Live via the free wifi in the Eastern Iowa airport, I’m waiting for my 6am flight to Dallas and then on to NOLA! I got most of my pre-trip chores done at my apartment, but this beginnings of a cold or some other illness made it difficult. I managed to get to bed at 10pm, [...]

I’ll be in New Orleans 49 days from today. I can’t wait!! After way too much Christmas sale shopping (75% off at Target!), I came home to find a box outside my apartment door. Imagine my delight when I opened it and found this: Mini King Cakes from Randazzo’s Camellia City Bakery. A post-Christmas, pre-Mardi [...]