Pirates and Jazz and Ginny! Oh my!

[kaithepirate]

Well, if you read dadaginny's LJ, you read that she's coming down here for a few days.

What can someone do in Louisiana? Well...

1. Contraband Days in Lake Charles, LA. It's about a 3 hour drive, but she wants to do it. We may make a pit stop in Welsh for some good food too.

2. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. I had a spare ticket anyways. She wants to see Harry Connick, Jr. so we're gonna go her last night here. Steely Dan is gonna perform before him and "My Old School" is my favorite song.

3. Magnolia Mound. A plantation home not too far from where I live. One of the few that's owned by the city and not private. The private ones don't let you venture too far in and you can't see much.

4. Avery Island, LA. What's so special about Avery Island? Well, it's where Tobasco is made. Yes, the hot and spicy sauce is made not too far from where I live. A tour is planned.

There's other stuff we're gonna try and squeeze in, but there's some neat things I think she should see and I know there's things she wants to do. I'm also gonna see if my mom can cook for her as well.

Oh, and I'm gonna send back some Community Coffee back with her. It's the best sold coffee around here and it's "local."

Later!

Comments

[dadaginny.livejournal.com]

Ohhh... Um, we don't need to go to the Contraband Days. I saw this: May 1 – 13, Contraband Days Pirate Festival, One of the largest festivals in Louisiana celebrates its 50th anniversary with swashbuckling pirates and buccaneers and the legend of buried treasure. Lake Charles, La. 800-456-7952
and my mind interpreted it as something like Ren Fest. Looked at the site and it is nothing like it.

Everything else looks great! I can't wait to come down and have a blast!

And I love that coffee -- yum!

[kaientai.livejournal.com]

Oh, um.... okay. I thought it was something you expressed interest in going to. Arrrgh, I say we make her walk the plank!

We can find something else to do. You like zoos or museums? We could go downtown to the river and see the stuff there.

[dadaginny.livejournal.com]

We'll figure it out. My mind was thinking it was completely different. We'll just see when I get down there.

[dadaginny.livejournal.com]

How far away is New Orleans?

Ooh, and is there somewhere near you that I could get some real Beignets?

[jedione.livejournal.com]

Hey Kaientai, please take care of my Ginny. I've heard New Orleans can be a dangerous place and if anything happens to her I am going to hold you personally responsible.

*sharpens knives*

*calls sniper friends to be on standby*

I hope this trip helps my Imzadi, let me know if you need anything, and be sure my Ginny buys her loving Hubby a souvenir from the trip!