Personal minutia: A relaxed Fall weekend in New Orleans

mshollie and I enjoyed our weekend. Saturday afternoon we had a late lunch at Juan's Flying Burrito; I had the jerk chicken burrito and Hollie a quesadila. Ms. Hollie had been craving a mojito-- as we knew Juan makes better burritos than mojitos, we went over to St. Joe's Bar on Magazine Street afterwards-- but apparently they aren't open in the day time anymore. We then tried Superior Grill on St. Charles, which more than satisfied our mojito craving. Then to Palmer Park for a free pops concert by the Louisiana Philharmonic. Sno-balls at Plum Street before heading home left us content as can be.

Today we went to NOLA Beans in Lakeview, just to do an "eat & geek" (meal with our laptops) at someplace different. They were out of croissants for breakfast sandwiches (gasp!) so instead I had a cup of French onion soup (ok) and half a Reuben sandwich (quite good). Hollie said her baked potato was good. Later, down to Frenchmen Street for more free music-- "The Joint Chiefs of Jazz" at Ray's Boom Boom Room. After the first set we went upstairs which was better acoustically. (The downstairs would have been fine except for the sound system set to amplify the rhythm section louder than the front line. This type of band in that size venue really needs minimal amplification if any.) It balance sounded good and natural from up in the balcony. Tom Fischer's clarinet playing again had some real delights. It was an excellent band all around.