I'm having breakfast in NOLA! Ask me anything!

[nolabear]

[onehandle]

1. Are beignets an adequate floatation device in a flood situation? nt

[nolabear]

3. Only by the dozen. And in inverse proportion to the muffulettas

[yellerpup]

2. Beignets and chicory coffee?

Enjoy your time there!

[nolabear]

4. Nah. Grits, eggs, biscuits

A ton of coffee. I love me some beignets but not on an empty stomach.

[HipChick]

5. Wait for me..

I'm flying in later...what the hell are beignets?

[yellerpup]

9. Biscuits...

I could eat with every meal. Don't care for chicory coffee myself. You are fueled for the day and I bet it was some good!

[petronius]

6. Waking up in NOLA? Do you remember what you did last night?

[nolabear]

7. I do. Husband, not so much.

Since I grew up down here I'm way over the drinking thing. We are hearing great local music and eating great food. Today we are going to the Carousel bar at The Monteleone and to The Museum of the Cocktail. I've been on a book tour so have kept fairly healthy so far.

[KamaAina]

11. Mom and I stayed at the Monteleone last time we were down there

Highly recommended. One of the last independent hotels out there. Located just inside the Quarter but just a couple of blocks down from Canal. Also, the room service is actually quite tasty!

[HopeHoops]

8. Did you get a bloody mary with breakfast?

[nolabear]

15. No but I did have a Vieux Carre at the Carousel Bar

at the Monteleone. I am SO playing tourist!

[HopeHoops]

16. I give. What's a Vieux Carre?

[nolabear]

17. Cocktail invented there. Delicious.

Husband has been learning to make cocktails, hence the concentration on them. Well, that and deliciousness.

[HopeHoops]

18. Consisting of...

We're just having apricot brandy and ginger ale tonight, but I like new ideas.

[OriginalGeek]

20. never had one but i might now

from about.com:
Vieux Carre
Ingredients:

1 oz rye whiskey
1 oz Cognac
1 oz sweet vermouth
dash Peychaud's bitters
dash Angostura aromatic bitters
1/2 oz Benedictine
lemon twist for garnish
Preparation:

Pour the whiskey, Cognac and vermouth into an old-fashioned glass half-filled with ice.
Add the bitters.
Add the Benedictine then stir four times with a silver spoon.
Squeeze the lemon over the drink then drop it into the glass.


Man, I missed out on so much the weekend I was in New Orleans...and here we thought we had hit every tourist spot! I wanna go back when I have more time and money.

[HopeHoops]

28. Wait for Mardi Gras - and bring some bead necklaces.

[nolabear]

31. Lol! We have beads from running into

The "Halfway to St. Patrick's Day" parade the other day. Mardi Gras is just the big version of every day. Right now folks are gearing up for Halloween, which is some serious business in these parts.

[HopeHoops]

33. Any titties at the St. Pat's Day thing? Mardi Gras has titties - LOTS of them. At least 57.

(Steve Martin standup routine reference)

[nolabear]

34. A few. But it was all drunk Irish guys.

[HopeHoops]

36. Curiously, St. Pat's is a dry holiday in Ireland.

[MountainLaurel]

10. Where did you eat?

My breakfast in NOLA involved a bowl of cereal while chasing the cat off my lap.

[nolabear]

14. Camellia Grill in the Quarter. Not the original but just as good.

[geardaddy]

12. Muffaletta for lunch? n/t

[nolabear]

13. Still walking off breakfast though I do see a beignet in my future.

I love me a muffuletta but if I did that I couldn't do the char broiled oysters for dinner. And I can't miss that.

Diet time when I get home!

[Moondog]

19. Sigh. A beignet and

an Irish coffee early in the morning.

A nice long walk. Read the paper. Followed by a long, decadent breakfast.

Always wanted to live there. I've only managed visits.

[revolution breeze]

21. I had toast and yogurt

Spent the day going through things at Grandmother's house while hubby sat with mother. It has been too hot and we need to get it ready for sale. It seemed so final I have not been wanting to do it.

[nolabear]

22. Astoundingly it's cool and dry here.

A blessed cold front came through yesterday and the weather is perfect.

[nolabear]

23. Fabulous supper at a local Italian place

The name utterly escapes me but it's on Barracks near Decatur and is clearly a local favorite. New Orleans has a huge Italian population and the combination of Gulf Shrimp and excellent pasta made me a happy nolabear.

In other typical NOLA news, something broke and we are under a boil water order. Wish I'd known before I had a big glass with the bowl of gumbo I squeezed in there this afternoon. Ah well, laissez les Bon temps roullez!

[HipChick]

27. I hope the boil order lifts this morning

[nolabear]

29. As I type it's been lifted. Drinking bottled water is easy

Showering with it, not so much.

[UTUSN]

24. Wish I were there with you? (Does the ? qualify?!1) n/t

[ohnoyoudidnt]

25. What did you drink for breakfast?

[Tsiyu]

26. Say hi to my buddy Shayne

and to Swamp Rat, if you find him out and about!

[nolabear]

30. Ah, going home today. Bought too much, ate too much

But I am forever in love with this city. Now back to cool, simple Seattle where both life and death seem much further away.

[Behind the Aegis]

32. Why do I hate you?

Oh yeah, I can answer that one. I am jealous as hell!

I miss NOLA. NE OK is just not the same...

PS. I don't really hate you.

PSS.. are you eating in the French Quarter, the Bywater, the Marigny...where?

Time to make more jambalya or red beans and rice...sigh.

[nolabear]

37. Quarter, Marigny, and mid-city. And at a little boat-up place on the MS coast.

We stayed a couple days with friends and boated up the Pascagoula River to one of the many places you can dock and eat outside on the water. Shrimp Po Boys...yum.

Yeah, even my pescetarian husband was a happy camper.

[nolabear]

35. And now the endless wait at the airport...

Had to come early so will be sitting here for a couple of hours. Thank goodness I have that book about the early days of prostitution to keep me entertained.