Seven years

Menckles and I are celebrating 7 years today. Okay, actually we celebrated Saturday night but that's a normal thing for people marking events that happen to fall on Mondays.  We also sort of technically consider this our tenth year since it was May 2006 when we got her to (for whatever reason) move all the way down here.  Maybe we'll have to have another party in a month or so.

Anyway, Saturday was pretty special.  You'll be happy to know that Cafe Degas is still pretty good. We checked on that for you.  We took a drive-by look at the China Lights in City Park. When we got home we went out for a walk around the neighborhood.  It was nice of all these Mardi Gras Indians to show up.

St. Joseph's

Wild Magnolias Second Street St. Joseph's Night 2011

Some years I make it out to see the Indians on St. Joseph's Night. Some years I don't. This turns out to be one of the years I don't.

The good news, though, is Menckles made a terrific paneer saag tonight complete with homemade cheese. We put it over some of the Blanca Isabel purple rice that Rouses has been pushing lately.  The dish on the plate is purple and green and gold.



And this is how we at least were able to celebrate the feast of St. Joseph with Mardi Gras Indian food if not with actual Mardi Gras Indians.