NOLA
Lucked into a cool, sunny day here in New Orleans. Worked out in the little gym here at the French Quarter RV Resort. Decided to forgo our healthy green smoothie in favor of a decadent breakfast.
Our nephew Quentin gave us the recommendation of St. Roch’s Market. It’s an ultra cool food/coffee/bar court. He did not steer us wrong! I had chicken and waffles. Ross had Trash Grits: pulled pork and a poached egg over grits.
After breakfast we walked through the Bywater. Ross showed me St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, where he lived in the rectory during his first 2 years of Tulane Medical School (86-87). He told me some good stories of his time there.
We stopped in the sunshine and rested on a bench in Jackson Square, people watching. From there it was up to the balcony at Tableau (thanks for the recco, Louie!) for a brandy milk punch.
Rode a pedicab back to the RV for a nap and for me to nurse my stomachache from Too Much of Too Many Good Things.
Rousted ourselves for one more good meal in New Orleans…another of our all time favorites: Irene’s Cuisine. Mussels in a tomato broth for me, a whole redfish (WITH EYES) for Ross. And a lovely visit with a man and his corgi-german shepherd service dog. I wish I’d got a picture of his doggo, Wriggly.
French Quarter RV Park
View from the treadmill at the French Quarter RV Park. And there’s Ross, working out hard.
Lafayette to New Orleans
We had a wonderful holiday week with our Judice Family in Lafayette. We wished we had time to visit all of our old friends in the area, but family takes priority on these visits, when time is limited. When you have 30-40 family members, it’s an intense visit! We both feel like our parents need the most time on the ‘home visits’ so we try to spend the most time with our folks and branch out from there as we can.
Thank you Ronnie and Yvette for welcoming us and T'Chat with open arms for the week. An especial thanks to Remi and Lisa for opening their home (twice!) to the whole family to gather and enjoy each others’ company. I was so glad we got to spend a little extra time with dear Karen and Alina, 'Dis Robin, and some of our nephews and nieces. Visiting Father Louie, Carm and Paul was another special treat.
We pulled out today and headed to one of our favorite cities in the United States, New Orleans. Join me as I share a few snapshots from our stay here.