mary's turn
**** Happy Easter - we'll post an update on today's fun later this evening or tomorrow. ****
just two days after nicolas turned 3, we celebrated mary's birthday. and we did it in style, taking nicolas for the first time to one of our all-time favorite restaurants (right up there with Irene's), the mecca of new orleans cuisine and fun: jacques-imo's.
he relished every moment, from the sweet buttery cornbread muffins
to the oyster and brie soup
(note the spoon in EACH hand
look at this dish:
its rich, creamy goodness is enough to give even the most stalwart vegans pause, but i was able to resist.
and just when we thought he might be full, nicolas promptly demanded whatever i had on my plate
besides having some of the most amazing food in the world, jacques-imo's is an incredibly fun place to dine. especially when you have a 3 year old entertaining you in the main dining room:
even vacuum pioneer david oreck came over to our table to comment on how much he and his wife were enjoying nicolas' performance. (if only nicolas had known who mr. oreck was - he probably would have begged for an autograph, being such a vacuum enthusiast for most of his life now)
and jack, the chef/owner, has always been so good to us. we were so happy to get to introduce nicolas to him - they hit it off right away. jack wanted to send something to our table for mary's birthday, but we ran out of time, so on our way out, he insisted we take a nice bottle of champagne. more than generous and really sweet, and just one more reason we love new orleans so much:
just two days after nicolas turned 3, we celebrated mary's birthday. and we did it in style, taking nicolas for the first time to one of our all-time favorite restaurants (right up there with Irene's), the mecca of new orleans cuisine and fun: jacques-imo's.
he relished every moment, from the sweet buttery cornbread muffins
to the oyster and brie soup
(note the spoon in EACH hand
look at this dish:
its rich, creamy goodness is enough to give even the most stalwart vegans pause, but i was able to resist.
and just when we thought he might be full, nicolas promptly demanded whatever i had on my plate
besides having some of the most amazing food in the world, jacques-imo's is an incredibly fun place to dine. especially when you have a 3 year old entertaining you in the main dining room:
even vacuum pioneer david oreck came over to our table to comment on how much he and his wife were enjoying nicolas' performance. (if only nicolas had known who mr. oreck was - he probably would have begged for an autograph, being such a vacuum enthusiast for most of his life now)
and jack, the chef/owner, has always been so good to us. we were so happy to get to introduce nicolas to him - they hit it off right away. jack wanted to send something to our table for mary's birthday, but we ran out of time, so on our way out, he insisted we take a nice bottle of champagne. more than generous and really sweet, and just one more reason we love new orleans so much:
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