A bunch of awesome moments from this week!
(have some of your own? send in a photo/caption to be featured in a future edition of MOW! :)
Strawberries marinating in Kombucha at !
My friend Stephanie performing with her band at an Irish Pub on Cinco De Mayo in the French Quarter! :)
An awesome veggie meal at the restaurant 13 on Frenchman Street in New Orleans!
This was hanging in the kitchen of the place I stayed – ha!! :)
One of my salad creations: really digging the mustard as a dressing!
On my walks through Algiers (right across the Mississippi River from New Orleans), one of the homes I pass – very cool!
Also on Algiers: the gas station from another era!
from Cafe Reconcile (employs at-risk youths and teaches them the food service industry) in NOLA: collard greens, shrimp and okra, and sauteed veggies!
OK, totally not Paleo and full of sugar, but this bread pudding at Cafe Reconcile was worth it! Now I need to find a good recipe that aligns with how I eat!! :)
The day Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) passed away, I spotted this outside a bar on Magazine Street. Awesome.
A quick stop in Houston en route to El Paso, TX!
An “aerial” shot of my sleeper car aboard Amtrak! I had to hold the camera to the ceiling just to get a good pic – you can even see my feet!
Somewhere in Texas: lots of Pecan orchards!
The train provides such awesome access to absolutely beautiful country!
Manuelito, who I met in Juarez and who I spoke broken Spanish to all day. Very fun to hang out with him!
Why yes, that is a Mexican Army soldier with a gun on a horse behind me! :)
Thought these vehicles were so cool – spotted them in the part in Juarez. This trio was going by so fast I had no idea how the picture turned out – awesome to see the kid staring right at us!
From downtown El Paso – even though it’s a statue, that bird likes to take risks!
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Thanks for sharing, Nathan. Love sharing in your journey! The train does look awesome! How much did this leg cost? Happy Travels!
appreciate you checking it out sally!
this trip (NOLA-ELP) was completely free by using 15K Amtrak points. :)
Great pictures. Glad I didn’t know where you were staying and about the soldier with the gun until you were back in the states!
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you’ll be happy to know that soldier is actually an ACTOR during a re-enactment – the real soldiers were on the tops of buildings with high-powered, automatic weapons (not kidding – ha!).