July, 2010 Archives

Seafood gumbo

Seafood gumbo

I had the privilege of being guests to members of the Pass Christian Yacht Club, which is why we were able to eat at their restaurant.  They don’t normally let in riff-raff like me.  Upon browsing the menu I was surprised to see how reasonable the food prices were.  I guess they get you with the membership dues so they can afford to not charge crazy money for food.

A few of us got the seafood gumbo appetizer.  The photo might look like a muddy mess, but if you know what you’re looking at you know there’s probably some good stuff in there, and there was–nice lumps of crab, shrimp, etc.  Quite good gumbo.  I’ve had better, but this one got no complaints from me.

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Mary Mahoney's

Mary Mahoney's

I was down on the Coast with Brian, and he insisted on taking me out to eat at Mary Mahoney’s in Biloxi.  Twist my arm a bit harder–I don’t think I’m quite convinced yet.  Coincidence (or not) that I had made a mental note about Mary Mahoney’s while doing a pre-trip search for eateries on the Coast.  Brian claimed Mary Mahoney’s to be the best restaurant in the area, so of course I was psyched.

Oh, and for the sake of some readers who get excited about restaurant posts only to find out much later that these restaurants are in a different city (*cough* Rebecca *cough*), I’ll try to state the city in the title if it’s not in the Jackson Metro area.

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Oil clean-up site

Oil clean-up site

Yes, I’m back!!!  Boy, who knew having 2 kids would be so much work, especially with a colicky baby?  Not me.  I have some down time and figure what better way to return to the blog then to celebrate the end of the oil gush (ok, probably a bit premature, but let’s hope it’s true) with a blog post about oil?  In a few years we’ll look back at these oil-filled days and reminisce fondly.  Ah, the good old days when oil = bad, and environmentalism = good.  Such simple, innocent times.  “Ah, the Summer of 2010,” we’ll utter with a nostalgic sigh. » Continue Reading…