Day 115 - Daisy Arrives!

Day in pictures! We picked up my friend Daisy at the airport in the morning, arriving from Connecticut to travel with me for a week up to Virginia via Auburn and Asheville. Then all kinds of excitement ensued!

Cate with Maggie

Mural as we drove downtown

Daisy! Poor thing was so sleep deprived but was still game for adventuring and trying new foods

Panorama of the Mississippi river

Christmas tree across from Jackson Square, complete with fleur de lis on top. There weren't nearly as many artists around the square as there usually are when we visit, perhaps because of the cold or the proximity to the holiday?

Making pralines - yum!

Walking through the French Market, kind of a farmers market/food vending/flea market area

Balconies along the old Mardi Gras parade route on Royal Street

Gas lantern

Inside the St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square. It was beautiful inside, but admittedly felt a lot more like a tourist attraction (lots of people wandering around talking and pointing at things) than a consecrated place of worship

We had lunch at Napoleon House, on Chartres. It was so named because there was (according to the menu and Wikipedia) a local plot to bring the exiled Napoleon to New Orleans, which of course kind of fell apart upon news of his death. They're famous for their muffaletta sandwiches and Pimms Cup cocktails, and although we didn't have either, Daisy did get to try gumbo and jambalaya for the first time, as well as a Sazerac, a classic New Orleans drink.

Walking down Royal, stopping in the art galleries and cooking shops

Funny grotesques

"One Day"

"Bang Head Here"

The original Cafe Du Monde in the Quarter had a line out the door, so we stopped at the one out closer to Cate and Joe's house

Cafe au lait with chicory, and beignets! They don't really serve anything else, besides soda/juice/milk, which is a pretty strong testament to how good the coffee and beignets are. Two more New Orleans foods for Daisy to try!

Cutting the next batch of dough

A tami!

Throwing dough into the fryer

We went to Mr. Ed's for dinner. I had a shrimp and crab stuffed mirliton, which I know in Arizona as a chayote squash, and it was delicious :) Daisy was three for three with trying new things at meals and had the stuffed catfish.

Daisy, Maggie, and the new toy

So cute!