We walked all the way to the ferry building again, just for the coffee. And without too much searching, there was a sandwich with fresh mozzarella and hard boiled egg. The other night we were walking through Chinatown in search of noodles. And we stopped at a store that sold little silken shoes and shiny…
tortillaville
Okay, so some of you might be in cities all filled with food trucks and exciting Mexican Food, and really the only question for you is, “What fantastic fish taco will I eat today?” That’s not quite where we are. But last week, the family hopped in the car and drove to Hudson, and we…
new orleans (the last): cafe du monde
In the sense that there is a bit of Disneyworld in the French Quarter, I’d say that Cafe du Monde could be considered the food court. Right there in the middle of it all, there is most likely a line of sunburned and drunk/ hungover tourists extending down the street, waiting not so patiently…
new orleans part 2: tonique and the pimm's cup
I left the blooming azaleas back in New Orleans, but I took the Pimm’s Cup back home with me. It tastes just as good here as it did there, even though we are on the eve of an impending April 1 snowstorm, even though you can’t walk two steps without hearing reference to “mother…
butcher
Like any other tourist destination, New Orleans has a neighborhood where the tourists hang out. The French Quarter is amazing in its own right–people stay there because it is beautiful and creepy and filled with gas street lamps and little restaurants. But it is also a party all of the time, and walking…
Occasionally I teach workshops, and I have one coming up this fall. Join me and stellar novelist 