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Heading back home to N’awlins

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Technically, I’m from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but I tell people I’m from New Orleans. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is radically different than the rest of Mississippi. It’s the New Orleans spillover and arguably the retirement community for the city. It is just easier for me to say I’m from New Orleans, rather than having to explain where my accent comes from.

This will be the first time I’ve been home since I joined Microsoft. We’re having a family reunion in the French Quarter at Tujagues (pronounced “to-jacks”). My grandmother on my mom’s side had 12 kids, and the youngest is turning 50 this year. I have 55 first-cousins, so our family get-togethers are never small.

I’m going to spend a week down there in New Orleans and in Bay St. Louis and spend TurkeyDay with my family. I’m really looking forward to some vacation time in the warm sunlight (unlike the current Seattle weather right now).

Here is a list of foods I can’t wait to eat again:

  • Red Beans and Rice
  • Beignets and real coffee at Café Du Monde
  • Crawfish Etoufee
  • Peel the tail and suck the head on some crawfish – if any are still around
  • Eating boiled crabs the way they were meant to be eaten
  • Oyster po-boys – I’ve already broken 3 fillings from biting down on pearls
  • Shrimp po-boys
  • Any homemade cooking offered to me
  • Sweet Tea!

I plan to do a lot of running along the beach and going back to my hometown’s gym to burn off some of these calories. <grins>

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2004
    Sara- hope you're not ashamed to be from MS. The gulf coast is nice (my parents live there), but so are many other parts of the state. :)
  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2004
    Don't forget a little Sunday brunch over at Commander's Palace...
  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2004
    Welcome home. Looking forward to your visit.
  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2004
    Will your buddy take us to Commander's too??? heehee

    Cya before you know it!

    lp
  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2004
    Hey- Twas great 2 see you back on the Coast- Hope you had a good time- I had fun w/ your husband Kyle is pretty cool. Hope to See or hear from you at Christmas

    Sean
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    May 26, 2009
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