NOLA

Oh, yeah. That was fun! Weather was perfect – mid-80s all week. Cooking classes were fantastic. Location couldn’t have been better.

Casa Pelican is a B&B and a cooking school in historic Algiers Point. It’s a quiet residential neighborhood – but it’s a five minute ferry ride away from the French Quarter. So the best of both worlds. If you’re old, getting around New Orleans is dirt cheap. I bought the 31-day senior pass to everything – trollies, ferries, and busses – for $14.00, and just rode everywhere. They’ve got an absolutely enormous World War II museum, and a first class art museum.

Karen Duncan ran a Cajun restaurant in Toronto for 15 years, and then moved down here. The school and B&B is her retirement project. Breakfast every morning – and I don’t mean granola and toast. Sausage gravy and biscuits; omelet and bacon; pancakes and sausage – I didn’t eat many lunches out because I was still full from breakfast.

Did some cooking:

Jambalaya
Shrimp etouffee
Gumbo
BBQ Shrimp

Did some drinking:

Hurricane at Pat O’Brien’s

Did some sightseeing:

And a good time was had by all. Fun trip!

3 Replies to “NOLA”

      1. Now you are just trying to make me super jealous!!! I’m so glad you got to go, and now that is on my bucket list! : )

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