NOLA With the Inlaws

On our last day in New Orleans, Carolyn, Rodney, and Michael came to hang out with us in the city. I realized later that I took a really random assortment of photographs. But here they are anyway!

We walked around the tourist areas and of course all took the required shots of St. Louis and Andrew Jackson.

Then we went to the Monteleone for drinks in the Carousel bar. For some reason I didn't photograph the bar itself, but this is the ceiling of the lobby and portraits of the hotel founders.

And for lunch we went to Margaritaville.

Caroline's Art Show

Caroline's art show opening was August 28 and luckily our trip coincided. She showed with two of her friends at a small new gallery uptown.

We got there before it opened and ended up standing around for a bit. 

Finally Caroline and the owners showed up and things got started.

Caroline's art

 

The other girls' artwork

The crowd

Grandma flirting with a much younger man.

Afterwards we went to a nearby neighborhood bar called Snakes and Jakes Christmas Club Lounge. The Christmas lights cast the whole place in a dark room red glow.

It just happened to be a stopping place for the Midsummer Mardi Gras going on that night. Instant party!

Eating Our Way Through Baton Rouge

For a week in August, Dan and I flew down to Louisiana to spend time with friends and family. And to get our fix of Louisiana food.

Behold our meal at Chimes. Clockwise from top: fried alligator, duck and sausage gumbo, sautéed crab claws, and crawfish etouffee.

 Crawfish Etouffee

Sautéed Crab Claws in a lake of garlic butter.

And for dessert we went to a snowball stand. Mmm nectar. Next time I'll get one with cream. Why hasn't the rest of the country caught on to how awesome these are??

Kittens!

Mom and Randolph adopted two very adorable kittens named Fanny and Teddy. When we weren't stuffing our  faces, driving to Texas and NOLA, or hanging out with friends we were playing with them.

Kitten time!