AHHHHHH NEW ORLEANS !
Such a comfortable place to be. My days in New Orleans were all pretty lazy, the way they should be, punctuated by good meals with friends.
Rolled into Nick & Val's about 9:00pm and was quickly given a cold beer. Woke up in time to see everyone off to work, then took my time getting ready and down to the French Quarter for lunch. I'd planned to meet T. Lea, Gabe, and Nick at The Napoleon House for lunch but it was too crowded so we went to Mena's up the street. Catfish Po-Boy & Iced Tea. Life is Good!
T.Lea encouraged me to go to the D-Day Museum, so iced coffee in hand, I ambled up to the warehouse district. The museum was remarkably good. I was lost for about three hours in all the exhibits, films, and recordings. Then moseyed back through the Quarter and back to Nick&Val's house.
Friday was yet another sucessful New Orleans Day, Lunch outside with Duane and Rene at Dante's Kitchen on the river, Mojitos, and then the later part of the afternoon driving around and stopping to look at their new house. Then it was time to get ready for dinner... at the famous Sid-Mar's of Bucktown!
On Saturday morning I went by the Architecture School at Tulane to see my old buddy Dr. Professor Byron. B-Ron is an underprivaleged louisiana boy who somehow got himself into graduate school at Harvard. He was with his students explaining the finer points of pouring and finishing concrete. We had lunch and then Mr. Gabriel came over to meet us for a little field trip to Byron's new house. It was a typical afternoon in the sultry south, most of it occupied by lunch and a little bit of actual activity.
Sunday was "Super Sunday." The annual parade of the Mardi Gras Indians. (I can not explain it any better than the link, so go check it out.) In any event, we all went down to the bayou to see the gathering of the Indians. It was a warm sunny day. As usual it took quite a while for all the Indians to gather up and start the parade, but thats jus the way things is in New Orleans.
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