Two weddings,
We spent the first weekend in June attending the weddings of some of our good friends from high school. First up on Friday night in Tuscaloosa was my friend DeAnna’s wedding to her wonderful catch, Justin. It had rained earlier in the week, but the weather that evening could not have been more perfect for an outdoors ceremony. They tied the knot at Capitol Park in Tuscaloosa.
Twelve hours in the car (round trip),
After the ceremony and some cake, we hit the road to New Orleans for Phillip’s friend Jacob’s wedding. Phillip had worked the night before so of course I had to drive. And you know how I feel about driving. Despite Mississippi’s best efforts to put me to sleep, we arrived safely, albeit very late. Ben, who had flown in earlier that evening, already had us checked in so we were able to just walk in and crash. The next morning I convinced the boys to trust my TV Food Maps app and venture to a nearby breakfast stop, Surrey’s.
Two brothers,
Two completely different cups of coffee,
One banana pancake,
A GIANT banana pancake. The plate underneath was smeared with peanut butter.
Phillip’s dish – some sort of egg and salmon concoction.
Ben made an excellent choice with the Bananas Foster French Toast, something we definitely have to learn how to make.
One elusive Abita Strawberry,
This spring I noticed a lot of buzz about Abita Strawberry. Our local retailer even sent out e-mails when they received a shipment (although those shipments appeared to sell out in a matter of hours). So, as a fan of strawberries, I was keen to try it out. Luckily, it’s well-stocked in New Orleans. For the record, it was very good.
Seven miles walking,
While meandering about the French Quarter, we enjoyed the best Bloody Marys from Pat O’Brien’s, and checked out the oyster festival near the river. Then, we had lunch at Acme Oyster House.
One pound of crawfish, and
We also enjoyed some delicious po-boys.
That evening we enjoyed Jacob’s and Rona’s extra fun wedding reception. They are a truly unique couple and had mixed the entire playlist for the evening themselves. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to a wedding where the final song of the evening was Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, but let me tell you, it was SO much fun. It’s a song everyone loves to attempt to sing along to and the entire guest list was belting it out. It was a fun way to cap off the evening.
The next morning we hit another local breakfast spot before making the drive back to Birmingham.
Hundreds of pieces of hail.
We made it home just before the storms hit. Our yard was littered with nickel-sized hail.
One weekend.
