***Good morning Louisiana! Did you change your clocks??? ***Thanks for reading today and don’t forget to read any posts you have missed over the past week. Tons of humor and misc. crud! ***Please vote for me today as I am a finalist in the Weblog Awards. Voting ends Nov 8th! ***51 days until Christmas – …
Grinder, sub, po-boy/po’boy/po boy = bread and something in between it…or does it? Growing up in a suburb of Boston, we always went to the local pizza place for a “grinder” (pronounced grind-ah). It could be any of your garden variety subs, prepared just the way you like it and popped into the big pizza …
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While you were all at work or school on Thursday, yours truly was invited by reader Mena, to attend a daytime literacy event sponsored by the Junior League of Covington. The event is part of a National push for children’s literacy called Jumpstart’s Read for the Record. The event took place at the Kids Konnection …
****Last Friday, during my field trip, we stopped at Cafe’ Degas for lunch. The 4 of us ordered a cheese and fruit plate and we each had either a salad or French Onion soup. I was drooling over the ice box pie at the next table….next time. This is a must go to place for …
* 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 …
* 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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* 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 …
It was our very first visit to the Louisiana Children’s Museum. As usual the day was filled with mishapsadventures. 1. Getting out the door – fighting kids! 2. Following directions your friend says are better than your mapquest print out. Let’s just say I took the scenic route and saw East Orleans Parish for the …
What can I say – but that was the best $2 (with coupon) I have spent in a long time. We had a blast at the UCM Museum (5 miles North of I-12) in Abita Springs . The curator, John Preble couldn’t be nicer and more patient as the 6 kids poked around his gift …
This morning I woke the little monsters up early. Why wake sleeping children – isn’t that breaking every law known to civilization? Well, it is hot here – it is summer in the South dagnabbit. The mommy-van maxed out at 105 by noon. Does that tell you something? I planned a Slidell excursion for today. …
Times Grill was recommended by a few parents on my son’s baseball team. We still had our company in town and everyone was hungry after our loss (sniff sniff). We headed over with hungry kids in tow. The atmosphere was perfect for adults and kids, the food was great, service very good and it wasn’t …
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 …
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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“You have to go to Jazzfest, it is the best.” “Don’t miss the French Quarter Festival, it is the best.” “You have to go to the Bacchus Ball, it is the best.” To be honest, my family needs a day at home (I may be regretting that statement when they all wake up). We have …