New Orleans is Back

Back home from another great trip.

Just like Morgan and Tyler's flights...our flights couldn't have been easier. We broke all the rules yesterday by flying on a Friday afternoon and a holiday weekend. But all turned out.

New Orleans is back on its feet. We staying right on Bourbon Street with the craziness going on until about 3pm. Journey is still playing on every street corner with jello shots being sold on the curbs in any flavor. Where was my Jimmy??? We split time with Journey and some great jazz music which is Charley's favorite.

A trip to Cafe du Monde twice, ferry ride to the other side of the Mississippi River, my first soft shelled crab, more oysters this last week than I've had all year, shrimp that was so sweet and fresh that you could have had them for dessert...oh the food!

The highlight for this trip for me was our cooking class. The New Orleans School of Cooking has 2 1/2hr classes everyday. What a treat..The chef was so funny. Large man 6'9" 400lbs and used to play pro football. what a character....we all watched him make and explain the food, spices, techniques and then eat all that he made. We started off with cream of artichoke and shrimp soup then, crawfish etouffee, bread pudding and pralines. Everything was to die for...guess what we'll be having for Sunday dinner tomorrow family!

We walked around looking for a certain restaurant, only finding it after a couple of tries that it wasn't opened...but walking and taking the street car there we saw some of the devastation still in New Orleans. Houses that aren't repaired if they ever will....houses that had holes punched in the roof which I suppose was to let people get out and on top of the roof to be rescued. But still a lot of new construction is in progress.

This trip confirmed that another P4 trip should be organized and played out in the future.