This morning we all woke up early to do a photo session at the City Park grounds. Lorraine and I had scoped out a few areas the day before. We were able to get some awesome photos and Baby J did really well as he slept through the whole time there. Even after we finished the photo-shoot and had some beignets at the cafe he was sound asleep.
Even after we finished the photo-shoot and had some beignets at the cafe he was sound asleep!
We had an easy night for dinner, picked up a couple pizzas from the local Pepperoni Rays.
Yup, wifey made a pot of rice to go with the pizzas and chicken wings..
Wifey and I went shopping for Baby J tonight and the store clerk heard me mentioned getting some Beignets and said that Cafe Du Monde was just down the street. We naturally had to go check it out. We have never been to New Orleans without getting our favorite pastry.
Yesterday we took a quick photo op checkout of City Park. This is one of the largest urban parks in the nation. It’s actually larger than New York cities Central Park. I’ve never really heard of it since it is out of the way and not so close to the city life where we have spent most of our visits to New Orleans.
One of the main attractions is the museum of fine arts. We went inside but had a bag check in policy. Since I was carrying a lot of camera gear I didn’t want to do the check in.
This photo taken at the botanical garden area of City Park. I can see where this would be a major attraction during the height of blooming season but during the blistering summer heat most of the showcase flower were already gone for the season.
We’ve heard about this Filipino restaurant located in New Orleans, LA. There is not a large Filipino population in NOLA so a place like Milkfish is unique. We had adobo last night and wifey wanted to get something else aside from the main dish so we checked out this new spot not from our Gentilly home location.
From the outside it’s deceiving. It gives the impression that this will be a small establishment but the setup is like the “shotgun” style homes I’ve seen and been to here in NOLA.
I’ve been to more Pinoy based restaurants than I can count. I live in Northern California where the population is huge and so we have a lot choices in our local area. I’ve never seen one that had the decor as MilkFish. It’s a different experience, something I’m not used to but not against. You definitely know you’re in an establishment that has the Filipino culture but nothing like the traditional places I’ve been to in the past.
Today we had a mission to meet the Martians. I call Walmart customers Martians. Now even though I myself am shopping there I am not a Martian and neither is my earthling wifey 🙂
As usual we have a grocery list we go through and grab all the items. It seems we can never walk into an aisle without walking out with something we didn’t have on the list. I guess I’m guilty of it too, I see “snacks” with my name on it…
There is an area right inside the front doorway that has awesome lighting throughout the day. The glass windows allows and diffused light to pass, super nice.
Well… It’s been awhile since I entered into this blog. The last time was when we were at NOLA. I’m going almost full out on video and photography gear. I tried to take along more but it either wouldn’t fit in my bag or would cause me to exceed the allowed weight limit.
I’m going to try and use my Tamrac roller bag as a carry on. Hopefully I won’t get any flack on its size. As a backup I’m bringing another roller bag that is certainly carry on legal but won’t be able to bring my HVX200.
I just checked my previous blog and it is exactly one month ago! I need to be more active with this blog or it’s useless.
It’s has been awhile since I’ve updated the motorcycles. I’m down to two sleds.. a 2013 Roadglide Custom, 2005 GL1800. The custom VTX1300 trike belongs to my wifey.
