Bourbon Street

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Meagan

On our first night in New Orleans, we walked around Bourbon Street, just to see what all of the commotion was about. It’s pretty crazy. There are thousands of people that walk this street…mostly tourists and a few wild locals! Most of the buildings on Bourbon Street look older and historic with the bottoms renovated into souvenir shops and bars.

Afterwards, we left a pub and a pedi-cab was right outside! How could we resist? So we hopped on.

Travis gave us the view of the city on a 3 mile bike ride back to our hotel. What a great way to end the night!

Best Beignets in New Orleans

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Meagan

New Orleans has always been famous for their beignets. Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, they melt in your mouth and leave you craving more… at least, that’s what they say. There are many great places in NOLA that feature these beauties in their restaurants. Heck, mostly every place MUST have their version of beignets.

Two favorite beignet places that come to mind are Cafe Beignet and Cafe Du Monde.

First off, may I say that Cafe Du Monde’s famous box of beignets is sold around the world, and hold a sentimental place in my heart because Martin and I used to get them after our weekly trips to Disneyland when we had our passes. Sadly, with the expiration of our passes, our trips to Downtown Disney halted. They proudly stand in the entrance on their cool bookshelves:

On our trip to Cafe Du Monde on Sunday Morning, we anxiously waited to see if their infamous beignets were the same as Disneyland’s and if they were really as great as people say they were.

…um yes. Yes they were. No doubt about it.

The whole place was great. We had a great time people-watching and enjoying our frozen Cafe au lait and warm coffees.

Cafe Beignet on the other hand, was a smaller restaurant on Royal Street with more locals eating there than tourists. (Score!) This small, cozy breakfast/lunch spot was the perfect way to start the day. Martin scoured Yelp and we seriously lucked out finding this place.

Unlike Cafe Du Monde, This place had real food, such as their craw-fish omelet. Delicious!

They also had amazing Jambalaya:

We tried mostly everything on their menu. Everything was oh, so good!

…and the beignets?

…really really great.

If I had to choose between Cafe Beignet or Cafe Du Monde’s beignets, I must go with Cafe Beignet. They were a little bit more crunchy, tasted a little more fresh, and I really enjoyed the atmosphere better. They had more choices and you can really tell they pride themselves with great breakfast food. Cafe Du Monde was too touristy and crowded for my taste.

Must say, if you are ever in NOLA, check out these two places and see for yourself!

Fish Market

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Meagan

Last weekend, the family went to San Pedro to celebrate Martin’s birthday (finally). We had a great time! It was picnic-style, so naturally, my family sprung into action. We brought our own rice, steamed vegetables, water, sodas, plates, hammers, crab picks, and anything else you can think of. My mom is really good at preparing everything.

Melinda and Eddie have been there before and recommended it. Good job guys! I had no idea what to do, so I just followed them around and took pictures of everything. It was pretty awesome…so many interesting things to see.