Eating in NOLA:

Seriously? Coffee & Nosh? Whatever.


We are sitting in Refuel Cafe on Hampson right now. Don't come. Below you are looking at $9 in food. No joke.



-- Post From My iPhone

So this post is a little late. We have been coming to First Cup for about a month now. It's great here and the people are friendly. I'm sure the coffee is good too but we normally got for tea and bottled drinks or Italian sodas.

First Cup (this is the time when I normally lambaste a place for not having a website but I'm here all the time and I'm not trying to make anyone mad. And really its a community place... If they got a website we might not have a table to study at.) is on Calhoun Street just north of the Tulane Baseball Stadium across from Bud's Broiler.

They have a lot of good drinks and some good snacks plus a whole section of chocolates and other specialty items. Plus its the only place near by that I know that sells bottles of ginger beer for all you Dark and Stormy drinkers.

I could go on about the place but just come by and try it out... Then never come back. Its our spot and we don't need a crowd. Today we are studying for our last final (Process Modeling...awesome) and drinking a Strawberry Lime Jones Soda and a Raspberry Italian Soda.


... Oh and as an added bonus for all of you eating in places other than NOLA here is something for everyone. Subway sells pizzas now. I know what you are thinking but they are pretty good and cheap and since its Subway you can top them with all the fresh toppings you want.

And then by some miracle of science they cook the thing in 90 seconds and it comes out crispy gooey and delicious. Not a bad deal for $5. Be a snob if you want but on that next long drive you have you're going to try it out. When you do just shoot me an email and tell me I was right.

We have some homework to do, so we're holed up at this Panera...

Me - Sweet Iced Tea
Kerry - Chai Tea Latte

Panera is the CC's of Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Vanilla Latte (mine - ok) and a Sugar Cookie Latte (Kerry's - she says it isn't very good). Good dinner tonight though so stay tuned... and don't lose faith in us.

*Not pictured - Chocolate Chunk Cookie

Lots of times we say we are going to go to CC's to study (this time we tried the one on Esplanade). Sometimes we study, sometimes we just eat and drink things that they sell and play on Facebook and post to the blog. Either way this is a common site.

There were a few missed posts, so... just a quick overview of some of the things that got missed.


First - Saturday School lunch at McAllister's. BLT's and Salads and sweet tea.



I'm not exactly sure when this was but it was just a study day at CC's... my coffee spilled.

I guess that's all for now. I did have the left overs from Friday's dinner for lunch today. It was still pretty good.

After a whole day of sitting at CC's working on a paper and powerpoint due at midnight, we desided to revisit the Nacho Mama's idea.

We were so hungry we didn't take a picture . I had a Great Western Burrito though and Kerry had Cheese Enchiladas. It was a pretty satisfying meal after a day of coffee shop snacks (bagel, tiny chocolate cheesecake thing, etc.).

What we did remember to take a picture of was dessert. We headed to Creole Creamery for single scoops of ice cream in tiny Styrofoam cups. What you see here are partially eaten cups of Lavender Honey and (I believe) Butterscotch (maybe with chocolate chips?). If anyone is reading this besides us you should go to Creole Creamery more often than you currently go.

jpv

Having coffee and pretending to be productive at the Rue on Mag. I think I get to go to Nacho Mama's soon for a study break. Mmmm.

kmk