New Years Eve

I started the last day of 2009 with a yoga class. It was not super hard or challenging, but it was a nice way to start the day. While I was at Yoga, Barbara went to the zoo with her family. We'll be posting a video soon.

Unfortunately, my class was undone at lunch. We went to a hot new place called Cochon (pig) for some Southern Cajun cooking. Barbara's cousin (a local) recommended it and my brother-in-law David and his wife Meg had a good meal there previously in the week. I will say this, the food was great. We started with the boudin balls, (spicy sausage) and the fried okra which were both excellent. Barbara got the Cochon as an entree and I got the brisket with horseradish potato salad, which was perfectly spiced and delicious. The alligator and the ribs also got good reviews. Here is the bad news. The waitress didn't show up until I had been sitting at the table for 10 minutes. She brought me an ice tea twice, despite the fact that I asked for lemonade. She finally took our order, then 15 minutes later came by and asked if anyone had taken our order yet. It took over an hour to get the food and when it did come, all four entrees came at different times, as much as five minutes apart. We were there for almost two hours. Another insult, it was pretty expensive.

After lunch, we shopped for the New Years party and got home to get ready. People showed up here in the French Quarter around 9 p.m. We had a few cocktails, then went down to Bourbon Street to watch the action. It was great to see the thousands of revelers streaming down the street, there was a couple of near misses, no wipeouts considering how high some of the girls heels were. We came back up on the roof to watch the fireworks and to ring in the new year. It was a great way to welcome 2010.