Parading: The Irish-Italian Parade and What to Do With Your Catch

The Sunday after St. Patrick’s day was a beautiful day, so we headed to Metairie to catch the Irish-Italian Parade. The parade, which started in 1983, is known for it’s marching groups that hand out flowers and it’s unique throws. Sure there are beads, doubloons, and moon pies; however, the…

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Traveling and Teaching

Cristina and I are both teachers. I teach Digital Graphics and Web Design to seniors and juniors while Cristina teaches World Geography to freshmen. We are lucky in that travel allows us both to be better at our jobs. Since I teach Photoshop, all the pictures we take on our…

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Festing: TribeCon 2011

On the eve of last year’s Voodoo Fest, I attend TribeCon at the festival site.  TribeCon is the official interactive conference of the Voodoo Experience.  If you read the website, it wanted it’s attendees to be “inspired by the creative process of the best people in culinary, music, art and…

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The Menu for the Captain’s Lady Cafe

My mom decided that running a food truck was more fun than having a brick and mortar store, so this menu is not accurate anymore; however, she does continue to run the Captain’s Lady Streetcar Cafe food truck around Panama City! Check out their Facebook for upcoming events! – Cristina A couple of posts…

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Rambling: March Madness

A couple of highlights on the calendar for March. March 7: Gambit Food Revue. Cristina and I will be attending this event which highlights the food that Ian McNulty has reviewed in the last year for the paper.  Over 30 restaurants will be serving samples from their kitchens. March 9:…

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Cooking: Stuffed Shells

Cristina is a first generation Italian-American. I’ve been to Italy. Cristina has asked me to make stuffed shells for her for some time. She knows I love to cook and has confidence in my abilities. Yet, I get nervous anytime I cook Italian food, especially since her dad was an…

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