Travel Day

Wednesday started out fantastically, thanks to our stay at the Guarino Inn & Suites (Suz’s brother’s house). The complimentary hotel breakfast was especially yummy. MB and I both ordered waffles from the menu. I feel sorry for my brother, who woke up after the restaurant had closed (7:30-10:00 AM) and was denied breakfast by his own children. But hey, you snooze, you lose. The staff (Suz’s nephews) were particularly accommodating and friendly. We highly recommend staying there when you’re in Houston, and we plan on writing a fabulous review on hotels.com.

Then we were on the road to New Orleans. Some of you who have actually paid attention to these blogs might be citing Ground Rule #1 right now. It turns out that New Orleans is close to halfway between Houston and Atlanta, and we weren’t stopping to see anything, just to sleep, so this was an authorized trip. MB and I were pretty stoked, since neither one of us had ever been there. After driving through sheets of rain in Texas and entering beautiful Louisiana, we finally arrived at our hotel and decided to walk to dinner. Based on a suggestion, we chose Mulate’s, a well-known establishment with genuine Creole cuisine and live Cajun music. I applaud MB for her adventurousness in ordering a seafood au gratin dish, whereas I stuck to what I know, red beans and rice with shanked ham. Then there were the Hurricanes, bread pudding, and key lime pie. New Orleans is awe-some!

Great big shout outs go to the girls at the Dairy Queen who gave us handfuls of mustard and mayonnaise packets so we could make egg salad in the parking lot, and to Blake, Ryan, and Josh for being so adorable!