2014 Trip - Day 6 - October 8

We had a light breakfast at Croissant D'or -- a couple of raspberry croissants and we split a coke - 8.00. After breakfast we headed out to Jefferson Highway to hit a couple of thrift stores (Salvation Army and Red, White, and Blue). At Red, White and Blue, I made an error in what I thought was on sale and spent a little more than I meant to..oh, well...that's how it goes sometimes.

On the way back in to the French Quarter, we first stopped at Haydel's for a Cajun Kringle. After that brief stop, we headed to Crabby Jack's to get one of my favorite po boys, Fried Green Tomatoes with Shrimp Remoulade. We split a 12" and with a couple of drinks our tab was 18.00.

We got a surprise when we got back to the apartment, even though the Cajun Kringle was in the same size box, the width of the kringle was about 1/2 what it used to be, but it is still mighty tasty.

Walked to Armstrong Park to see John Cleary, but either we couldn't find where the concert was happening OR we got there at intermission. Will try again next Wednesday for the same event. We decided to grab a quick bite and go see The Tin Men at DBA. Went by Coops and it was jam packed, so headed on over to DBA for the show. After watching their first set, we were hungry and went back by Coops and they had a line out the door, so, we decided to go to Acme, where we found another terrible line....WTF..it's Wednesday and there aren't a lot of people here....but they all want to eat where we want to eat. 

We walked on down to Decatur street to Felipe's Taqueria for a couple of tacos and back at the apartment we had some Kringle for dessert.

2012 Trip - Day 16 - October 18

 
 We skipped breakfast and headed for a book sale in Kenner. La. It was a pretty good sale and we spent $75.00 on items to sell later on Ebay. When we left the sale we topped the gas tank off so we would be ready to roll tomorrow morning. Since we were already on Jefferson Highway, I decided to go back to Crabby Jack's and try a different Po Boy. This one was called Fluer De Bree, it was baked ham, roast beef, with roast beef debris and gravy. Pretty good, but it didn't match up to the Fried Green Tomato one. Mother's has a similar Po Boy and we've tried it also, I just don't get the mix of ham and roast beef. Our total bill at Crabby Jacks with two beverages was $14.00.

Peggy got us partially packed this afternoon and then we went to Drago's and had a dozen char-broiled oysters and a couple of beverages, out total bill was $24.00. We stopped at Rouse's on the way back to the apartment and bought some boudin and a cooler and are hoping to get it home before it spoils. 

 
After dropping off our groceries, we went to d.b.a to see My Graveyard Jaw featuring Stix duh Clown. They used to perform on the street and did old timey music. We got there near the end of their first set and one song was good, but then he started doing a very sensitive song about how we were treating the earth. I had to leave or either start laughing. I can't stand that kind of crap song, but when it's coming from a man with clown marks permanently tattooed on his face, that's just TOO MUCH for me!

2012n Trip - Day 13 - October 15

We left as early as we could to go to Sam's in Metarie to get my flat fixed. After that we hit a few thrift stores and when lunch time came we went back to Crabby Jack's for another fried green tomato/shrimp remoulade po boy. There was a mix up with my order and they thought I only wanted fried green tomatos & shrimp as a side, so they remade it as a po boy and only charged us the side price, so with two drinks our bill was only $11.00.

Speaking of thrift stores, only in New Orleans will you see a member of the world famous Preservation Hall Jazz Band walking around in one carrying a child's rocking horse.

We at supper at Mona Lisa - as usual, two side salads and a garlic bread pizza - our tab was $21.00. We picked up a couple of pieces of cake for a late snack at The Quartermaster, which sort of made the day come to a circle, since we started the day at Sam's and The Quartermaster buys their cakes from Sam's.

2912 Trip - Day 6 - October 8

We were going out of the FQ today, so we had a light breakfast at Croissant D'Or. Peggy had a pastry called Frangipane named for the almond creme filling. I had a blueberry croissant. We split a coke. Our tab was $7.00.

After hitting a few thrift stores on Jefferson Highway, we stopped by Haydel's Bakery and found they were closed on Monday. We decided to have lunch at Crabby Jacks, since I had heard it was good. We had their most famous po boy - Fried Green Tomatoes with Shrimp Remoulade. Sounded good and tasted even better, although it was one more messy sandwich to eat. Our lunch here cost us $15.00 and was well worth it. I hope to get to go back and try something else. Of course coming back from Jefferson, I got off at the wrong exit and wound up on the West Bank and had to pay a toll to get back over the bridge into New Orleans. I can't count the times this has happened to me, looks like I would learn, but the old are so forgetful :-)

For an afternoon snack we stopped by Cafe du Monde for two cafe au laits and one order of beignets. We found the cafe au lait to be weak and Peggy never really likes the beignets. I sort of wished they were hot Krispy Kremes. Our afternoon snack cost $8.00.

Light dinner tonight was at Remoulade (Arnaud's casual side). We split a piece of boudin (got too excited about eating it and forgot to take a photo) and an order of Natchitoches Meat Pies. The boudin was excellent, the meat pies were very good, and the fries as usual were terrible. With a couple of soda's our bill was $18.00.