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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Reveillon
We spent Saturday night in New Orleans, and Sunday morning after mass we headed to Avenue Pub for some lunch. I had a duck sandwich that was fantastic. We spent in the afternoon walking around the French Quarter ducking in and out of some of the art galleries. It was an absolutely beautiful day.
On the way back to the car we swung by the Aquarium of the Americas to look for the brick there with my name on it. I was sort of discouraged at first as there were many, many bricks. However, Maureen was able to find my brick. It was pretty cool; I had not seen it in a long, long time.
We headed over to the Dickey's around 6:30 and hung out while all of our dinner companions collected. It was great, as always, to see everybody. After while we headed towards downtown to go eat Muriel's.
They seemed to be a little behind on reservation seating, so we spent some time in the bar. They made a tasty dirty gin martini. Yay, savory cocktails. When we sat down the Reveillon menu looked good to me. I had duck confit with a pumpkin risotto for an appetizer, a fresh Louisiana citrus salad, a bone-in veal chop with crabmeat and oyster dressing for an entree, and then pain perdu bread pudding for dessert. Overall a fantastic meal, and I think we all enjoyed it.
We decided to stay in New Orleans that night as it was late and were both tired. We had a great time and look forward to continuing the tradition as the years go by.
Labels: New Orleans, Reveillon
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A day late
We had a great trip home. I got to ride with David, see David, Amy, Charlotte, and Ryan, and eat some boiled crawfish (thanks Alexanders!) on Thursday.
Friday I saw my grandparents and had lunch at Jay's Barbecue. Tastes exactly the same. I then headed down to New Orleans, picked up Carrie at the airport, and we met up with the LaBordes. We spent a wonderful, relaxed evening at the Lara's and got to see baby Bayona.
Saturday was a delicious lunch at Bayona (the restaurant) and Diego and Anna's medical school graduation. It was interesting to be back on Tulane's campus. The new University Center is really nice. The weird thing is that it's not that different of a floor plan. It was messing with my head some. I spent so much of my time at Tulane in the basement of that building working on the newspaper that it's odd to see the building look so different, but yet very similar.
After graduation we chilled out for a little bit and then hopped around several different bars relaxing and talking with the Laras and other assorted friends of theirs. It was a good time.
Sunday we headed to Baton Rouge, had a nice lunch with Carrie's parents and our nephew Travis and then (after I took a little nap) got on the road and headed back to Austin. The trip was uneventful, which is the way we like them.
I'm looking forward to a few uneventful weeks in Austin before we head to New Jersey for Meg and Harry's wedding. Memorial day weekend and a visit from my parents will be nice. I'm also looking forward to consistent bike riding once again.
I'm excited about the work left to finish everything. I turned in my first form for graduation yesterday... it's one of many. I'm going to start the scheduling dance today. Let the final trek begin...
Labels: Baton Rouge, Bayona, graduation, New Orleans, training
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