I love love love baked brie. Trader Joe’s makes a great one, but there isn’t a TRADER JOE’S HERE! So here I am, at the Farmer’s Market, conducting an interview with John Demers of Demur’s Fine Tea and there is a really nice lady selling her gourmet food. I met her and her sidekick daughter …
I see the word everywhere and until last night – realized it isn’t a place to take the family to visit! D’OH! Dang I feel stupid. Good thing I didn’t load the kids up in the car to go there for a picnic! Answers.com had the best definitions! la·gniappe (lăn’yÉ™p, lăn-yăp’) pronunciation n. Chiefly Southern …
Our bestest friends from Oklahoma are in town for a Saturday through Tuesday visit. Saturday they arrived and I had a poolside spread of crawfish & baked bries that I bought at the Mandeville Farmer’s Market & a spinach pie and doberge cake from the Mandeville bakery. I had Abita beer of all flavors on …
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I didn’t touch caffeine until I was 30 – seriously. No soda, no coffee and no tea! Somehow I survived 7 years of college – caffeine free! Then…. I had kids – need I say more? Now, every morning I insert my coffee IV to a fast drip or else…never mind you wouldn’t want to …
Suggestion to LA – there is SOOOOOO much going on here, every day, all the time! There needs to be a one-stop place to go. A database, a master calendar. Is somebody listening???? I have friends coming in from out of town and am having trouble figuring out what is going on. I am an …
Abita is the “local beer” and jackpot, a really nice family 2 doors down (congrats on the birth of their baby today) has has a garage full of it. Yes, we are big beer connoisseurs here in the Perry house (dang wine allergy). He gave us a few of each flavor to sample. If you …
Since we moved here in January, #2 son has been talking about the “Mini Society.†This is a program that Manville Elementary 3rd grade runs, where kids have positions, elect officials, make and spend money and do all sorts of activities that I can’t get out of my son. You know the deal, what was …
That’s it, I’m re-writing mapquest for NOLA. I headed off to an Organizing job in Uptown yesterday. I have no idea where Uptown is, Downtown, Mid-town, wrong side of town- I only know landmarks. There is no map grid when you are driving that says – “YOU ARE HEADING TOWARDS THE WESTERN PERIMETER OF UPTOWN!!!!” …
A military expression that will never leave me. “Bloom where you are planted.”
Mandeville Elementary School had a fantabulous themed day today, “Louisana Day.†Each 3rd grade classroom decorated a t-shirt with Mardi Gras bead designs and a different medallion stamped on it. My son’s class had Tabasco sauce & chili peppers hanging from the painted beads – way cute! The rain didn’t even damper the afternoon one …
I had to share the anarchy of my night at Pelican Park f with y’all. First let me start off saying, this is the nicest and most well run and kept ball park I have been to in all my travels. Son # 1 was taking the mound at 5:45 – sharp. The only problem …
OK, so I am sort of outed (not that way). My name is Greta Perry, and I am a military blogger and political junkie on my other blog, Hooah Wife. I prefer to keep my military opinions separate from Kiss My Gumbo (which millions of people receive daily in their inbox – snicker). But when …
Picture of “mail call” in Kuwait! * May is National Military Appreciation Month. * Write 1 thank you card or 1,000 (organize your personal troops) to a soldier. It can be as simple as “thank you for your service!” * Bring the card to any GMC, Pontiac & Buick dealer and place it in their …
I grew up in the Boston area, a place where people travel from all over the world to see unique tourist spots. But when it is in your backyard, it can be easy to ignore. The Freedom Trail, Salem witch stuff, Paul Revere’s Place, & The Boston Tea Party are things you either did on …