Livin' it up in New Orleans!

My husband had a marketing conference in New Orleans, and I got to tag along! It was perfect timing since my birthday was on Sunday. We had a blast and indulged fully in everything New Orleans has to offer! We enjoyed some fantastic meals. The fried oyster and soft shell crab po' boys at Casamento's were simply amazing! Simple perfection. AND they have a super sweet, chubby kitty named Midnight who lives in the back! She was living the high life....all-you-can-eat seafood and lots of attention. We stopped at Cafe du Monde twice for their sinful beignets. (Why can't they have those in Lexington??) Thank goodness we walked for miles checking out shops and galleries and hopefully burned off most of the calories! We had a wild night out on Bourbon Street on Friday. We were told to beware of colorful drinks in test tubes, but we succumbed to them anyway. We danced the night away as if we were 20 again...too bad we didn't bounce back the next day quite as well as we did then. Oh well, it's fun to pretend every once in awhile. Unfortunately, Brian was pick pocketed during our evening and that ended things a bit badly. He had both of our driver's licenses, our credit card and a debit card in there. Yikes. We took care of everything and still managed to get on our plane sans identification! A few more food recommendations..... you can't miss Mother's for breakfast/lunch and Brigtsen's for a cozy and incredible dinner. All in all, it was a wonderful weekend getaway!

I am catching up on emails, phone calls, laundry and errands today. I can't wait to get back to the art table tomorrow!!! I did some sketching and brainstorming on the plane, so I am totally motivated and excited to get going on a whole slew of new designs!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

I didn't take very many photos...always forget to pull my camera out unless there is a cat or something sweet involved!!!

Midnight, the precious housecat at Casamento's...

Late night stop at Cafe du Monde....

Meeting a few furry new friends on Magazine Street....

Savoring every moment :)....

The beignets and Cafe Au Lait...

TGIF!!!

Shoowee! I am tired and ready for the weekend! I hope it will be relatively uneventful. I have lots of things to blog about...kittens, artwork and other artists, but I need to get some photos taken first. So, hopefully I will have some fun posts for you next week!

In the meantime, have a FABULOUS weekend and stay warm!!!!! Are you dreaming of warm, breezy days, green grass and blue skies like me?!

Here's a custom penguin cake topper that I finished yesterday and shipped out to New York. The soon to be married couple got engaged at Central Park's penguin exhibit, so these will be a perfect way to remember that special day.

Fantastically fun weekend!

My dear friend, Schuyler, came to visit this weekend and we had a blast! This was her first trip to Lexington since we moved here over a year ago. I have been waiting for her to come for SOOO long!!
Thursday night we ordered Chinese and watched Project Runway. On Friday, we had lunch at Alfalfa's (one of my faves) and then did some shopping and gallery hopping. That night some friends came over and we walked to the nearby Mexican restaurant, made pina coladas and then headed out to the bars for some late night dancing....too fun! Saturday began with a scenic drive out to Wallace Station for lunch (best sandwiches on earth!), a tour of the Wild Turkey distillery and a a quick jaunt around Keeneland to see the horses and racetrack. We went to A La Lucie for an eclectic French dinner....amazingly delicious! It was an all around purrrrrrfect weekend! The weather was clear, sunny and just plain gorgeous to top it off.

The whole crew~~

The girls....Schuyler, Jill, me, Ginny, Maura

At Wild Turkey...exactly WHO is the big turkey??

The view from the distillery~~

Heading out for a yummy dinner~~