Posts Tagged ‘countdown’
I’m gone, up in Illinois now and already procrastinating all the cleaning/sorting/packing that needs to be done. Most of my stuff was packed by Friday so I could fully enjoy my last day. It started with one last run in Audubon Park and smoothies from my smoothie lady at Smoothie King. Then it was a [...]
Two: (Two is such a small number) I will miss… my family and friends. After one last family dinner, my cousin asked, “Are you sad to leave?” Honestly, I hadn’t thought much about that, even though I’ve been writing these things I will miss posts. Any sadness over leaving these things behind has been overshadowed [...]
Three: I will miss… slower pace of life. New Orleans was the best and worst place to live while completing what became a 218-page master’s project. Since my schedule was flexible, it was easy to go with the flow of others (which were also very flexible.) No one stares you down if you’re five minutes [...]
Six: I will miss… snowballs on a hot day. As I’ve written before, a snowball is not a snow cone. You could say it’s just shaved ice and syrup, but that’s a bare-bones description. There are dozens of flavors and fresh toppings and hundreds of combinations. And there’s always the right amount of syrup. A [...]
Seven: I will miss… coffee with chicory. According to Cafe du Monde, chicory was first added to coffee by the French during their civil war as a cheap way to ration coffee supplies. The tradition traveled to Louisiana with the Acadians. Chicory is made from the root of the endive plant. Claimed benefits of chicory [...]
Eight: I will miss… fresh oysters, shrimp, crawfish… I love seafood. I was born and raised in the wrong part of the country for that, but I made do with what I had. When I was a kid, my parents would get me to try new foods by telling me they tasted like shrimp. Thanks [...]
Nine: I will miss… go-cups. Dilemma: you’re having a great time at happy hour with coworkers when someone suggests heading to the bar down the street because they’ll have free pizza in 15 minutes. Great idea! everyone says. Everyone except you because you just ordered another drink while the rest are closing out their tabs. [...]
The countdown has begun: 10 nights left in the Big Easy. I’ve had oodles of time to reflect on my time here in the last seven months, yet I know I’ll continue to pull things out of the experience for a long, long time after I’m gone. Each night I’ll share something I’ll miss terribly [...]
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