It goes without saying, at this point, that this is my first Mardi Gras season in New Orleans. As an adult, anyway. Among my earliest memories of life (which include a fascination with beignets and that it was okay to make a mess and a toddler’s in-stroller view of the detritus in the French Quarter…
Happy Birthday, FollowYourCrazy!
Happy birthday to meee, happy birthday to meeeee! Happy birthday dear BLOOOOOG, haapppy birthday to meeeee! When 2012 rolled into 2013, we were standing by the Mississippi River in the French Quarter, watching fireworks in a madly-pressed crowd. My one and only resolution for the year was made: to write more. Given that we are…
Merry Christmas!!!
Joyeux Noel! Jackson Square, December 2012.
One Month Later…
Last weekend, J and I were driving down St. Charles Avenue and saw just about everyone out at Audubon park, wearing shorts and t-shirts and playing volleyball. Later on, last week, I was meandering through the garden center at Home Depot, the sun a gentle-warm on my back, the breeze wafting the smell of blooms…
On the Road, Off the Grid: Take Deux
If you can believe it, here we geaux again! Amazing. Just amazing. When J and I threw in our hat and came back to Colorado, this very moment right this second felt eternities away. Standing on the desolate shore of the Other Side of Summer, back in June, feeling disconnected and uncertain and failed and…
And Just Like That…
…almost three months of working two jobs has come to an end. Poof. Finito! I am once again in awe at Time’s uncanny way of passing very quickly. It feels like it was approximately two seconds ago that I rolled into Loveland, CO with nothing in my account, nothing in my pockets but change, just…
The Wall
I’d mentioned The Wall a couple of times in entries from this summer, but it was not yet fleshed out or filled up enough to share. Thus, today, I present The Wall which, I suspect, is more than likely as fleshed out and filled up as it will get while we are here. Forward momentum…
Birthday Beignets, After All
Happy Monday, world. Yes, I realize it is Monday and this is not, technically, a Monday Menu entry. However, this entry is, indeed, connected to Menus as a continuation of last week. Cost Plus, I think, leapt forward as my new best friend this year, as I celebrated my 2012 birthday a couple of weeks…
Menu Mondays: Cafe du Monde
I have found myself, of late, pondering birthdays. This is undoubtedly because my own is fast approaching, and will arrive in a whopping 10 days. My emotions are mixed about this one, several-fold. I will be turning 36. This does not bother me on a daily basis, but occasionally I find that it completely squicks…
Follow Your Crazy 