2014 Trip - Day 9 - October 11

Horn's now occupies the space that our beloved La Peniche used to be in, but we thought we would give them a try. All I can say is too bad that La Peniche is gone, because Horn's sure didn't win us over. Everything but the sausage was overcooked with Peggy's waffle being so hard, she got tired of cutting it. The manager did come back and asked us how things were and when she told him about the waffle, he took it off our bill...guess I should have told him, that I'm no fan of crispy pancakes....yes crispy pancakes. Oh well, live and learn. I'm not even going to provide a link to this place, since it was such a disappointment.

We went to The Mint, part of the Parks Department, to see Tom Buck, who gave a one hour lecture with examples on the development of Jazz in New Orleans...to bad  regular school was never this entertaining. He was introduced by park ranger, Bruce Barnes...as in Sunpie Barnes. After this concert we walked around to Louisiana Music Factory and caught the last part of Kyndra Joi & Soul Therapy. There was hardly anyone there and those that were there drifted off....too bad...I think they looked at this group and thought "just a bunch of sisters from the hood".... but they were super talented and had good stage presence.

After these two shows we went to Molly's at The Market where there is a tiny restaurant in the back called L'enfant. We had scotch eggs which were wrapped in boudin and covered with a remoulade sauce. These were quite tasty and I would definitely recommend them.

We went to One Eyed Jack's and saw Fleur de Tease's Halloween show and after the show we finally made it back to Acme again for some Boo Fries and Meat Pies (the meal that rhymes). Looks like 10 pm on a Saturday night is when the line is finally down.

2014 Trip - Day 3 - October 5

 

We started the day off at Camellia Grill, but I forgot to take photos, but most people know what 3 pancakes and bacon looks like. As a side note, I will say that they have the strongest coffee I have ever had. Peggy thought it was great, I just never could get it tasting right for me. Our bill was around 17.00 before tip.

After a short rest we took the ferry to Gretna Fest. They now charge for riding the ferry, to Gretna or just across the river to Algiers Point. We ate a great meatball sandwich and some tasty chargrilled oysters. One of the main people I wanted to see was an old rockabilly star Joe (Don't Mess With My Ducktail) Clay, but he turned out to be more of a player in a band than the actual leader of the band. We caught a little bit of Bonerama, and then walked over to see a duo called Baby Bee and they turned out to be the best we saw today. The only other band we watched for a while was Mrz Crowley, a cover party band, who were also good. We tried to see a band called Little White Lies, but they didn't show up, so I guess there name suited them.

Once we got back to the apartment this afternoon we had a short rest and then went to Acme Oyster House and split some Boo Fries (fries covered in cheese and roast beef gravy...in fancy restaurants this dish is called Poutine) and Meat Pies with a couple of Barq's....Man! that Barq's is so good in the long neck bottles. Our bill ran around 18.00 before tip. Finished out the night with the rest of the mini dark chocolate mocha cake from Wink's.

2012 Trip - Day 1 - October 3

After 3 years we have finally gotten back to New Orleans. The driving always goes smooth until we get to Mississippi and then it "seems like" it takes longer to cross that state than driving through Georgia or Alabama. I don't know if it's because it's the last state before getting to Louisiana or if it just comes near the end of a long drive (11 hours from Taylors, SC). 

After getting the car unloaded and parked (yay! we got a good spot) and doing a little bit of unpacking we went out to find something for supper. Wanted something good, since on the road we had a Hardee's sausage biscuit (too much biscuit, not enough sausage) and some Taco Bell (not great, but one of the few fast food joints I can abide). 

As shown in the opening photo, we decided on Acme Oyster House. The line was fairly long and we had to wait about 30 minutes to get seated, but it was worth the wait. We ordered the Boo Fries (fries with roast beef gravy and cheese) (4.99) and of course a dozen char-broiled oysters (19.49). This meal was so good, it almost made it worth the drive through Mississippi :-)

2009 Trip Day 25 - June 6

We started the day once again at Croissant D'or. The only variable was that they were out of cheese danish, so Zack had an apple croissant. We walked through the market after breakfast and then Zack went out and did some shopping and Peggy got us mostly packed.

We ate lunch at Acme. Zack had a Peacemaker poboy (1/2 shrimp and 1/2 oyster with Tabasco mayo) and Peggy and I had an oyster poboy with Tabasco mayo and an order of boo fries (fries with cheese and roast beef gravy) and we also split a piece of bananas foster cheesecake for dessert.

After lunch we walked back up Royal and and I got some video of most likely the worst street performers in New Orleans. The guy is not too bad, but the girl can't sing and DEFINITELY can't play a trumpet. They are so bad, it's just funny to me.

We had been invited to John and Karl's for cocktails. Their friends Julie and Kenneth were also there. John ordered some pizzas from Angeli's while we were there. Karl and John gave us a big piece of stained glass with a fleur des lis in the center and we hope to get it home in once piece. We had such a great time on our last night in New Orleans. What great friends, it's just too bad that we are so far apart. We miss them already.

