Lunch with another blogger
Had a delightful lunch yesterday with The Great White Shank at Liuzza’s. He describes it a little at his place. He’s absolutely correct about one thing. If your company has their meeting/conference/convention in New Orleans at one of the large chain hotels (Hilton, Sheraton, etc), they’re doing their people and themselves a disservice by offering them hotel food. That’s not to say that all hotel food is bad, it’s to say that there are far better places to eat in New Orleans, probably within walking distance and probably cheaper ... or, if you’re really pressed for time, need to cram as much into your convention as you can, and don’t want your people wandering off, why not have them stay at one of the local hotels that has better food. For instance, the Pontchartrain Hotel has some of the very best food in the city. New Orleans has some of the best cuisine in the entire world and it is just silly to come down here and not to take advantage of it.
It says here the Cleveland Cavaliers will surprise the Spurs and take the NBA Championship in 7 games.
91 days until football season ...
Quote of the Day
Interested to see that Starbucks plans to replace whole milk with 2 percent in its American and Canadian stores by the end of the year, though customers can still request whole milk if they wish. Hmmm. I know its good for me, and I know it'll save me 70 or 80 calories to have a 2 percent latte rather than a whole-milk latte, but let's be frank here. It's an outrage Starbucks didn't consult me before making this sea-change.
Peter King, Sports Illustrated
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "One of the driving forces behind social media is the notion that we trust each other more than we trust media/business. We're looking for good, reliable information. If the CVBs aren't providing it, we'll look elsewhere. We want to know what's good and what's bad. We want honest opinions."
Great time, great food, great company. How can anything beat that? Thanks again, Rob - hope to see you again and keep working our way down the Liuzza's menu on subsequent visits! :-)
And yes, they absolutely have the coldest beer in town.
Well, I'll be more than happy to try out the local dining establishments, but if/when I get down there I'm really hoping I can time it with one of your crawfish boils.
I know how cold that beer is, GWS. Knocked down more than a few over the years.
Crawfish boils occur at CrabAppleLane only on weekends between mid-March and mid-April, Dave, but I'll do a weekday one if I have enough notice. Crawfish season is still going on even now but the crawfish shells are hard this late in the season and I don't like doing them when they are.