NOLA - Café Adelaide

After we left the dogs at the hotel, we went to happy hour at Café Adelaide

 www.cafeadelaide.com/

Cornfried Catfish Taco 

Shrimp Corn Dog

NOLA - Hotel and Bourbon Street

Once again the La Quinta Inn and Suites cam through! Pet rooms are on the 8th and 9th floors.

The room was a nice and the dogs loved it!

We took them for a walk on Bourbon Street.  They were a bit overwhelmed.  So we took them back to the hotel and went to dinner.

Next:

NOLA - Southern Food and Beverage Museum

After lunch at Toups, we visited the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, 1609 Oretha C. Haley Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70113 | 504-267-7490

This is an interesting museum.  It does not have the luxury of the space  I associate with other museums and galleries.   The offer classes and lectures.  Next visit to NOLA we hope to attend one of these.

There is the Popeye's Chicken and Al Copeland Area:

There is the Piggly Wiggly corner

There are newspaper clippings of interest

A fancy Waffle Iron

This is the Absinthe Bar

This is indicative of the rest of the museum:  closely arranged tableau of loosely associated items.  Because the items are all so familiar, for the most part, this might be confused with a yard sale or an antique store.

Next:  to the hotel!

Prattville AL to NOLA and Lunch at Toup's South

This morning we actually had breakfast at the hotel.  We are planning lunch in NOLA.  

While driving we came saw signs for Harper Orchard Pecans, 10331 Potter Tract Rd, Grand Bay, AL 36541; (251) 423-1736

The Cracking Machine - The pecans are not fully shelled, they are just cracked.  This means you slow down while eating them, because you have to work for them!

When we arrived in NOLA. we went straight to lunch at Toups South, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70113

We had a great meal!  The server was wonderful and shepherded us through the menu and dining process. 

Marinated Grouper and butternut squash

Open Kitchen

Restaurant

Cocktails

Oyster Po-Boy

Spiced ham with apple and carrot slaw, over hog's head butter beans. 

More about NOLA in the next post.

Salem VA to Prattville AL Finally make it to Prattville!

Dinner was an ice cream at the Dairy Queen near the Atlanta Airport.

Dairy Queen Brazier

2201 Roosevelt Hwy

College Park, GA 30337-5009

Then off to the hotel in Prattville AL:

Salem VA to Prattville AL : Ashville NC

A little further down the road, ASHEVILLE!!

Amy and Kala at the Battery Park Book Exchange in the Grove Arcade 

1 Page Avenue, Suite 101Asheville, NC 28801

 

The Downtown is a great walking and shopping area, and of course there is a yarn store!
Purl’s Yarn Emporium
10 Wall Street
Asheville NC

Then off for Lunch.  It took a couple times around the block to find it, but it was worth the effort!

BUXTON HALL BARBECUE,
32 BANKS AVE
ASHEVILLE, NC, 28801

 On the way out of town, we stopped at the
SOUTHERN HIGHLAND CRAFT GALLERY
26 Lodge Street 
Asheville, NC 28803 
828-277-6222

Ok, Back on the road.