Posted in Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jun 13th, 2008
Yesterday’s coffee klatch evolved into the ultimate tweet-up: lunch with Nola, Yat Pundit and Ryan (joined by his lovely fiance) at Galatoire’s Restaurant.
Galatoire’s is on Bourbon Street, near the corner at Iberville. Besides fantastic Creole cuisine, it’s famous for quite a few quirks, among them that they don’t take reservations for the first-floor dining room. [...]
Posted in Art, Food, New Orleans, Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2008
It was a busy day. I started out on a quest to find a combination recuperation/baby’s first birthday gift for Nola & CS–a bottle of Kübler absinthe. Alright, it really wasn’t much of a first birthday gift for Sun; I promise to make it up to her next year. First stop, Martin Wine Cellar in [...]
Posted in Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jun 6th, 2008
O.K. folks, I have received a request (or was it a challenge?) from Yat Pundit to post my quick and dirty version of a classic New Orleans dish, Chicken Bonne Femme (Good Woman’s Chicken?). Tujague’s has probably the best known version of the dish which is prepared with garlic, potatoes, white wine and, of course, [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, New Orleans on May 24th, 2008
I was an early adopter to the Greekfest New Orleans, arriving when the gates opened at 5:00. I was concerned about the weather; it had been raining on the Causeway and there was a bit of a drizzle as I stopped at the bank and got gas. Speaking of gas, I mean, really, it wasn’t [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, New Orleans on May 20th, 2008
Obscene Publications Act of 1959? No. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990? No. Open Platform Architecture? No. The Ontario Power Authority? No. A Greek exclamation used to express joy, approval or encouragement? Yes! That one!
It’s time once again for Greece on the Bayou as they’re calling it—or its official title, the Greek Festival New Orleans. [...]
Posted in Food, New Orleans, Uncategorized on May 18th, 2008
After a busy week which saw all my work assignments completed, I was free wander to about with a clear conscience. I had an idea a couple of weeks ago to some day soon have a day Uptown. Lunch at Parasol’s, followed by a Hansen’s Sno Bliz for desert. Nola and Katie and their other [...]
Posted in Food, Northshore Exile on Apr 30th, 2008
One of the perks of being a fringe member of the press (not the same as a member of the fringe press) is the occasional invite to VIP events. Today, it was Abita Brewing Company’s opening of their new visitor center in Abita Springs. A nice reception, complete with catered snacks–crawfish cakes, grilled sausage [...]
On Saturday the gang climbed aboard a tour bus that took us from downtown San Francisco to the wine country in and around Sonoma. First stop was Gloria Ferrer, a sparkling wine producer in the Carneros region.
This one sums it all up…10:20 a.m. bubbly.
The winery from the road:
Ready, set, taste!
There were these tiny women [...]
Monday was our last day in San Francisco. I posted about getting into town Friday and Sunday’s lunch. Monday morning I set out on my own and took the cable car the couple of blocks down Nob Hill to Chinatown.
Perambulating through San Francisco can be a bit of a challenge for swamp-dwelling yahoos such as [...]
Posted in Food, Travel, Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2008
One of the restaurants Nola recommended in San Francisco was a dim sum place called Yank Sing. I found from the guidebook she lent me that there are a few locations around town, none of which are in Chinatown. There was one that looked to be close to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, [...]
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