May 17th

Brooke, Alyssa and I went to the New Orleans School of Cooking for our cooking demo. On the menu... Jambalaya, Gumbo, Bread pudding and Pralines. Pat was our teacher. We had a lot of fun. The girls loved the food, discovered Death Sauce w/ Chipotle Peppers. They LOVED it!

We had a very nice fun time and GREAT food!

Later on in the day we came across a road that was blocked by tons of people and cops. We thought there was a protest. It turned out to be a 'Second Line' Parade. These are held in neighborhoods "just because". They're usually on Sunday afternoons so people can celebrate.

Here's a youtube of one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARRjqjAS2pc

Dinner tonight was at Deanes. We wanted to go here last year but ran out of time.