With Nick’s job we get to move every summer to a new place for him to run a sales team. This last summer we moved to Baton Rouge, LA. We had such an awesome summer. We loved getting to immerse ourselves in the culture and beauty that Louisiana had to offer.
One of our favorite weekend spots to visit was New Orleans. It was only an hour drive away, so it made it super accessible.
Nick and I are both foodies, and we were able to try a lot of different amazing food while we were there. New Orleans has SO much to offer in the food department, with so many different cultural backgrounds.
So according to us, here are the four restaurants you can’t miss in New Orleans:
Elizabeth’s
I cannot say enough about this place. It was beyond good. Like I frequently catch myself daydreaming about their praline bacon… maybe I have a problem?? Regardless, this place is so good. Its located in the Bywater neighborhood, right by the Mississippi River. They serve southern classics and the yummiest brunch ever. We’ve been here a few times and have loved everything we’ve tried, including: the praline bacon (you seriously can’t skip this if you’re there for brunch!), bananas foster French toast, chicken and waffles, and Eggs Elizabeth.
Parkway Bakery and Tavern
This restaurant is definitely a little bit out of the way, but if you want a really, really good po-boy or “poor boy”, you have to go here. They have been in business since 1911, and they know what they are doing. We get the roast beef po-boy and have never switched up our order in the few times we’ve been there, because its that good.
Cafe du Monde
This is one of the two super famous restaurants you can get beignets at in New Orleans. The other is Cafe Beignet, and while I think I like the actual beignets at Cafe Beignet maybe the slightest bit more, the atmosphere and overall essence of Cafe du Monde can’t be beat, so I prefer it! Get an order of beignets (3 for $2.73), and make sure you have cash on hand because they don’t accept cards (there’s an ATM right around the corner if you need it). Enjoy the 1800’s French infused atmosphere that New Orleans is so famous for, “en plein air.”
St. Roch Market
While this isn’t technically one restaurant, but a market of twelve diverse restaurants under one roof, it needed to be included. We’ve tried four of the restaurants and each one was so good! The food is amazing, and the atmosphere is equally incredible; it’s tall ceilings, and fun energy is just so great. I should mention that I daydream about the “morning bowl” at The Daily Beet, quite often too, for what its worth.
Jay’s 3rd Birthday party was last Saturday. He wanted it dinosaur themed, because he’s been very into dinosaurs lately. He loved that I made his name sound like a dinosaur name on the invitation, haha.
I loved the little dinosaurs hiding all over our house.
inside the eggs. The kids seemed to love it.
The biggest hit of the whole party had to be the sand pit! Kids were in there from the second the party started until it finished. There were little 
buried inside that they got to dig up.
And the great thing about the sand pit, is, because we did it in a storage bin, we are going to keep it. We’ve stored it under our deck, with a lid on it, and the boys can go play in it anytime in the future. They have already loved having it at their disposal!
