J and I just got back from makin’ a few groceries. We hunted and gathered steaks, sparkling cider, and the makings of strawberry shortcake. Joining this delightful culinary gathering will be some veggies and mashed tatoes. We’re waiting for the charcoal to get hot right now, and the feast preparations will be a’rollin’. We are…
French Quarter Fridays: Backstage
So, I just spent the better part of my spare and stolen moments, for the last several days, glued to news, watching Hurricane Isaac steal upon the Gulf Coast and do his stormy thang. Nothing drives me battier than watching storms like that roll up on my favored part of the United terrain, when I’m…
Rambling Lazy Mind (aka Wandering Day-Off Brain, and The Royal Mystery Just Keeps Going)
Ah, there’s the rain. Finally. I woke up this morning with a very relaxed sense of calm, to a grey sky and 50-degree weather. Happy to wake up on my own volition, instead of to my alarm (although there are worse things to wake up to than Basin St. Blues or Billie Holliday), at a…
French Quarter Friday: It’s In the Details
One should never rush and hurry and zoom through the French Quarter. (Unless, of course, one is running exceedingly late for work or somesuch.) There is just too much to see, and that does not include just the Big Stuff like the St. Louis Cathedral or Jackson Square or the view of the river from…
Gasp! Date Night!
Holy wow, retail schedules have me a’runnin’! It is an interesting experience, after having a constant schedule for over a decade, to have my routine change week by week. I am not complaining, though. It wipes me out, but at least I never fall into a rut, to say the least. I get one day…
The Purchase
Or: Why I Never Left Louisiana I try not to post more than one entry here within the span of a day. It can be overwhelming to readers, and I try to keep my subscribers in mind as well, as they receive emails every time I publish something. (Unless they have adjusted their settings to…
Rivah Watah
Man o’ man, the last couple of weeks have been a ride! I am working two jobs now, you see. I took two part-timers in order to make a whole, as it were. However, one part-time gave me nearly full-time hours last week, so I was somewhat working a full job and a half. Often,…
Menu Mondays: Nosh
Good morning world, and happy Monday! So, my lucky Friday the 13th vibe continued quite nicely, although not quite on the 13th itself. I’m still giving the 13th credit, though, simply because I want to. At any rate, J did not receive any positive work-related calls, but he did have another interview scheduled, so that…
French Quarter Friday: Wandering Royal St.
Well, happy Friday the 13th, world! I’ve always had good days, on Friday the 13thses, and today has begun no differently. Since I managed to not get loose from work until nearly 10:00 p.m. last night, I slept in a little. Once awake, I received the very grand and glorious news that my dad’s PT…
Follow Your Crazy 