What’s not to love about Fat Tuesday, the last hurrah before the commencement of Lent!?!? We celebrated over jambalaya, crusty french bread, our signature Throw Me Something, Mister cocktail and a King Krispie cake. I picked up the beads, coins and festive glasses at the Dollar Tree (you’d think I was earning some sort of kick… Read More
I’m pretty certain that a Fat Tuesday fete without a cocktail is, in fact, NO Fat Tuesday fete. Which is precisely the reason Mother, Sister and I created our very own signature Mardi Gras cocktail last weekend. (Those of you that know Sister will not find it surprising that what truly happened was that she… Read More
Bestie B hails from New Orleans and ever since our first year in college when her momma mailed us a King Cake straight from the Crescent City I’ve been smitten with the convivial confection. Over the years, I’ve tried my hand and baking King Cakes the traditional way…and, I tell you what, it never ended… Read More
For Christmas this year the littles each received four gifts: do, read, want, need. For the baby’s “do” gift, he got tickets to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Baily circus! With a Fully Charged theme, the show was resplendent with all sorts of electrifying scenes and stunts. The littles literally sat perched on the… Read More
The PCP finished out his first season of hoops in our parish league this morning. I tell you what, that team of ten kindergartners has come a LONG way since they first hit the courts back in November. John turned out to be quite the defensive player, a great dribbler and a pretty good shot!… Read More
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week around these parts and we’ve celebrated the PCP’s two amazing teachers in a different and fabulous way each and every day. Yesterday I set up a command post just outside of the classroom door and collected an impressive assortment of classroom supplies for Mrs. B. The students proudly handed over everything… Read More
(Updated 7/8/12) As y’all well know, we’ve been working on a few updates in the den (painted mirror, repaired fire place, hung oyster plates, un-hung oyster plates when my decorating demons took over, updated corbels on bar) and it’s finally all wrapped up! Just for kicks, here’s the before before. Loads of room for improvement,… Read More