NOLA bound!

Months ago we decided to spend Easter weekend in New Orleans as a belated birthday celebration for the spousal unit.  Booked 3 nights using our Wyndham timeshare points.

Road trips are always an adventure.  Had to dodge a 5 gallon bucket on an I20 bridge, looked in the rear view mirror and it looked like a soccer ball bouncing from car to car!

Made it all the way to the Kentwood LA exit before gravity know cked in.  Stopped at a Too station for the pitstop.  Saw a sign that the Roo cups are on their way.  Cup is around $7 with $.25 refills all summer!

First stop was Macy's on Esplanade.  The spousal unit had the checkout girl working overtime to match her coupons up for the best discounts.  Gonna have to rent a "pod" to make room for all her bargains.  Me, I found a bargain or two:

Next stop was Lakeside Mall.  Yes, there is a Macy's n this one too!  Decided to have our dessert first with a stop at Cafe de Monde in the mall.  This one is still owned by the family.  Probably will visit the one in the Square too.

A quick stop in William Sonoma, and I found this year's latest gadget for outdoor grilling.  Its a three on one tool.  If it ain't dead by the time it hits the grill,  stab it a couple of times with this bad boy!

 With bargain hunting done, took a short ride to the River Shack Tavern. It was a short ride from the Mall, but far enough away from those Macy's cash registers! Friday is usually a mudbug night but I guess Good Friday  was an exception.  The shrimp and oysters were to die for.  

The catfish, alligator sausage and sweet tater fries were pretty good too.  This was like having four poboys in one without the bread.  Spousal unit got herself a half and half shrimp and oyster poboy.

Found our way to the condo in no time.  Goggle maps sent us down Airline Highway rather than going by interstate.    Hit all green lights!  This place is right on St. Charles, so the car just might stay parked the whole trip.   Room has a living area with a small kitchenette.  Sure beats a hotel room!

Here is the birthday girl showing off her bargains.  It took six receipts to make all her extra discount coupons to work.  She could make a good living showing folks how to spend money to save money!

Got one of those "free breakfast" condo meetings that the spousal unit signed us up for.  Then, the St. Charles street car out the front door and off to the zoo and then several food adventures.  Stay tuned!