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…
I know what it means to miss New Orleans
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…
Menu Plan Monday…
Update or correction or something: Apparently my calendar reading skills are less than stellar. The wedding we are attending isn’t this Saturday; it’s next Saturday. I guess that means David will have to take me out to eat somewhere here in town. Click above for more menu ideas. We had an amazing time in New…
New Orleans is a Seductress
A few weeks ago I entered a contest. The assignment was to write about New Orleans in 200 words or less. I didn’t win so I decided to share it here: Can you be homesick for a place you’ve never lived? I can’t think of any other way to describe the longing I feel…
Menu Plan Monday…an abbreviated version
Click above for more menu ideas. David and I leave Thursday for eleven days (and nights!) in New Orleans. We can hardly wait! I need to use up some perishable items before we go so our meals will be centered around those items. If they seem a little odd, that’s why. Monday: curried vegetables over…
I think I’ll dance…
One of my absolute favorite things to do while in New Orleans is to simply hang out in Jackson Square and enjoy the street performers, especially the musicians. During our last trip, we needed to kill a couple of hours between the time we checked out of our condo and when our room would be…
One Year Ago Today…
One Year Ago Today… (note: I wrote this August 29th, one year after Hurricane Katrina. I was in California at the time and unable to access my blog so here it is, a bit late.) Certain events touch us in such a way that they leave an indelible mark on our souls. Those are the…
Our Silver Wedding Anniversary…
Never in a million years would I have expected to spend my 25th anniversary in a bar watching a pool tournament. But you never know what fun you can have unless you stay open to all that life has to offer. Now that our kids are grown and gone (sort of), David and I are…
A Confederacy of Lunatics…
New Orleans has always been a fabulous place to people-watch so I must admit that David and I were just a bit disappointed during our April visit. We kept commenting on how *normal* everyone seemed — even on Bourbon Street. Oh, perhaps not exactly what you find on Main Street, America, but pretty darn close….
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