july fourth, two thousand eleven (part 3 & 4)

Saturday we took Annie to storyland in city park. it was just as i remembered from my childhood. cinderella's carriage, going in the whale's mouth, the dragon slide. they have done a decent job of maintaining the park too. Annie loooooved it. she walked around on her own like a big girl checking everything out. she loved the slides, the mermaid sitting on the rock in the water and the fire truck. Here are a few pictures Catherine took.

The FOOD Diary...
Lunch @ Slice Pizzeria on Magazine
Appetizer: 1) BBQ Shrimp 2) Mussels
Main Course: 1) Slice of the Greek
Beverage: 1) Abita Strawberry beer.
slice is a tradition of ours for nola trips.

Cocktails To-Go from El Gato Negro on Decatur & Casey's on W. Esplanade
Beverage: 1) Margaritas (made with fresh squeezed orange juice. yum) 2) Snowballs (flavor of the summer - old fashion nectar)

Dinner @ Lola's on Esplanade
Appetizers: 1)Crabmeat served over avocado 2)Garlic mushrooms
Main Course: 1)Seafood Paella
Beverage: 1)Homemade Sangrias
this is a little spanish restaurant tucked away in lauren and nathan's new neighborhood in midcity/bayou st john. note: not midtown... midcity. thank you. what a treat! the paella was absolutely superb!

Sunday we hit the lake on the boat. we had a great time soaking up the sun. Annie drank lots of lake water which i had some internal conflict over. it was a fun day! thank you to my parents for living on the water and being “boat people” and always taking my friends out for rides. thanks to the brunos and mitchell and stropolos for hanging with us and making the day so fun.  and as always thanks to cat for capturing it all on camera.