Monthly Archives: January 2010

January 31, 2010

Getting Crafty

It’s officially time to start thinking about a Mardi Gras costume. Personally, I like some mix of homemade and acquired in my ensembles. Let’s return to the scene of the crime (too much Krewe du Vieux fun) on Frenchmen Street, … Continue reading →

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January 30, 2010

SATURDAY! SATURDAY! SATURDAY!

In these trying economic times, certain luxuries are the first to go–Italian dessert liquers, for example. Luckily, the folks over at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, SoFAB, are having a “Frugal Pantry Series,” and today it’s learn to make … Continue reading →

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January 29, 2010

Cruising North Rampart

So, this date night might be a little bit of a hard sell to your husband. He’s not a homophobe, not in the least. That’s one of the things you love about him. Heck, he gladly watched Project Runway (isn’t … Continue reading →

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January 28, 2010

Les Moules et le Bayou

In my world, Mardi Gras really starts with Krewe du Vieux, which is two short days away. So, in the meantime, I think I’m going to save it up; and by “it” I mean my tolerance for noise and proximity … Continue reading →

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January 27, 2010

Film Buffery

Prytania Theatre‘s classic movie matinee series continues today with a screening of A Star is Born, 12pm. Witness Judy Garland in all her Judy-ness, clawing up the ladder of success, as James Mason drunkenly stumbles down it. It’s got some … Continue reading →

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January 26, 2010

Who You Calling a Drunken Shrimp?

After last week’s expedition to go grocery shopping downtown, we’ve decided to make the time today to go to the Crescent City Farmer’s Market. The folks who used to run Gabrielle are cooking today, specifically: vegetarian chili with jalapeno cornbread, … Continue reading →

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January 25, 2010

Met-tree

Let’s go out to Metairie today, shall we? It doesn’t really matter where we go today, everyone is going to be in a great mood. Good lord, the Super Bowl is right in the middle of Mardi Gras. This is … Continue reading →

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January 24, 2010

Dumping the Bucket of Hater-ade

On Thursday evening my husband and I were chilling on the couch, watching 30 Rock, when we had to back up the DVR and re-watch a scene between Jack Donaghy and his Bostonian girlfriend from high school, played by Julianne … Continue reading →

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January 23, 2010

This weekend we’ll go out. We’ll go to the city, see a show and have dinner, I promise.

Presumably, you’re all rested up from your hike to the Northshore and starting to think about dinner. How about that new Besh place, Domenica, we’ve been hearing so much about? Since it’s in the swank Roosevelt Hotel, why don’t we … Continue reading →

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January 23, 2010

Northshore Bound

Now, I’m taking a gamble that the weather is going to hold, and we’re not going to get rained out of our little Northshore expedition. We really should leave soon, so there’s not time to wait and see if it … Continue reading →

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