Hurry – it ends June 8th! I headed to NOMA with the rugmonsters today to see the George Rodrigue exhibit. The cost was $4 for me (Louisiana resident price) & the kids were free. We spent $1 each for the narrated walking tour headset! SOOOOOOO worth it! We scooted through in about 45 minutes. You …

*** The House of Blues: I chaperoned a bunch of 6th graders to the House of Blues for a field trip. I was more excited than most of them because this was my first time there &… WOW! $12 for my kid (including bus cost) and $5 for me – this was soooo worth every …

“Santa” bought Princess Whinalot (my 7 yo) Petite Rouge for Christmas. If you haven’t guessed what the book is about, go drink more coffee…lol…Cajun Red Riding Hood of course. Somehow I hadn’t been asked to read this book to her until last night when I was good and tired. A year ago, I would never …

I took this picture in Covington this past weekend. What a freaking hoot the owner of this van must be! You didn’t think you weren’t going to get any humor today…did you? While out and about this weekend I spoke to some “city folk.” You know, people who moved to the area post-Katrina and haven’t …

UPDATE – thanks for all the Weblog Award votes. No I didn’t win, but I am sure the reason is because all of you were voting at the same time and that is what crashed their site (lol). Thanks for supporting me! * I’ve come up with a great list of holiday ideas from local …

* today’s gotta have featured artist is Carolyn Flannery of Carolyn Rivers Designs. Honey – are you paying attention to this??? These earrings are called Café Au Lait & Beignets for $45. * I won the Nigerian and UK Lottery 50 times this week-woot woot! Anyone else win? * A roundup of wildfire blogs and …

This cool coffee art is painted by local artist Richard Lewis. He calls his art Caribbean Primitive/Pop. This picture is titled “Cafe’ au Lait and Beignets.” This picture is enough to brighten up anyone’s day. Honey – another hint of a picture I would really like!!! The coolest thing about having a blog, is meeting …