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| This is a photo of Stanley on the corner of Jackson Square. |
WE FOUND A PLACE TO LIVE
called Parc D'orleans RV park. It's, for some reason, touted the least desireable park of all 4 parks on the Chef Menteur Highway, but for us it is the BEST! It's less crowded that the other tiny parks and about twice the size. There are no stray/ferral cats running around like there were at some of the other parks AND it was the second least expensive. It is not gated like all of the other parks which was a concern due to all of the online reviews about the neighborhood. Sure,we see lots of "laidies of the night" except I see them mostly during the day in their booty shorts and tittie tops. This being said, we have had no problems. Parc D'orleans is quiet and peaceful and I feel perfectly safe. But then again, I've lived in Philly for the last 11 years...
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| Parc D'Orleans |
at Cafe Amelie. A little Cafe tucked away behind an iron gate in the heart of the French Quarter on Royal Street. This quaint european-esque sanctuary occupies the former estate of the American Princess of Monaco built in the early 1800's and is not the norm for the French Quarter. No fried or breaded foods here. A simple menu created by exec. Chef Jerry and executed beautifully by the lovely cooks in the kitchen. Our Shrimp and grits are topped with a corn Maque Choux (mock-shoe) savory and rich and complete with andouille sausage, cream, butter and bacon fat because that's how they role down south. Never enough forms of fat in one dish.
I often feel as though I'm in an episode of Downton Abbey here. I imagine what it would have been like to actually live in the servant's quarters where our office now resides and see the horse drawn carriages prance past the water fountain and into the carriage house, now our bar/restaurant/kitchen. I think about all the people who had visited the princess while she resided there and the drama behind the scenes. Anyway, I digress...
Amelie is a pretty great place to work. It's a small business so there's not a lot of corporate rigamarole to deal with. It operates pretty straight forward. No menu tests to take, no week long training, afterall, we are just serving food to people. It's not rocket science.
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| Cafe Amelie, Nick snapped a pic the day I went in for my interview! |
I GOT INTO A BAND
called Fifty Shades of Blues. It's a startup band, which is nice because we are all learning the songs at the same time, rather than me having to catch up to the rest of the band. It's mostly jazz and blues tunes. Some well known, others well known in certain circles. I'm really happy with the professional level of the band memebers and that some of my song suggestions were actually considered and approved. We are planning to start booking gigs in June! That's coming up fast! So far we've had 2 rehearsals each about 5 hours long. Yes, I am a hustler baby. Trying to get it all in!
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| Fifty Shades of Blues |
called Sheaux Fresh. It's a little plot of land across the river in Algiers that's privately owned and has been turned into a small farm that grows specialty produce for local restaurants. They use organic farming principles and I'm hoping to learn a lot. I've tasted Arugula flowers that are a nutty spicy surprise and some of the spiciest mustard greens I've ever had. Sometimes Nick drops me off and I take the Ferry back across the river into town. It's pretty awesome. I've harvested mustard greens, and curly endive and we had "compost day" last week. Boy, that was fun. I required an immediate shower when I arrived back to the RV. Nothing like shovelling rotting produce filled with worms in 80 degree temperatures to get your blood pumping. Oh, and I almost forgot about emptying the collection buckets of "liquid fertilizer" into 50 gallon drums. Exhilarating and disgusting!
Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of this...yet.
I'VE BEEN EATING OUT A LOT
Booty's, Satsuma Cafe, Crescent Pie and Sausage Co., The Red Slipper, Maurepas, Fair Grinds Coffee Shop, Felipe's, El Gato Negro, Green Goddess, Smashburger, Slim Goodies Diner, Taco Stand outside of BJ's Bar, Pizza Delicious, Reviews and pics to follow....
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| Crawfish Boil |
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| Looks like there's more to eat than there acutally is. |
