Krewe Du Vieux and a busy busy weekend

This weekend was big. Christian had an opening on Friday at a new gallery, Saturday was Krewe Du Vieux (the first big party of Carnival season) and we had friends in from New York for a bachelor party and a friend in from Mobile! Whew...

Here are some highlights, more to come:

A low country boil on Saturday

corn and sausage ready to go

pot is boiling

getting the shrimp ready

the ingredients go in

Our Low Country recipe:

liquid crab boil and ground crab boil seasoning, sausage, red potatoes, corn, shrimp, brussel sprouts, mushrooms, whole garlic, lemons (you can alos add crab legs)

Add lemons and garlic. Potatoes go in first, cook for 20 minutes, add everything but the shrimp cook for 10 min, add shrimp and cook for a little more than a minute (until shrimp float) turn off the heat and soak for up to 10 min to fully season. 

West Indie salad and Boudin sausage

And then it poured

Pics from the parade: not so good, but you can get an okay idea. Krewe du Vieux is a political satire parade.

A walking tour of the French Quarter with Morgan 

Vera shopping for costumes