October 22
Cafe du Monde was supposed to be Rick's birthday breakfast, but getting up a litle late he opted for his favorite Key Lime Pie!
Felix's, a 100-year-old oyster bar was the luncheon destination. Rick was in heaven with his fried oyster and shrimp platter...I had an appetizer portion of crawfish cakes, which was way too big and way too much filler....but had a great time with a waiter named Glenn (my father's name and spelled the same way). Then went to Harrah's to play Rick's birthday numbers which he has always had good luck with....but not this time!
Then back for champagne and a little present opening. Kelly, Chip and Ian gave him Wii Sports Resort (we brought along our Wii along with the kitchen sink!) Since we have no room for anything else in this beast, my gift was a four-day itinerary of hopefully fun things to do, starting with dinner tonight at Commander's Palace
commanderspalace.com.
The restaurant is far larger than I had imagined with rooms off every nook. We had a very good meal ....started with sharing a trio of soups - pumpkin, gumbo and turtle - and a Caesar salad- soups were excellent --Rick had red snapper with shrimp and grits, me slices of veal atop an oyster boudin (a mixture of oysters and rice) -- very good. Top it all off with a to-die-for pecan pie, which we took back with us as we are way past overload.
Liked the restaurant, good food, very accommodating staff, but there was a bit of a "factory" element to it...similar to what Tavern on the Green was.
Took a wrong turn leaving our table which turned out quite fortuitous...ended up in the kitchen and got to look around and chat with the chef...one hectic place.
We were going to head back to the casino, but sheer exhaustion hits both of us and we have a full day planned for tomorrow.
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