Thanksgiving in New Orleans

Hi! How are you? Did you enjoy Thanksgiving weekend? We sure did!

Early Thanksgiving morning, we hopped on the Amtrak bound for our 2nd annual trip to New Orleans. This year we got smart and paid for a sleeper car on the train.  It wasn't spacious, but it made a world of difference! 

As usual we did our fair share of exquisite eating and drinking.......

.......And saw plenty of weird. 

On Thanksgiving night, we saw Rebirth Brass Band. Awesome!

We walked a ton and I managed to snap 100 pictures on my iPhone along the way!

We attended a pop-up bar in the backyard of a Garden district home and drank fancy cocktails made by two well known Nola mixologists. 

As usual, New Orleans did not disappoint. Looking forward to next year! 

Ta-Ta for now!

Weekly iPhoneography - New Orleans Edition!

Hi there. How are you?

I apologize for the tardiness of this post....It's been a little crazy around here. 

In the past week: 

• We bought a house (yes!)
• Hosted Matt's parents and son for a visit
• I had an art fair

Very exciting stuff! The house we bought is a fixer and Matt and I plan to blog regularly about our renovations. Please stay tuned! 

Now back to our regularly scheduled post.... NEW ORLEANS! 

Matt and I took the Amtrak right from Downtown Carbondale into New Orleans. 

Though it was a long trip (14 hours!) it was quite relaxing and scenic. 

 

 

 We got a great view of Lake Pontchartrain in the last hour of the trip. 

We stayed right in the French Quarter. It feels so European there....Love it! 

 

We did our fair share of exquisite eating and drinking!

We also did plenty of shopping and sight seeing! 

Great trip with great friends! Can't wait to go back!

Weekly iPhoneography

Hi There. How are you?

 Not much to say today.... Here is my week in photos.

I got some more good snaps on my workday walkabout. 

  

I stopped to visit my friend Heather's roosters along the way. 

 

We went up to Rockford this weekend to visit Jack. 

He's at the age where he hates when I take his picture, so this is the only one I got. 

Aren't Matt and Jack twinish?

 We spent some time shopping local in downtown Rockford. 

If you live in Rockford and haven't been to the Rockford Art Deli, you're missing out! 

It's an awesome space and you'll enjoy their humorous Rockford themed t-shirts.

I'm obsessed with the late afternoon autumn light these days. 

Matt and I are catching the train down to New Orleans tonight. Expect some great snaps next week. Happy Thanksgiving!

P.S. I'm have a stupid big Black Friday Sale. Read about it on the blog later today or tomorrow! 

Ta-Ta