Haute Halloween

I’d be remiss if I made jaunt down to New Orleans and didn’t share bestie R’s house decked out in Halloween couture.  As always, he’s masterfully decked out his gorgeous Uptown home in holiday finery.

Isn’t it just grand!?!?  Now, I’ve got to get cracking…apparently our Halloween witch left a bunch of I.O.U.s while I was away :-)
xoxo

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New Orleans: Day 3

We wrapped up our annual visit with besties R and J in the Big Easy doing what we do best - shopping, eating and sipping.  We headed to our collective favorite part of the city to hit up some of our favorite shops in the country - Magazine Street!!

Shops at 2011

AKA Stella Gray

Cafe Rani

Gentry

Hazelnut (where we had a nice long visit with KD - can't wait to see you next time, girl!)

Pied Nu

Scriptura

Whimsy

Plum

Sucre

 
And after relaxing on the porch for the last little bit of the day, we were headed back to Georgia on a late night flight.  It was a fabulous visit with the very best of friends.

Love y'all big, as the little Bird would say.

xoxo

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New Orleans: Day 2

Day 2 in the Crescent City kicked off with a divine brunch, bloody mary bar and live music at Atchafalaya in Uptown.

Afterwards we went on an all day shopping tour of some of bestie R's fave haunts, including Little Miss Muffin in Lakeview, The Plant Gallery (Home and Garden Store) in Metairie and The Garden Gate in old Metairie. Back in Uptown, Monique and Magazine Street pup Ping were dolls to open up their shoppe and wrap up our Art for Arts Sake Oysteria purchases for the flight home.

After doing a little tour of some gorge Halloween decor and a couple of hours unwinding on bestie R's front porch, we headed to the much anticipated La Petite Grocery for supper. It was a convivial meal with divine food and loads of the kind of laugh till you cry stories that seem to define our times with these guys!

Tomorrow will be spent on Magazine Street y'all!!!

xoxo

See more New Orleans HERE and visit bestie R's blog HERE!

New Orleans: Day 1

Sister and I have arrived in New Orleans for our annual shopping, dining and cocktailing spree with bestie R (of the Uptown Acorn) and bestie J.

After quite a debacle getting out of Atlanta (think missing flights, losing my shoes in security, encountering an ice cream sales man, getting stuck next to another telling awkward off color jokes) and whiling away our morning at the XpressSpa (a unsuspected slice of heaven amongst a gazillion news stands and $10 luxury shop), the boys whisked us directly to one of our fave shoppes Mitch's and the home of Oysteria!

We did an extensive tour of their gorg home, soaking up all of the new purchases and tweaks since our last December visit, and then caught up over cocktails in their parlor.

Supper was an exquisite affair at Clancy's on Annunciation Street. The French Creole eatery is undeniably a New Orleans institution!

After supper we headed back to Oysteria for their Art for Arts Sake festivities. We spent a lively late evening choosing a few new pieces to add to our collection and enjoying the company of Oysteria proprietoresses Monique and Leslie.

xoxo

See more New Orleans HERE and visit bestie R's blog HERE!