This weekend I checked one more thing off my bucket list, dining at Antoine’s Restaurant. We had 8:00 reservations for our party of 8 in the Large Annex Room located next to the Hermes Bar (we could hear the music but it was not too loud). Yours truly had an autographed picture of Delta Burke …
* Commander’s Palace: Well almost 3 years here and my husband is finally out of the Commander’s doghouse! Actually, he got off easy as his work treated us. We dined downstairs in the main dining room for the first seating. This meant we were greeted by no less than 20 staff as we entered. It …
The pic is of my friend, local blogger and talk show personality Jeff Crouere and yours truly sitting in the new 2010 Ford Taurus (only 2 in the Country – I is special). I previously wrote about the upcoming dinner with Ford and a bunch of area bloggers. Well….last night was the dinner at Mandina’s. …
OK quit your laughing that I am reviewing a cookbook. By now you all know that this girl is domestically challenged in the kitchen. That being said, I’m a huge book junkie, including cookbooks. I was blessed with a son who enjoys being in the kitchen (someone was looking out for me) so things are …
Another weekend sitting my dead-ass on the couch eating bon-bons…NOT! So here is my entire weekend in a nutshell or at least a post. Music: Friday night, I went to Ruby’s Roadhouse for a couple of hours to watch the Blackened Blues Band play (their music is on my radio show). As always, the band …
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Yesterday, I was invited to sample a complimentary buffet at Harrah’s in New Orleans. Not a “foodie” like many in attendance, I still ate and enjoyed. They recently lowered the price of their M-F lunch buffet to $9.99 – I can barely get out of Quiznos for that! Making the most of the invite, I …
Sunday, we loaded the whole fam damily in the family truckster and headed to LSU for a chili cook-off. A fabulous guy who wears his Soldiers’ Angels wings proudly, “Mad Mike” Freedman from CT, was in town making his chili as part of an International Chili Society (ICS) event. Scott Navaroli, his friend and fellow …
Yesterday, we attended our first crawfish boil of the season. (more post below pictures) Our friends that held this one, were also the ones who invited us to our very first one when we moved here a little over 2 years ago. They taught us how to eat the little buggers too. If you look …
By now you all know how in love I am with New Orleans and all it has to offer. Over the past 2 years, we’ve only spent one overnight in the French Quarter and this weekend hubby planned a second one. We stayed at the beautiful Ritz Carlton on Canal Street. They give a wonderful …
My 12 yo made this cake for his Spanish class for Dia De Los Muertos. He made an orange frosting and covered the top with crushed Oreos. Vienna fingers were used for headstones, gummy worms for gross effect and skeleton table scatters from Party City for fun. Not sure where he gets his love for …
The kids go back to school on the 8th – woot woot. I mean, I will just cry and cry all day *sniff sniff* (evil laugh inserted here)!!! Anyhoo, my parents are here this last week of vacation. We have been busy doing all kinds of touristy stuff and going out to eat (yay – …
I’ve got to admit that my eating habits are a bit strange. Maybe they started getting that way when my Nana’s Thanksgiving turkey resembled the one from Christmas Vacation (the one that exploded from being over-cooked). My Mom, well, I love her dearly, but she won’t be competing on Top Chef or even Bottom Chef …
As I read the Sunday Times-Picayune today (who doesn’t) and got to Chris Rose’s column – it made me pause and caused me some extra soul-searching this week. You see, no matter how much I write about my experiences over the past year and 5 months (wow – time flies) since my family moved to …
***My radio show yesterday was a bunch of fun! Each week I definitely feel more natural and am certainly enjoying all the interesting guests I have on!!! I love people!!! ***I stopped by Prima Donna’s Closet for our meet-up for our girl’s night out. Ya – I did a little shopping too. Hard to resist!! …
*** A great Sunday was spent at Bass Pro in Denham Springs. We ate at their restaurant Islamorada Fish Company and I must say – we were impressed with the food and the prices weren’t too shabby either. Mmmmmm… the sugar bread was scrumptious. *** The Hungry Forager in Mandeville is a new eating establishment. …