Our Nellysford neighbor, Jill Averitt, and her father, Bob Johnson from Wisconsin, joined us for the perfect spring week. They came expecting to work hard building, and they did, but we also found plenty of time to enjoy this enchanting city. It is clearly our duty to support the restaurants, shops, museums, theaters, and musicians. We did it all!
Most of the week we worked with a group from Howard University. The neighbors must have enjoyed their rap music since one woman cooked them red beans and rice plus fried chicken for an afternoon snack.
One day was spent near Musicians' Village, building a porch.
Bev and Jill were assigned to interior detail work where Jill used her art background to touch up walls.
Bob, a retired marine engineer, educated us about the dredging of the Mississippi and the various engines involved.
Jill, who is in the process of building a new home in Nellysford, kept her eye out for architectural touches that might work on their home. What do you think of pink, Richard???
Springtime in New Orleans, across from Liuzzi's By the Tracks, where they serve the best gumbo in New Orleans.
Discovering the tacqarias for lunch was a real treat,
but lunch at Cafe Amelie in the French Quarter was delightful too.
Discovering the tacqarias for lunch was a real treat,
but lunch at Cafe Amelie in the French Quarter was delightful too.
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Bev and Keith, thanks for great week in New Orleans. It was very satisfying to help the huricane victims rebuild. Your house was great and walking the neighborhood at night was fun. The restaurants near your house were the best Iv'e been to, the food was GREAT!!!! Thanks for showing us all the sites. I saw more with you than I did on all the other 100 trips made there when working.
I would like to help them again next year!
Best regards
Bob
P.S. Keep the Sudoku going!!! What does Sudoku mean?
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