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B IS FOR BODEGA BAY

Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on November 9, 2011 – 1:02 pm -

This post is in honor of the letter “B” and part of Jenny Matlock’s Alphabet Thursday. For more bodacious “B” posts, please click here http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

I decided to take a quick trip to the coast last month before the weather turns. One of the places I visited was Bodega Bay. It was a charming sweet little place that I instantly fell in love with. Here are a few photos to give you a glimpse of how beautiful it is there.

I ate at this wonderful little crab restaurant right on the bay. The crab sandwich was amazing!

I have a lot more to tell you about the trip, but I wanted to get this much up for class. I stopped at some wonderful wineries and found some new wines for you to try! The highlight of my trip though was that I had lunch with Holly, the lovely lady who is responsible for the artwork on my site. It was the first time I ever met someone from my virtual world in the real world and it was so much fun! She was just as I thought she would be, funny and intelligent and a wonderful lunch companion.

I had so much fun on my trip! I’ll get some more pics up in the next week or so….

xxoo,

RMW

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NEW ORLEANS, PART DEAUX

Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on July 22, 2011 – 12:24 pm -

I can’t begin to describe how wonderful the food was. I ate in a different restaurant for every meal so I could fit in as much variety as possible. Hands down, this guy’s restaurant was my favorite.

I spent an hour or two in here (hey, it was hot out!)

crayfish patties

Alligator! This was the first time I’d ever tried it, even though I lived in Florida for years. It was good, but pretty much anything is good deep fried and served with garlic aioli.

Emeril’s place – the food here was absolutely amazing! I had etouffee and bread pudding. It was wonderful, but I still think K Paul has him beat…

I couldn’t resist buying this…

french market

the mighty Mississippi

I would highly recommend the New Orleans Food & Wine festival for anyone who obsesses over food and wine (like me). I learned so much and had such a good time. I’ll definitely come back, maybe not next year, but sometime again in the next few years for this amazing festival!

xxoo,

RMW

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New Orleans ….sigh..

Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on July 20, 2011 – 12:18 pm -

This post is in honor of the letter “N” and part of Jenny Matlock’s Alphabet Thursday. For more nascent “N” posts, please click here http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/

I simply was blown away by New Orleans, the city, the river, the people, the food… This place rocks!

I learned so much about Cajun food and the wines that complement it and had such a good time doing it! The plan is to cook the foods that I learned how to make one by one and photograph them step by step so you’all can learn about Cajun food also. I ordered a bunch of cookware and seasonings when I was there and they have all arrived now, so I am ready to rock.

But first, a few pictures of lovely lovely NOLA:

The French Quarter