We had a fantastic trip. Thursday the 16th when we arrived was very hot and humid, but the other days where great. The 17th was our anniversary and the 19th was my birthday. We came back on the 20th.
For everyone who thinks I never leave the French Quarter, I took this waiting for the street car in the Garden district after visiting Magazine Street and walking the Garden District a bit.
Our friends Ingrid, Amber, Bill and Yukari came along this time for the trip. We rented a small condo At Dauphine and Orleans in the heart of the quarter. It was a perfect location. The condo was a converted slave quarters with a great court yard. Every afternoon we had ‘wine hour’ for everyone.
Stef and I had at least one meal each day at Coop’s Place. Monday night for my birthday I wanted their fried chicken and Jambalaya. We also had a great dinner at GW Fins Friday night and Dickie Brennan’s on Saturday. Pizza at the LPK and oysters at the Bourbon house were some other stops we made again.
Stef and I also got to visit with friends we’ve made over the years and catch up. It seems like every year we spend less time walking around and seeing things and more time catching up with people we haven’t seen in a year. Here I am relaxing in the courtyard before going out for the night.
This was breakfast one morning. Pralines and Sauternes. I love pralines!
And I think we had a total of just two hurricanes this trip.
