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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

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

First meal in NOLA

April 9, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

We made it and now it’s time to eat. Enchiladas and a margarita at Maggie Rita’s on Magazine. — Posted From My iPhone

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New Orleans is a Seductress

April 8, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

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…

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I think I’ll dance…

March 30, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: New Orleans Tagged With: authenticity, dancing, Hurricane Katrina, joy, lifestyle, Mark Twain, New Orleans, Tennessee Williams

Mardi Gras!

February 17, 2010 By Deanna Piercy Leave a Comment

It’s almost over but I couldn’t let the day end without wishing everyone Happy Mardi Gras! Mardi Gras Graphic Comments One of these days I’ll be in New Orleans for Mardi Gras…

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The Saints Win the Super Bowl!

February 8, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

I’ll have more to say about the Saints and what this win means for New Orleans in a later post but for now, how about a few pictures from our Super Bowl party? At one point there were 21 of us here eating jambalaya and watching the game. Laissez le bon temps rouler! My Mardi…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Food, friends, General Craziness, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, party, Super Bowl, tattoo, The Saints

WHO DAT!

January 25, 2010 By Deanna Piercy 4 Comments

The New Orleans Saints are going to the Super Bowl! I think that calls for a Super BowlParty at the Piercys’ And guess who’s pretty happy about the tattoo he got last year? a2a_linkname=”Tea With Dee”;a2a_linkurl=”http://teawithdee.blogspot.com/”;

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We’re Back!

November 3, 2009 By Deanna Piercy 1 Comment

Yeah, the picture is not good quality (not to mention, small) but it was taken by a friend with his phone. We had an amazing trip and are utterly exhausted. I have so much to blog about and will have better pictures to share later but that will have to wait. I need to leave…

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