Creme Brule
Crab Cake Platter with Creole Crawfish Sauce
I dreamed of a Shrimp Poboy this good!
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Floor show
Oceana Bar and Grill
Bananas Foster Ice Cream Cake
Jambalaya
Bourbon Street buildings
Bourbon Street
Front lobby fountain
Mardi Gras arrangement
Hallway
Elegant
Classic New Orleans
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Last week I attended a week long training for work. It was the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. NITA is a wonderful program for attorneys. I hope to take another class sometime this year. The course was Basic Trial Skills.
There were 40 people in the class. I agonized over whether I would be the oldest person in the course. But, after I got there, it did not matter. The majority of the people were new attorneys like me. Some had been attorneys for a long time, but wanted to sharpen their skills.
We had fabulous instructors. This was a working course. I went to class from 8:30 to 6:00 everyday and then usually had about 2 hours of homework each night. I learned so much. The last part of the week, we had a trial. They brought in jurors to hear our case. My partner, Paul and I, won our case! My first jury trial. We also got to hear the jury deliberate which is very unusual. I am so glad I had the opportunity to participate in this training.
The training was in New Orleans at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street. If you watched the Saints and Vikings play football last week, you probably saw Bourbon Street right outside my hotel. I lived in New Orleans for six years and am familiar with the party spirit of the city. But, I did know what a celebration was until last Sunday night. That city was jubilant. It was a dozen Mardi Gras parades rolled into one. I am very happy for the city.
I was able to enjoy some great food. Food is my favorite part of New Orleans. I ate several times across the street from the hotel at the Oceana Bar and Grill. The service was outstanding. I sat at the window and was able to people watch. That is always fun in New Orleans. The hotel also had great food and service.
While I was there the NFL decided they owned the phrase "Who Dat". I found it funny that people in New Orleans have been saying Who Dat for years, but let the Saints go to the Super Bowl and the NFL gets all greedy. I understand the NFL has crawfished some on their original land grab. Better that than be boiled in a bubbling pot of imitation NFL t-shirts! Who dat say gonna beat them Saints. You have to have lived there to get it!
I took pictures of some of food I enjoyed. I have a new Android phone that takes great pictures. I did not get a picture of the silver statue of liberty man or the mardi gras man on stilts, but, I like the pictures I took.
Geaux Saints!
We had fabulous instructors. This was a working course. I went to class from 8:30 to 6:00 everyday and then usually had about 2 hours of homework each night. I learned so much. The last part of the week, we had a trial. They brought in jurors to hear our case. My partner, Paul and I, won our case! My first jury trial. We also got to hear the jury deliberate which is very unusual. I am so glad I had the opportunity to participate in this training.
The training was in New Orleans at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street. If you watched the Saints and Vikings play football last week, you probably saw Bourbon Street right outside my hotel. I lived in New Orleans for six years and am familiar with the party spirit of the city. But, I did know what a celebration was until last Sunday night. That city was jubilant. It was a dozen Mardi Gras parades rolled into one. I am very happy for the city.
I was able to enjoy some great food. Food is my favorite part of New Orleans. I ate several times across the street from the hotel at the Oceana Bar and Grill. The service was outstanding. I sat at the window and was able to people watch. That is always fun in New Orleans. The hotel also had great food and service.
While I was there the NFL decided they owned the phrase "Who Dat". I found it funny that people in New Orleans have been saying Who Dat for years, but let the Saints go to the Super Bowl and the NFL gets all greedy. I understand the NFL has crawfished some on their original land grab. Better that than be boiled in a bubbling pot of imitation NFL t-shirts! Who dat say gonna beat them Saints. You have to have lived there to get it!
I took pictures of some of food I enjoyed. I have a new Android phone that takes great pictures. I did not get a picture of the silver statue of liberty man or the mardi gras man on stilts, but, I like the pictures I took.
Geaux Saints!
