A lot of the time we were in New Orleans we were in the French Market, where it was easy to think that things were back to normal after the hurricane. Of course, this really is not true and it’s really apparent once you take even just a few steps out of the French Quarter. [...]

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Muffulatta :: Pierre Maspero’s, French Quarter, New Orleans

A sampling of traditional New Orleans dishes: shrimp creole, red beans and rice, jambalaya and shrimp remoulade :: Cajun Cabin, French Quarter, New Orleans

New Orleans Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce :: Cajun Cabin, French Quarter, New Orleans
A few more (sort of blurry) photos of food I had in [...]

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Roscoe Village, Chicago
The only thing that’s been keeping me going through these cold, snowy days is thoughts of our Hawaiian vacation, which is less than a month away now. I even downloaded tropical photos I took on past vacations onto my new Nano (got it when Jeannette and Jessica were in town) so I can [...]

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O’Hare Airport, Chicago
From a couple months ago. There was a flu shot station to my right.

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