2009 Trip Day 16 - May 28

We went out Jefferson Highway for 2 reasons. One to hit a couple of thrift stores, the other to get to Haydel's Bakery.

The Salvation Army Thrift was clean and pretty good, although we didn't get much there. There was too much good stuff and it made "shopping" overwhelming. The Red White and Blue Thrift was huge and noisy, we got nothing at this one.

Stopped by Haydel's and got 2 almond croissants and a Cajun Kringle.

Then it was time for lunch. We swung by River Shack and they looked packed, we drove by Crabby Jack's and their parking lot was full. So we just drove on back into town and went over to The Joint. We had 2 BBQ sandwiches with slaw, sides of baked mac and cheese and potato salad and 2 drinks - 18.00.

It has turned H-O-T today and we hid out in the apartment during the afternoon, waiting for things to cool down.

We left out about 7 and went to Acme for charbroiled oysters, with 2 drinks - 23.00. We got sat at a double two top with a couple from Virginia. They were our age and this was their first visit to New Orleans. They came because it was their anniversary and New Orleans was on the husband's "bucket list". They were nice dining companions.

Desserts were the almond croissants from Haydels:

2009 Trip Day 12 - May 24

Is this Friday the 13th?

First Hank got under Peggy's feet and tripped her up and she ended up on the floor almost on top of Hank. Both of them seem to be ok though. Then we took a hike to The Cakeman to get a slice of cake for our late night snack, only to find that they had no cake, only cupcakes, and a very long line! We chose not to wait just for cupcakes.

We ended up going by Croissant D'Or and confusing the girl there because now she knows what we get for breakfast and had started setting up a tray for us. We had to stop her and tell her we were taking croissants "to go" today. Plus we got a couple of snacks for later.

And on top of all of this we drove out to Belle Chase to the Plaquemines Parish Heritage and Seafood Festival and it was a bust. We went there last year and it was small, but pretty decent. This year it was even smaller and NO Char Broiled Oysters. And it rained while we were there, but at least they had a tent to get under.

The only good spot of the festival was that we had a great roast beef poboy - 6.00 ....of course when you count the 10.00 admission fee and the 1.00 raffle ticket we bought....I guess you could say that the poboy actually cost of 17.00! Peggy did get a free Census 2010 canvas totebag, so that is something, I guess.

Back to the FQ where parking is HELL on the weekends. And this is a long weekend.

After walking Hank and having a brief rest. We both were hungry and since we hadn't eaten any roast beef in a few hours, we decided to go to Acme and try their roast beef poboy plus have some boo fries. Luckily the line was fairly short and since we agreed to sit at the regular bar, we only had to wait a few minutes. They had a great roast beef debris po boy and of course the boo fries were good. with 2 Barq's, our bill was 21.00. Acme had one huge line by time we got out, so we were lucky on our timing.

For dinner we called Mona Lisa and ordered a sandwich called the Mona Lisa Special - Pepperoni, ham, bacon, mozzarella cheese with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mustard and mayo. It also came with black olives and mushrooms, but we asked to leave them off, since we are fans of neither. It was a huge sandwich with a side of pasta salad. Below is a photo of 1/2 of the sandwich. It was super good. It was 9.00 and we actually had 1/4 of it left over.

We finished out the night with a chocolate mousse dome and a raspberry croissant that we had gotten earlier from Croissant D'or.

2009 Trip Day 2 - May 14

We had a light breakfast at Croissant D'or - 2 raspberry croissants and split a coke(4.65). Just enough to keep us going until lunch.

Then we headed out for the Symphony Book Sale at Delgado College. It's a pretty good sale and we got 3 bags of books, videos,cds, and one dvd.














It was almost 1 when we left there, so we were ready for lunch. We decided to check Liuzza's by The Track to see if they were busy and were easily able to get a table. We split a reuben, I got a cup of gumbo and Peggy got a side of potato salad(21.00). Peggy thought the meat was tough, I thought it was pretty good, but The Sandwich Shack in Chesnee has a better reuben. The biggest disappointment was the gumbo. They use to have one of the best. This tasted more like beef stew with a couple of pieces of shrimp on top. LBTT has just never been as good since the storm and they lost their original cook.

A quick Wal Mart trip to stock up on supplies. Between the people who actually work there and the other shoppers all cutting in front of me, it made me wish that I was at the Berea WalMart.....and I hate the Berea Walmart.

We did get to see the Tide's Loads of Hope Free Laundry Service. It was set up in the top part of the WalMart parking lot.















After we got back and parked, I managed to close the back lid of the car on my head giving me another knot on my head.

On the way out for dinner we saw the acrobatic street performers that were on America's Got Talent. Hopefully, I will get a video upload of them on in the next few days.

We had dinner at Acme, a dozen charbroiled oysters and 2 Barq's(23.00).















Strolled by Chris DeBarr's new restaurant, The Green Goddess, and he was just going back into the restaurant. He said he hopes to open by Wednesday.

Finished out the night with apple cobbler for Peggy and coconut cake for me from the Quartermaster(5.00)