Life in the Middle Age Lane

Happy New Year Friend & Family! This year was extremely stressful for me.  I hosted Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day at my home.  What's that?  You think I'm crazy, well I would have to agree with you on this one. By New Year's I wanted the heck out of dodge and to be with the ones that I drive crazy and not the other way around.  So the plan was to fly the kids to New Orleans for New Years.  I booked us two nights at the Roosevelt Hotel and one night at the Hotel Monteleone.  Both facilities were beautiful and according to Southern Living magazine,  The Roosevelt Hotel turns into a "Christmas Wonderland" this time of year.  You can click on the link here to see what I am talking about. The Monteleone Hotel also in the French Quarter has a revolving Carrousel Bar.  Unfortunately we did not get to experience sitting at this bar since it was packed the entire time.  Fortunately, I do know how it feels gettin...

It has been a busy two months for our household.  We had a fabulous visit to Boston for our son's senior recital at Berklee.  He did an amazing job with his music.  A snipet of his recital . After our return from Boston which had beautiful weather and the public gardens where in full bloom. We returned to Houston and then prepared for our next "relaxing" weekend in New Orleans. Our friends, the Martins flew us in their Bonanza to Jazz Fest. Very crowded but had a great time.  We saw Cee-Lo and heard a lot other music through the crowds.  Tom Petty was playing that afternoon but it was so crowded that all you could see was a wall of people.  I don't think we will be doing the fest next year.   However, the food in New Orleans was amazing and my trophy for eating my share of oysters and Crawfish Monica was three pounds added to my frame.  (Which I since lost! Whew!)  Worth every bite. Did lots of walking and ...