A Toast to New Orleans and YOU.
Good afternoon, my darling friends!
Good afternoon, my darling friends! A warm Monday, January 25 awaits us. Let's welcome it with a smile on our face and gratefulness for being alive, healthy, and able to pray for the sick and those that died of COVID 19. Monday is a new day, new week, new challenges, new opportunities, and new blessings! Wear your mask and keep a safe social distance. Sending a warm visual hug.
This past Saturday, i had the pleasure of attending a live performance at Jefferson Performing Art Society a Tribute to Paul Robeson.
A joyful standing ovation was the response to the truly powerful and poignant performance of talented Jamaica-born Stogie Kenyatta at Jefferson PerformingArt Society
. Multitalented Stogie wrote and performed the Tribute to Paul Robeson's “The World is My Home.”
. Multitalented Stogie wrote and performed the Tribute to Paul Robeson's “The World is My Home.”
Darlings,
Have a blessed, peaceful, January 2021. It is going to be a very memorable fun-loving RTL and I cannot wait for your participation in making it a truly full of revelry event!
It is Mardi Gras Time!
As a 2021 royalty, I command your presence at my masked 15th “Salute to Carnival” Round Table Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at noon at Andrea's Restaurant in Metairie. I promise, as in the past, it will be a fun-filled, memorable event with live music featuring a stellar lineup of performers that includes pianistJim Walpole, entertainersMarshall Harris, Bill Hudson, Carl Mack, Suzaune Yee McKamey, Vatican Lokey and Edward Cox.There will also be delicious cuisine and unlimited champagne.
Since this luncheon is not going to benefit anyone, I am lowering the price to only$55.I encourage all of you to don your beautiful masks and Carnival outfits for our judges. One of the prizes will be a delicious Ideal Supermarket Tres Leches King Cake.
All COVID-19 social distancing guidelines will be observed with tables of six or eight guests.
Make your reservation now before it is sold out! Reservations can be made via Zelle (Chase), Venmo or by sending a check to Margarita Bergen, 811 Marigny Street, Unit C, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117. Credit will be given to all of those who have paid for other RTLs.
Last Friday, I also enjoyed very much joining my darling friendTorie Kranzefor lunch at the legendary Bayona Restaurant. We were taking advantage of the Ooh La La! Lunch Special $30 with Complimentary Bubbles.
We were joined at our table by my longtime friendRegina Keever,co-owner of Bayona, and Executive Chef Eason Barksdale. Tori e and I and a few friends, we are looking forward to attending the upcoming Venetian Carnaval dinners on Feb 5 and 6 . I will be attending on Saturday, Feb 6 dressed in a Venetian mask and costume! The menu is to die for https://www.bayona.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/66A21FE7-F04A-49F9-BEDF-AEA960047ED9.jpg
Join Us February 5th & 6th
8 Courses Inspired by
Carnevale di Venezia!
$85 Menu – Optional Wine Pairing
Cicchetti di polenta ai baccalà mantecato
“polenta with creamy salt cod”
Risotto al Limone e Prosecco
“lemon and prosecco risotto”
Linguini al Nero ai Frutti di Mare
“squid ink linguini with seafood (squid, shrimp, Scallop, Prawn, Clams, Mussels)
Insalata di Polpo e Patate
“Warm Octopus Salad with Potato”
Pollo Fritto ai Semi di Fonocchio
“Spicy Fennel Seed Fried Chicken”
Fegato alla Veneziana
“Venetian Calves Liver and Onions”
Ragù di Agnello Speziato ai Gnocchi
“Gnocchi with Lamb Ragu”
Fichi al Madeira ai Gelato di Mandorle e Fritelle
“Figs in Madeira with Almond Gelato and Fritter
Book your Reservation Now! @resy or Call Bayona @ (504) 525-4455
Have a blessed Monday and the weekend!
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For those like me that Live to Eatows + Virtual Dinners + Free Premiere Screenings!
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Louisiana's second oldest annual international and juried film festival will be held January 25-27,2021, with virtual screenings of over 140 films and film programs along with limited live-streaming events. Tickets for individual films and film programs are available for purchase in advance.
"Sweet Sixteen" All-Access Passes are also available for purchase in advance of the Festival and provide access to all on-line screenings and one complimentary tee-shirt.
Films and film programs are available for viewing beginning on January 24, 2021 through January 27, 2021. Go to the Virtual Festival and the Film Guide for more information on the films and film programs and to purchase 
Join Gulf South Writer in the WoodsLadee Hubbardand culinary historianJessica Harrisfor a discussion of Hubbard’s new novel, "The Rib King" onTuesday, January 26, 2021 at 6pm CT.
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"Hubbard works to deconstruct painful African American stereotypes and offers a fresh and searing critique on race, class, privilege, ambition, exploitation, and the seeds of rage in America in this intricately woven and masterfully executed historical novel, set in the early twentieth century, that centers around the Black servants of a down-on-its heels upper-class white family.
Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, "The Rib King" is an unsparing examination of America’s fascination with Black iconography and exploitation that redefines African American stereotypes in literature. In this powerful, disturbing, and timely novel, Ladee Hubbard reveals who people actually are, and most importantly, who and what they are not."
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