Louisiana Wedding Day 2

Friday morning, we headed to Henry's house for a quick wedding rehearsal. Their house and the surrounding land is breathtaking.


Weenie made a quick friend.

We all fell in love with Isabelle the little black dog.

After rehearsal, we got in the car for the 30 minute ride to the swamp tour.

We waited around inside for them to tell us where to go. I took a picture of this giant alligator inside.We toured the swamp in this boat.

This bridge is the 2nd longest in the USA. You can barely see a speck of light at the end.

After riding very slowly through the swamp, we finally saw an alligator. His name is Bruce.
After the tour, they served us lunch. All three of us chose the shrimp etouffee because, you know, it's Louisiana. Well, it sucked. We think it was from a can or something.

They had french fries shaped like alligators.
We ate and made our exit. Weenie wanted to hit the Harley Davidson store and get a shirt. We found it easily and all purchased shirts.

After shopping and the swamp tour, it was time for bloody marys. We walked next door and ordered some appetizers and drinks.

We ordered the Cajun Trio which consisted of sausage and chicken gumbo, seafood gumbo and shrimp and okra gumbo. The sausage and chicken was by far the best.

We also ordered crab fingers. Yum!

The best thing we had were the drinks. They were awesome!

As we were leaving, this alligator tried to eat my head. It was too hard.

We went home to change and get ready for the rehearsal dinner. Crawfish boil!

Self portrait of eating a tail!
Mooey had to show the northerners how to eat crawfish.

The groom's family entertained the masses with songs they made up about the couple. They were hysterical.
As tipoff of the University of Memphis game loomed, we became antsy and finally convinced Mooey to leave (also the keg was empty) and go find a place to watch the game. We knew of only 2 bars in Sunset and settled on Eddie B's. There was a $5 cover charge to get in but all bottled beer was $1. Is this for real?

We sat right in front of the big screen TV and cheered our Tigers to victory. We had the best seats in the house because no one but us cared about the game.

Louisiana Wedding Day 1

I just returned from 4 days in Louisiana for a wedding (Mooey's brother) and I'm still hungover. Those guys know how to throw a wedding!

Six hours after we left the house, we took the exit to Lafayette.


Then we took the Sunset exit.

We arrived at La Caboose Bed & Breakfast shortly after taking the exit.


We were greeted by the proprieter, Margaret Brinkhaus almost immediately. She was very kind and told us the history of the mailcar we were staying in.



There were lizards everywhere!

Here is the inside.

Check out the pull chain on the toilet!

Kitchen.

Margaret had made french toast for our breakfast. Also, there were cut up strawberries in yogurt. Delicious.

She had also left us a decanter of wine to enjoy before we had to meet the rest of the wedding party.

Margaret makes jellies and sells them in her gift shop. We all got a little sampler to take home.
We had gift bags on the bed that had all sorts of Cajun cooking items.

After a little wine, we loaded up in the car to meet everyone at the Rhythms on the River in Lafayette. Playing that night was Terrance Simien, Grammy Award winner. We hung out there and listened and met the wedding party but then it was time for "Girl's Night Out" and we separated from the guys and went to Cafe Roma for drinks and food.

We ordered hummus and garlic baked shrimp. Both were exceptional. Mostly we drank.

Mooey and the bride-to-be.

Shooters!
Upon leaving Cafe Roma, we piled into 2 cars and went to Grant Street Dancehall. Since there were so many of us, we negotiated the cover charge and entered. Wow is all I can say. The music was being played by Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie. They were fantastic! Dancing and more imbibing followed.
I'm not sure what time we got home but I had truly seen some amazing Acadian/Cajun dancing. It was magical.

1912

Two Sundays ago, Weenie and I went to Brunch at 1912. We both had the applewood bacon and cheese quiche which was to die for.

We couldn't leave without getting the vanilla creme brulee. It was also delicious.
After brunch, Weenie went to Carol's for a massage and Dyna came by and scooped me up. Ann was in from NYC, and it was a pleasure to see her in the front seat. We went to the Blue Monkey and started with Grand Mimosas (Grand Manier, champagne and OJ). It wasn't long before Carol and Weenie showed up along with Bacon and Meredith.We lasted there a couple of hours but soon moved the party to One More.


Monday was not pretty.