A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-17-03...Louisiana - "Come as you are, leave different."

Mama_Bear

[WVNan]

Aqua, you MUST stop posting that picture of Rhett. He makes me cry, "What am I going to do? I won't think about that today, I'll think about that tomorrow."

[WVNan]

Hi Colleen. Yes, you really should go. It's an experience not to forget. The food is out of this world.

[Billie]

Hi, Nan - that blue hug is adorable! Thank you for 'your' part in keeping the Finest alive and, well, the 'finest'. :)

[Billie]

I know - dinosaurs! LOL!

[MeekOneGOP]

Meekie, that pic of Dorothy Lamour came near giving me cardiac arrest...good grief, whatta dish...)

hehe ! Yeah, I don't think I'd ever seen that one before either. What a doll, huh ? ...

[dansangel]

Actually, I refuse to acknowledge any first-hand experience on those abominable things for fear that it will blatantly age me.

I used to have one that pre-dated the electric typewriters! Shhhhh.....:-)

[dutchess]

Lori. Thanks for the additional information on Tri-Tip. Am intrigued what the butcher will say. Re: formatting problems...if TTM didn't see it...it's clearly only on certain monitors...HE would never let you get away with something like that

jwfiv...so good to see you today...had to say hi

colleen...how's Lucy? Codee has been "leaning left" and "stumbling" a little. She's 15 so age is a factor but the vet says she has an inner ear infection contributing to the problem which we are now treating with eardrops. Also, Giz was just put on Thyroid meds..no symptoms but scratching and hairloss... Geesh!

Nan...re: your ring and St. Anthony. I've been using him for years. Our priest just laughs when I sent another check with St. Anthony on the memo line. Mr. D. just groans LOL

Russ...thanks for posting the email from Russ's wife. It really brings it closer. Continued prayers...

Billie....we're doing the theater thing tomorrow...("Urinetown" ? know nothing about it except it won a Tony last year) I will try to send you the final pictures on Sunday for Wed's thread.

Highschool football night...have to run. Hugs to all

[WVNan]

Hi dansy. How's Hotlanta? I enjoyed the Ga. thread the other day, even though I didn't have time to participate. Hotlanta is where my last child dropped out of Heaven. He was then born in Jackson, Miss. I have so many ties to the Southland.

[Mama_Bear]

Mama_Bear, it looks fine to me.

Good. I hate thinking that people are seeing it messed up.

I love Louisiana. Been there several times. Spent a couple of days at a hotel on Bourbon Street. My youngest son was 5 years old at the time and was already playing his little fiddle....He said, "I'll save it until I'm 18 and then I'm coming back here and see one of those girly shows."

LOL!!! I LOVE these little stories that you and Sister Maggie tell. You have both been so many places and had such interesting experiences.

I had a bit of a similar experience when I was in Honolulu with my son and his cousin. They were nine or ten at the time. They spotted a couple "ladies of the evening" while we were walking down a street in the tourist district. I couldn't help but laugh. The boys were enough ahead of me that I don't think they knew I was aware of what they were snickering over. Then I over-heard my son's cousin tell him .."my mom calls them 'store-bought muffins'". Of course more giggling and snickering erupted.....until I grabbed them both by the scruff of their necks and veered them off into a gift shop. LOL!

Memories..... aren't they wonderful??

[WVNan]

And it is the Finest. It's the only place I post any more for the most part, and lately not much here either. LOL.

[dutchess]

Okay...on my way out but had to look...yes maryland and DC are off...(maybe TTM thought that was a deliberate Freudian thing LOL)

Wierd thing for me..I was working on my next week thing last night and all the borders were messed up. I ended up deleting the urls and reinserting them (they were exactly the same) and it was fine. Wierd... Hope to stop back later...Have a wonderful evening...and thanks for the memories Lori...Told Mr. D. about your thread and he said "The Big Easy" is on tomorrow nights agenda!

[WVNan]

I was frankly pretty shocked that I found that ring. I had to laugh. Here I was a good Methodist praying to a Catholic Saint to find my expensive ring. Cognitive dissonance.

[WVNan]

LOL....yes, kids are brutally outspoken sometimes.

[Aquamarine]

The second plantation in that post is beautiful with the arching trees!

[WVNan]

Isn't it though. It looks like the house in Gone With the Wind.

[Mama_Bear]

Hi Colleen. Glad you enjoyed Louisiana. When I present a state I try to capture some of the flavor, or the uniqueness, or 'atmosphere' of the area. With Louisiana, especially New Orleans, it was easy. They have a rich and unique ethnic heritage found nowhere else.

I want to go see for myself, although I am not fond of seafood, and it seems that's what they are famous for. I am sure the Creoles and Cajuns must do something interesting with beef. :-)

[MEG33]

God bless you and may your weekend be a fine one.

[Mama_Bear]

This one is called Oak Alley Plantation.....it is beautiful!

Located on the Mississippi River between the historic cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oak Alley Plantation has been called the "Grande Dame" of the Great River Road. Nowhere else in the South will you find such a spectacular setting! The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek-revival style antebellum home.

Built in 1839 by a wealthy French Creole sugar planter from New Orleans, Oak Alley Plantation today offers daily guided tours, bed & breakfast accommodations in 19th-century Creole cottages, a Cajun/Creole restaurant offering local favorites, a café/ice cream parlor, an impressive gift shop and a spectacular setting for weddings, parties and other private functions.

[dansangel]

((((((((((dutchess))))))))))

Sorry I missed you. I was updating the LBGA prayer thread because I heard from her sister today. LBGA is getting weaker. Not a good sign. :-(

Hope you have fun at the high school game tonight!

[deadhead]

"Highschool football night...have to run."

Night football, excellent...have a fun night! My cousin coached Highschool football in the Columbus area and I went to a few games on my visits there, loved it. Wish they did the same here in N.Y. One thing I remember quite vividly, at one game there were thousands (OK, maybe hundred's LOL)of bats that flew above the field area...never saw so many bats in my life!

Hope that Codee and Giz feel better real soon, will keep your pups in my prayers. Lucy is doing really good. A big difference this past week.