share with y’all. Some were taken with my iPhone in low light situations so the quality isn’t great but the subject matter is. Oh, how I love this city… The St. Louis Cathedral has to be one of the most picturesque places of worship…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Anne Rice, Café du Monde, friends, New Orleans, St. Louis Cathedral

I just realized…

May 5, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Not only is it Cinco de Mayo but four years ago today, I started this blog. My, how time flies. At first I called the blog “Ponderings of a Packrat” but at some point decided to change it to “Tea With Dee”, which is also the name of my newsletter which I’ve been writing for…

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Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: blog anniversary, Cinco de Mayo, Decluttering, first post

Eating our way through New Orleans

May 4, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

I’m finally getting around to finishing this post about our food experiences on our recent trip to New Orleans. There are SO MANY fabulous restaurants there. It is a foodie’s dream world. Below are pictures of some of the great meals we enjoyed. Enchiladas and a margarita at Maggie Rita’s on Magazine. This restaurant happens…

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Filed Under: Misc. Food & Kitchen Posts, New Orleans, Travel

Thar be pirates!

May 4, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

Just a few pictures from our adventures at Shore Leave New Orleans: “Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”~ Mark Twain (Life on the Mississippi) Captain Blackheart – my favorite pirate Marching in the French Quarter Fest parade Yes, he’s wearing…

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Filed Under: New Orleans, Travel Tagged With: New Orleans, Pirates, Shore Leave, Wenches

Menu Plan Monday…

May 3, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

Click above for more menu ideas. Monday: egg drop soup homemade egg rolls fried rice homemade sweet and sour sauce Tuesday: grilled bbq chicken homemade potato salad homemade cole slaw baked beans corn homemade rolls Wednesday (Cinco de Mayo!): cheese enchiladas refried beans rice guacamole and chips Thursday: homemade vegetable soup fresh, homemade bread homemade…

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I know what it means to miss New Orleans

May 3, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

David with the St. Louis Cathedral in the background. I’m finally getting around to writing about our recent 11-day trip to New Orleans. As always, we had a marvelous time. Exhausting, but marvelous. We decided to drive rather than fly this time and I must say, I think I preferred that. It’s about a 10…

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Filed Under: New Orleans, Travel Tagged With: New Orleans, Pirates, Playing For Change, Royal Orleans, Shore Leave, St. Louis Cathedral

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