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!

2012 Trip - Day 7 - October 9

Our friend David came in for a short visit today and we went to Camellia Grill for breakfast --  a waffle, bacon, pancakes, omelet and three coffees and the tab was $28.00. After meeting David's roommates Danny and Randy, who had come to take him home, we left them at Cafe du Monde and went in search of our lunch. Drago's gets the credit for introducing char-grilled oysters to the New Orleans dining world and since they now had a location in the bottom of the Hilton, we thought we would give it a try.

These were a couple of dollars cheaper than Acme's and were even better than Acme's. How good were they? Well after polishing off the above dozen we ordered dessert (see below)

Yeah, you rite! We ordered another 1/2 dozen for our dessert. With a couple of drinks, our tab at Drago's was $34.00. Since we had a late lunch, we ate a light supper at P's Louisiana Restaurant....ok, it was Popeye's again! Only $8.00 so it evened out lunch. While eating in Popeye's we saw a sight that we wish we could have taken a photo of...a gentlemen in a very nice suit, french cuffs on his sleeves, wearing a bowtie and carrying a large Sak's shopping bag, came in. He got his order, sat at a table across from us, and tucked a paper napkin over his bowtie before he ate...making for quite an unusual pairing of fast food and New Orleans lawyer look.

On the way back to the apartment we walked by a club called The Rainbow Room with the hawker out front showing us a sign letting us know it was Tranny Tuesday.

Earlier today at Rouse's, Peggy got some New Orleans Ice Cream Co. Chicory and Coffee ice cream. I had a bite of it and can only say it was so good it transcended the mere words ice cream. I had a piece of coconut cake from the Quartermaster across the street - no photo since I assume everyone knows what a piece of cake looks like...but then again you know what they say about the word assume!