UPDATE

This ol' blog of mine will be updated as soon as life calms a bit. I have some good pics to share.

ABYSSINIA

Love, love, love Abyssinia! A hidden little gem in a forgotten part of Memphis. Not Midtown, not East Memphis. Delicious platters and the ever-present injera, the bread used as a utensil. I suggest it to anyone who will listen.

Here are your exotic pics.

NEW ORLEANS

Figured I'd wrap up this New Orleans trip all in one post so I can get to some more Memphis ones. Enjoy.


Here's Parkway Bakery!

And again...

Uno mas

Napoleon House

Napoleon House #2

N.H. #3

Lafitte's Blacksmith Bar

Lafitte's Blacksmith Bar

Absinthe House

Absinthe again

ARNAUD'S - NEW ORLEANS

Arnaud's is a New Orleans landmark. We had more drinks made with egg than I ever could have imagined existed. We had the legendary Ramos Gin Fizz(egg whites), something with absinthe & egg whites, and another with bourbon and egg yolks. All very good, and slightly unsettling. The bartender was excellent. He is the heir apparent to the title of best in NO, so he should be. Here's the business.

LATE NIGHT OUT - DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS

Okay, it happened again. Went out and drank enough beers to kill a herd of goats, and one homeless alcoholic. Where was this? It was downtown and I think maybe the Saucer. Help, anyone?

NEW ORLEANS TRIP Part I

Took the Amtrak down to New Orleans for a lil weekend. The "restroom" was anything but. Imagine trying to wield a fire hose while wearing roller skates. The space shuttle flush sytem was great too. I made many trips as the wife and I stayed in the lounge area the entire time.

PHO VIETNAM II - OLIVE BRANCH

Dropped by the Pho Vietnam in Olive Branch, not expecting much(being Olive Branch). HOT DAMN, was I pleasantly surprised! I enjoyed the seafood pho with pig hearts and quail eggs. It's not for everyone, as pho tends to be full of flavor, which most people are opposed to.

In any case, if the soup did not sit well, at least you could deposit into this lovely black hole of a toilet. Come to think of it, I inhaled my lunch like a black hole.