I love the snow at Christmas time. But, alas, it was not meant to be this year. It's not that Louisana never gets snow. It's that it rarely gets snow and, just a week before we arrived, it got an unheard of 3 inches! By the time we got there, it was back to a not-so-cold 80 degrees.
My craving for the powdery white stuff would have to be satiated with the excess amounts of powder sugar covering Cafe Du Monde's world-famed beignets. Off to New Orleans!
As many times as I have been to Louisiana, I have never done the tourist thing and have only really seen New Orleans shortly after Katrina when the streets were deserted. This time was much different. We started our day at Jackson Square, 
followed by beignets at Cafe Du Monde. 
Our next stop was the WWII Museum, which was really informative and interesting. 
Then we caught the Steet Car back to the Quarter, stopping for lunch at the Palace Cafe. After a quick stroll down Bourban Street, grabbing a hurricane from famous Pat O's, 
we walked through the French Market 
and drove through the Garden District, before heading back to Baton Rouge. Even with all that, we barely scratched the surface. Now if only I can convince Rod to come back during Mardi Gras!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Dreaming of a White Christmas
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okay- I'm going to make you promise to take me to new orleans and baton rouge- it looks like a ton of fun- especially that big daddy's! i think we'd get ourselves into trouble there...
;' )
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