Drew's Journal

01/14/2008 10:54 #42877

Eating in NOLA
Category: nola

Ok, everything about the trip was great. I did some good work, met some good people, and had some good thoughts. But another thing sticks in my mind, too. The Red Fish Grill.

Everybody told me to eat there, which, in normally means that I would not eat there. But we were walking through the French Quarter with Vic (I should post about him, too) and he suggested it, and I was not in a mood to suggest something else. I am glad I did not.

I have not eaten a better meal in a LONG time. Fortunately, the recipe for what I ate is available on their website, so I can hopefully eat it again without spending big bucks. Here it is:

I honestly have not had seafood so good. Kook can back me up on this. It didn't taste fishy, but instead it was smokey-rich-spicy-sweet. Amazing.

jenks - 01/15/08 20:25
and don't forget the oysters....

man, I miss nola's food.

kookcity2000 - 01/14/08 22:51
oh man that was a fucking great dinner.
Between that, the medley we sharted waiting at the airport, and the PoBoy I got for lunch Friday, that was the only local faire we ate down there.

Everything else was dinners made at the camp.
The camp dinners were actually very good, all things considered.

mrdt - 01/14/08 19:40
If you're eating in restaurants or buying fish that tastes fishy it's really important for you to stay away from those places and find/develop a relationship with a reputible fish monger like Hayes Seafood. Being on the coast NO has exceptional fish quality because it goes from the boats and the farms to the plate faster. I would have recommended shrimp or crawfish as this is harvest time and it may have been an opportunity to eat fresh as opposed to frozen which, unless in Europe, is the way we eat shrimp in 98% of the country. There is no taste comparison like that of fresh sweet shrimp!!!

jbeatty - 01/14/08 16:24
Looks like a tasty recipe. Glad you had a good time.

mrmike - 01/14/08 11:01
I know you had a full schedule, but it is pretty easy to eat well there. Hope you were able to try Cafe Du Monde and their fine beignets. Those are worth investigation as well.

01/13/2008 18:40 #42871

Catching up.

Got back from New Orleans. It was great. I should give more information but Janelle and I are watching Simpsons DVDs, and I don't feel like thinking.

I am tired, and I have a long list of things to do. I have church stuff 3 evenings this week, and all of them are kind of time consuming. And I have decided to launch TWO new classes in February, so I have that coming up, too. That and there are a couple of other new initiatives that I don't want to blog about, yet. Oh yeah, and I am supposed to help another church begin a process of transformation

I still haven't written thank you notes, I am working with two couples that are going to get married, and there is a woman that is very sick. I need to visit her often, and I really should get out to see the other homebound people soon.

Oh right, I have to lead worship/preach on Sunday, too.

This is just me on Sunday night feeling tired. I'm sure it will all get done.

mrdeadlier - 01/15/08 10:29
Nice. Class two really interests me. How long do you expect it to run for? Not the individual meetings, but the duration of the series I mean.

drew - 01/14/08 10:59
The classes:

Who is Jesus? I am excited about this one, because it is for non-church people (although churchy types are welcome). It was going to meet at the Lexington General store on Sunday nights, but now we have lost that location, so I am now looking for another public, non-church space that we can use.

Class two: Unbinding the Gospel. How progressive/mainline/normal Christians can talk about their faith with other people in a way that is good for everybody involved. Thursday nights, starting in February. Worship will follow, but people can come for just the class or just worship if they choose. Most likely in partnership with First Presbyterian Church.

Class Three: Introduction to Lafayette Church. It's for the new people showing up that might want to become members. As yet unscheduled.

mrdeadlier - 01/14/08 10:51
What are these classes you're talking about and when will they be held? I'm done as a Trustee at my church (for now at least) and might have a night to sacrifice up for the sake of edumacation. Might...

fellyconnelly - 01/14/08 09:58
but the good thing is... Welcome back!!!

01/08/2008 19:01 #42794

NOLA II
Category: new orleans

I'm on a borrowed computer, so all I can say now is that there is an update on elmwoodjesus.org

imk2 - 01/08/08 19:25
drew, you are so awesome! and so is kook!

01/06/2008 23:17 #42774

New Orleans.
Category: new orleans

As you have heard, we are here. I am not going to update too much here though, because I will be posting on elmwoodjesus.org, hopefully with pics.

museumchick - 01/08/08 10:04
I hope you'll have a great trip!

fellyconnelly - 01/07/08 09:14
i wish i could have gone with you.. sounds amazing!

mrdeadlier - 01/07/08 07:00
Glad to hear you had a safe trip!

01/03/2008 09:57 #42735

Wanna get away?

Next week I am going to New Orleans, and two more tickets just became available.

Round trip airfare? $270
Room and Board? $120 (bring your own sleeping bag)
A week in January outside of Western New York, doing good work? Priceless.

All of the above, with Drew on the trip? Double Priceless.

I know its short notice, but if you know anybody who might go, let me know.

drew - 01/04/08 12:57
Kook! you are in! Jenks, one spot left!

I should have told the trip planner that I was a long time friend. Instead, I said, "I know him through a local blogging community," and she was like, "well is he a freak?" and I said. "He's a little goofy, but he's ok." And she said, "Goofy how?" And I said, "Goofy like he likes model rockets. Nerdy goofy." "Not scary goofy?" "Not scary goofy."

Kook, I put my good name on the line for you. Don't kill anybody while we are NOLA.

james - 01/03/08 12:34
Jenks, you could totally volenteer as a surgeon. Wandering the streets, performing double bypasses on the needy, insert a stent into the urethra of poverty, and give the city of New Orleans a nice tummy tuck.

drew - 01/03/08 12:02
almost. Sunday the 6th through Saturday the 13th.

kookcity2000 - 01/03/08 11:47
next week as in monday the 6th thru friday the 11th?

drew - 01/03/08 11:35
By the way, if you are thinking of going, there may be special jobs for an MD. I can find out.

drew - 01/03/08 11:34
We'll be working with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. :::link::: The work changes fast enough and is varied enough that we never know for sure what we will be doing until we get there, but there is a lot of de-construction (removing stuff so a structure can be treated for mold) and construction work.

I tried to sign up for cross on Bourbon Street duty, but that position is filled.

jenks - 01/03/08 11:17
what sort of good work are you doing? I know you mentioned it before, but I forget- some sort of katrina relief?

Every year during mardi gras, there are all sorts of different religious groups trouping around bourbon street... many carrying a cross on their shoulders- but they all yell and harass and scream a the people there for being sinners. :(

jim - 01/03/08 10:23
I wish I could go.

enknot - 01/03/08 10:20
In a parallel time stream where I don't have an adorable bay bay who needs me constantly, I'd be all over this.... I have to say it's still pretty alluring, my ancestors originate in New Orleans and I've never seen it. I'd love to see the real New Orleans too not the tourist version and this trip would have been it... FARK! Blasted destiny and such!