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| View from Google street view from this morning |
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| View from my camera this morning |
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| On the shore of Big Lake |
There was a pelican sunning itself by one of the lagoons at City Park this morning. If you are ever in St. Petersburg, FL you'll find the pelicans there are tame. They aren't afraid of anything. In New Orleans, they are wild. They are skittish and tend to stay away from people. I don't know why. The people in New Orleans are the friendliest and nicest people both Frau Schmitt and your humble narrator have ever met anywhere.
This pelican wasn't acting cagey as we approached. Here's why: Frau Schmitt and your humble narrator were on our way to have a picnic lunch. I was carrying a plastic bag holding a few pounds of crawfish, boiled potatoes, and sweet corn from Broadview Seafood, also known as The Crawfish House, which is just a few blocks from our house.
When people stay with us, we always recommend Broadview Seafood. I think they have the best boiled crawfish in New Orleans. Big Fisherman on Magazine Street is good, but the crawfish on the downtown side of the city are spicier. Food imitates life. Cajun Seafood on North Claiborne Avenue is also good, but I prefer Broadview. At least at Cajun Seafood you can eat inside. Be warned that it has zero ambience at either place.
While we recommend getting boiled crawfish at Broadview Seafood, it is takeout only. We discourage people eating it in their rooms. It is messy and it smells up the house. Don't eat crawfish in the house. You can eat it in the back gardens. Our preferred place is a picnic in City Park under the Singing Oak. On the walk up, we like to stop at Swirl Wine Bar on Ponce de Leon Street to pick up something to wash down the crawfish.
The pelican smelled the crawfish. It is impossible not to. I reached into the bag, fetched one out, and tossed it to the pelican. He opened his bill and swallowed it whole. A pelican is a funny bird, but this pelican can tell you where the best crawfish in New Orleans can be found. I'll tell you again: it's at Broadview Seafood.
In other news, Denise stopped by our house the other day. She lives around the corner. She walks her dog in our neighborhood and she often stops to chat when I'm sitting out front waiting for guests to arrive. She is very nice. No surprise. As I say, people in New Orleans are the friendliest and nicest people I have ever met anywhere. It is a joy to live here.
I know I've mentioned this before, but if you are reading our blog for the first time, we have two statues of the Madonna in our front yard. They are Our Lady of Dorgenois and Our Lady of Rocheblave, named after two streets nearby.
Denise has always admired them, though she has expressed some misgivings about the paint job I gave them. She mentioned to me that if she had a Madonna statue, she would paint hers differently. A few weeks ago, I offered to get a statue for her if she wanted one. She accepted.
She stopped by the other day to show off her handiwork. It's a bit more traditional. She did a beautiful job.
Denise is keeping her statue at her house. I like to think of it as representing Our Lady of Miro. Denise is very talented. She painted a wine glass for us and it's on the mantle in the dining room. You can see it at breakfast if you stay with us.
Here is Denise's Madonna with another beautiful lady:
If you are looking for an interesting place to stay when you visit New Orleans, I can think of a colorful place owned by gracious professional innkeepers who know a lot of secrets found in this magical city. A pelican can tell you where, or you can click on our signature below. We look forward to meeting you.
A votre santé,
La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast.
This pelican wasn't acting cagey as we approached. Here's why: Frau Schmitt and your humble narrator were on our way to have a picnic lunch. I was carrying a plastic bag holding a few pounds of crawfish, boiled potatoes, and sweet corn from Broadview Seafood, also known as The Crawfish House, which is just a few blocks from our house.
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| Photo courtesy of the Broadview Seafood website |
While we recommend getting boiled crawfish at Broadview Seafood, it is takeout only. We discourage people eating it in their rooms. It is messy and it smells up the house. Don't eat crawfish in the house. You can eat it in the back gardens. Our preferred place is a picnic in City Park under the Singing Oak. On the walk up, we like to stop at Swirl Wine Bar on Ponce de Leon Street to pick up something to wash down the crawfish.
The pelican smelled the crawfish. It is impossible not to. I reached into the bag, fetched one out, and tossed it to the pelican. He opened his bill and swallowed it whole. A pelican is a funny bird, but this pelican can tell you where the best crawfish in New Orleans can be found. I'll tell you again: it's at Broadview Seafood.
In other news, Denise stopped by our house the other day. She lives around the corner. She walks her dog in our neighborhood and she often stops to chat when I'm sitting out front waiting for guests to arrive. She is very nice. No surprise. As I say, people in New Orleans are the friendliest and nicest people I have ever met anywhere. It is a joy to live here.
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| Our Lady of Dorgenois |
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| Our Lady of Rocheblave |
She stopped by the other day to show off her handiwork. It's a bit more traditional. She did a beautiful job.
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| Three Madonnas |
Here is Denise's Madonna with another beautiful lady:
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| La Belle d'Esplanade |
A votre santé,
La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast.
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