Dish on left is fried alligator...tastes like chicken!
A cool bookstore stacked high with books in the French Quarter (neighborhood) in New Orleans.
They even used the ladder to store books!
Exiting was an careful experience, especially when you were passing someone. But look to the light for the exit.
The exterior of the bookstore. You can tell the windows were full of books too.
My son Zachary honored for being a Tulane 34 Award recipient.
The Tulane 34 are the top scholars in the school, out of 4,000. Recipients include undergraduates like Zachary to graduates raising families and holding full time jobs. It is an incredible group who are not only strong in scholarship, but also volunteers and/or work in the community for social causes.
I had to include this video of Zach getting another award in another auditorium. Note all the professors dressed in their colorful robes.
This was a quilt with the logos and names of all the schools in the United States who took in Tulane students during hurricane Katrina when New Orleans was flooded and class could not safely be continued. The number of names were incredible. It seemed like every school in the country offered a helping hand!
Eating a beignet at Cafe DuMonde. These are freshly fried donuts covered in powered sugar. They are famous worldwide and a "must" activity for visitors.
An educational, working farm that produces herbs, etc. for sale AND they bring classrooms in to see how a farm works.
Zachary with his architecture class built this pavilion for this non-profit organization/farm so they can have a space to have presentations, class, sorting the produce, storage, etc.
They even built the furniture. Note how the mosaic on the table echo the floor below.
This is Roots the grumpy pig. It was really hot that day (96F) and he didn't feel up to entertaining the visitors. I was told he was quite friendly but he laid on the mud the whole time we were there. Grunting at us whenever we near. Perhaps these were friendly greeting grunts?
They also had cattle in the form of goats, cows, etc. I could only manage taking a photograph of the sign at this point as I desperately needed shade and water. Remember it was 96F, but felt like 100F
This is Brittany. She was quite friendly, mooing at us and following at us (despite the heat unlike a pig I could mention). I understand the construction team who built the pavilion really bonded with her because of her friendly personality.
Chickens, including a really loud rooster who wouldn't stop crowing even though it was afternoon. What they say about roosters crowing in the mornings only clearly did not apply here.
Zachary's graduation procession. He friend decided to bring his green umbrella in case he needed it in the auditorium. It made it easy for us to spot our kid.
Z getting his graduation diploma.
Proud family photo.
Now for a delicious lunch at Bearcat - 30 minute wait but IT WAS WORTH IT!!
And then a swim in the pool...
In a walk, we encountered a telephone which was knock off its base. It is STILL standing!
Mardi Gras tree on the Tulane campus.
The Singing Oak in New Orlean's City Park. It is an old, old oak and the artist hung chimes of various sizes on its branches. When the wind blows, the chimes make music and runs through the scale. We picnicked here and what an experience to be immersed in glorious sound.
This is Zach up close and personal with an alligator during his swamp tour. You can see the tip of its snout, and then his tail in the background.
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