Oh gee, where is Dick Clarke when you need him? Do we need to have a ball drop each Katrina Anniversary? Since everyone and their grandmother who thinks they are somebody special will be in town, maybe good ole’ Dick can make a party out of it – New Orleans style. I can see it …
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* welcome LaFete News readers and if you don’t know what the heck I am talking about – click because my Absolut New Orleans & V8 colada splash “Mandeville Medley” drink set the bar (pun intended) real high. I can’t wait to see what drinks and names others come up with! Thanks Frank for the …
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The title alone is a little overwhelming, even for me. I guess you can see where I am going with this. Gosh, I am not good at tackling serious subjects. I mean, I get them, have lived through them, surrounded myself with tons of friends, increasing the likelihood one would have a serious problem – …
So y’all know I mainly stick to beer, but don’ expect my guests to do the same. Last night I cracked open the bottle of Absolut New Orleans for my guests to try. As for mixers – well all I had was V8 tropical colada smoothie and beer. The guests opted for the V8 and …
I am disgusted with Ramon the pool boy and my maid lately. Maybe they have found better opportunities (& if you don’t know that they are figments of my imagination- welcome new reader). As a matter of fact, last week I heard a statistic about the unemployment rate in St. Tammany Parish. It is at …
* Today – Friday the 27th – is my 13 year wedding anniversary. Love you babe! To celebrate – we will go to the grand opening of a neighbor’s new gourmet food store – Fidel’s “Northern Kitchen” located on hwy 22- next to the Lampstand in Mandeville. Then we will head over to Covington for …
Since Ramon the Pool Boy has proved himself to be totally unreliable (ya know I am making Ramon up – right?), I have to turn to a Pool Store for advice. Greg Thompson is my pool guy. He doesn’t come out to the house (but I know he would or send someone from his store), …
#1 son will be attending golf camp at Beau Chene this week. No – we don’t belong. It is $90 for 4 – 90 minute lessons. The only catch is – mom has to drag her dead butt out of bed to fight the traffic on 22! Where is my coffee IV?
* I’m canceling our Disney vacation and am planning on opening my own theme park in the backyard. “Squirrel World” could be the next theme park craze. I’ll create a cute little fuzzy squirrel mascot, charge admission to my backyard and let the world view all the little buggers who are feasting on my dang …
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Yesterday, the monsters and I got our butts up early, packed a cooler of food and drinks and headed for Gulfport, MS to the Gulf Islands Waterpark. It was only an hour drive from Mandeville, and a very easy one at that. The park opens at 10 and I wanted to be there early so …
* warning – drinking and blogging going on here!!!! * the whole fam damily headed out to the Mandeville Seafood Festival again. This night we had a mission, besides blowing cash spending money. We were going with “free passes” thanks to NOLA.com – woot woot – to see the fireworks!!!! * We parked waaaaaay too …
Hubby was out of town, so I took the 3 kiddos to the festiva (they were all free admission)l. Newbie mistake – parked waaaayyy too far away. First of,f we headed to the kids area to blow cash see Papillion. Oh wait – everyone was starving….like I never fed them before. Dang kids always demanding …
* The morning started with a ferocious gas smell in my laundry room. Within an hour, someone from ATMOS came and fixed it – and it didn’t cost a penny – yippee! * I signed the kids up for the “try it once for free class” at the Young Chef’s Academy in the Rouse’s plaza …
* My business partner drove me around the “Garden District” today. We had another organizing job Uptown and honestly – there is no change in color or huge lines or signs that say Uptown, Garden District etc… I guess I can actually say I have seen the real “Garden District” now. Yes, drool was coming …
Back in college, I had to sign up for one of those “mandatory/voluntary†psychology experiments. You know, the one where you had to do some useless study that some other college kid had to perform that would solve all questions about how strange college students were (big run-on sentence). To make a long story longer…I …