Ok, ok… I know hearing about someone’s trip to the airport is that much fun… especially without pictures!

Well, let’s see how Day Two goes!

At Hotel de Las Casas no one wakes you. Everyone is quiet as a mouse. I slept until 10 in the morning or so. I know, this comes as a surprise but I NORMALLY sleep that late. Anyway, I dragged my butt into the dining room, Eliana was baking some wonderful blueberry muffins and Dianne was cooking up some potatoes and sausage all for breakfast. Earlier, Antonio started a tasty pot of coffee too. Nothing like starting the morning off right! Yum! Nothing like relaxing.

I had a lunch date with author & musician, Johnette Downing. She had just come back from a tour and hadn’t even taken time to unpack… She came right over and gave me the most wonderful greeting. You know, its one thing to email a client, speak to them on the phone, or even use Skype to video call… but meeting Johnette for the very first time… I have to admit, I was a bit nervous.

Dianne and Johnette plotted to introduce me to every Cajun food they could during my visit. Johnette has a book she wrote called, “Today is Monday in Louisiana“ where she introduces a different food to eat on each day of the week. Of course, we didn’t follow her dietary plan in her book, but she started me with a Shrimp Po-boy and Chicken Gumbo for lunch. To top it off, I got a Diet PEPSI (Yeah!!!) We ate at Brothers’ Restaurant in Harvey, LA… It was a very nice lunch. Only thing missing… Wi-Fi. I found Johnette to be the most easy going, easy to talk to person. I think I told her more of my life then I really planned on! Your WONDERFUL Johnette! Thank you!

Johnette Downing & ME after our lunch.

Johnette Downing, ME, & Dianne de Las Casas

After lunch, I did some work. This was a WORKING VACATION after all! I worked for a bit updating images for The Story Connection. I loaded better quality photos for my client’s media kit and a new image of her flyer. Later, I added a new picture of her newest book, “Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach.”

Later that night, we had dinner at Chez Josie! My Aunt Josie is known for her cooking. When I was a kid, she’d cook all Filipino food for us when we came to visit. I have fond memories of her Lumpia, Pancit, and Adobo dishes. So, we had a “Filipino Night” where all the food was Filipino and they were ALL my favorites! How cool is that!?!

Look at that Filipino Fiesta!

The Most Unbelieveable Layout1

And then to top it all off, we had a wonderful Carrot Cake for dessert.

Carrot Cake

I was seated in front of my most favorite dish of all…

Lumpia

I had a wonderful time with my family! Thank you!

– More Later

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