Feb 28

Arrived in New Orleans around 1:00PM. We located the hotel we booked and didn't even stop the car......the area was a little to sketchie for us. So we did a quick search on line and found a great hotel (International Hotel at 221 Camp Street), for only $100 a night and it was in the French Quarter. After checking in, we went and had lunch at K. Pauls (Chef Pauls) restaraunt. Food was good. The bloody mary's weren't as good as in Charleston. We then walked around a good bit and went on a bar crawl in the French Quarter. That was great fun. Tasted all kinds of new drinks.....specialities of the area....absinthe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe) is one of them. Take a minute to read the info about the drink in the link above. Pretty interesting. Here is a link to two short films of them being made. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KUukL1HssZnMhkwL9XzJqQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKDy6GMtefSrgE&feat=directlink We didn't have one because it sounded to scarry. Sazerac was another........very strong ...made with just a bit of absinthe. Another which I liked was Pimm's

Ingredients:
2 oz Pimm's No. 1
3 oz lemonade
lemon twist for garnish
cucumber slice or peel for garnish
Preparation:
Pour the Pimm's into a collins glass with ice cubes.
Add the lemonade.
Garnish with the lemon twist and cucumber.