2014 Trip - Day 13 - October 15

 

We had a light breakfast at Wink's Bakery (split a breakfast sandwich and we each had a buttermilk drop). Then we had to get clothes washed. After completing our chores, we went to Yo Mama's and split a Yo Mama's Cheeseburger and baked potato. 

After a brief rest we walked down to Riverwalk so Peggy could do a little shopping and then walked back to the apartment and after another very brief rest, we walked to Mother's and had a baked ham po boy (just ok), red beans and rice (passable), bread pudding (good, but it's the old fashioned kind with fruit cocktail - Peggy likes it better than I do) and I had a piece of sweet potato pie (good). 

There's so few people here tonight, there wasn't even a line at Coops, however, they were full inside. Lots of gutter punks out tonight on Decatur and lots of hustling of tourists on Bourbon tonight.

2014 Trip - Day 5 - October 7

Since we were going to have an early lunch (at least for us), we just grabbed a couple of coffees from Cafe Envie. They made them wrong, but they were still better than Starbucks. 

We drove out to Magazine Street and ate at Casamento's. Peggy had a bowl of oyster stew and I had 1/2 of an oyster loaf and a cup of seafood gumbo. We both had long neck Barq's and they were served with the tiny glasses.

After a brief stop at Wally World to pick up some supplies, we drove to Gentilly to see our friends David and Danny. It was a super nice neighborhood, very clean and quiet, but in my opinion (and whose else really matters), it's to far out if you want to live in New Orleans. 

After arriving back in the French Quarter, we got a pretty good parking spot. We decided to walk down to Wink's to get a couple of desserts for later in the evening. We bought a cinnamon roll and a brownie, but best of all, they had buttermilk drops fresh out out of the fryer and we ate all three (you get 3 per order) while walking back to the apartment. These truly deserve the letters OMG. 

We walked back to Riverwalk Mall for Peggy to pickup some shoes...they could only find one shoe of a pair last night, but sometime in the last 24 hours they found the mate. It wasn't too far of a walk from the mall to Mother's. We split a debris po boy and some potato salad. Our server brought someone else's seafood gumbo to the table and he said just keep it for free. It was pretty good, made even better by being free. An amusement near the end of the meal came when our server told us even though the sign said no tipping, it was ok to leave something on the table. Amusing, since we never saw the sign and always leave a tip there.

2012 Trip - Day 15 - October 17

We skipped breakfast and went back over the river to the Westbank to check and see if Dillard's had gotten in the Mr. Bingle's, which they had. After purchasing a Bingle, we went to a couple of thrift stores and then back to Dorignac's. When we left Dorignac's we decided to either go to Liuzza's By The Track or Parkway. We decided on Liuzza's since they have a good Reuben sandwich.

We split a Reuben and I had a side of gumbo and Peggy had a side of slaw. Peggy says this is the best slaw she ever eats and I tend to agree with her. With a couple of beverages, our bill was $24.00.

I had a nap in the afternoon and then we went back to Lafayette Square for the Wednesday concert. We mainly went back to get some more Ya-Ka-Mein ($6.00 each), which were still good, but not quite as spicy as last week. After we left the square, we stopped at Mother's for dessert. Bread pudding for Peggy, it has fruit cocktail mixed in - the only time Peggy will eat fruit cocktail and the reason I won't eat Mother's bread pudding. I had a piece of pecan pie, with a couple of beverages, our bill was $16.00.

2012 Trip - Day 4 - October 6

We started the day at one of our favorite breakfast places, La Peniche. Peggy had eggs, grits, toast, and bacon and I had the pancake....Yes, the pancake as in one pancake (see below) and sausage. I tried my best but I just could not quite finish eating all of it. (tab at La Peniche was $29.00)

Lunch had to be pretty small since we were still somewhat stuffed from breakfast, so we went back to Felipe's Taqueria  - char-broiled chicken for Peggy, pork for me, and we split a chorizo taco (although neither one of us cared much for the chorizo). Our tab was slightly higher today ($13.00) because I had a Mexican Coke.

Supper was at Mother's. This place gets a bad rap as a tourist joint, but I've eaten all over town the past 15 years and I personally think their debris roast beef po boy is great. It gets better with each bite you take. We split a debris po boy and a piece of sweet potato pie. Unfortunately the pie was lacking in flavor. Cost of eating at Mothers - $23.00.