Saturday evening's dinner party filled my heart.
It was a dinner I had planned to have ever since my return from Cadrieu this summer. Has it really only been a little more than three months since I was last home? Better yet, is it really only about that same amount of time before Sammie Cat and I will be home again?
The answer to both of those questions is a resounding:YES!
This gang of family by any definition, is the reason I'm planning on returns of extended time that allow me the luxury of doing just these kinds of things...quality time with those I love.
As important as it is to me to be home in Cadrieu with my Sammie cat; is as important as it is to me to not be dropping in for two weeks here or there, having some open house crowd event, and heading home.
A stay of months on Columbus Street gives me that quality time to: milk the wine box over on Dupre Street with Eric, Stew, Louie Boy and Sweetie; have an extended sleepover at Mahogany Oaks with John and Mike; shop at the Salvage Liquor Store with Mike and Carmen; invite Tom and Adrianne over for dinner; and, wander in the neighborhood and through City Park to soak up what makes New Orleans New Orleans for me.
But as you can see, New Orleans is my people.
Special thanks to Eric and Stew for getting the shots of all of us together. Treasured moments for sure!
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