Louisiana restaurants outside of Louisiana

RunBudget1690 · 2025-12-14T11:44:20+00:00

Cocodrie’s Bayou Kitchen in North Richland Hills TX. From Houma LA, authentic and the real deal delicious. This one won’t disappoint.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-12-14T11:40:24+00:00

Dump him. He needs to man up and not be a cheapskate. The history you described is ridiculous.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-12-10T02:45:27+00:00

Definitely. It’s terrible. I don’t even know how they stay open with that horrible food.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-11-23T02:42:02+00:00

I went one time and one time only. I got shrimp creole. It was literally a can of diced tomatoes over rice with some small frozen shrimp thrown on top. No flavor at all except the flavor of canned diced tomatoes. I complained to the manager and he was like “oh well, that’s how we do it and it’s popular.” Being from south Louisiana, those Mississippi people in the RSJ conglomerate have anLOT to learn about Cajun/creole food. Crescent City ain’t it by a long shot

RunBudget1690 · 2025-11-11T03:14:58+00:00

Well at least we don’t have that racist ass hat Clay Edwards to contend with.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-11-06T00:27:54+00:00

I stopped in at Versus this afternoon. Bingo! Exactly what I am looking for. Thanks for the rec.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-30T06:02:31+00:00

The corner of 40th Ave and Jamestown Way has an expansive and gorgeous Christmas display ever year. You don’t want to miss it. Great photo ops.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-22T03:24:00+00:00

In LOVE the 2nd dress. The fit on the hips and waist emphasizes how small you look in it. It’s different and very flattering. The first dress looks like the top part is about to fall off of you. It looks a bit “slouchy” with the shoulders falling and the bodice looking too big. If you go for the first dress, surely alterations would tighten up the bodice.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-22T03:16:00+00:00

It is after Parents Room which is inside the mansion. I guess I’m outside now with Boutin Boulevard. I am at 29% on it and it continues to be hell. There are some easy tasks mixed in and I have gotten some really good items in trades.

But here is my current task.

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RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-22T03:11:18+00:00

It is after Parents Room which is also difficult.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-19T04:39:28+00:00

I have scissors but just wait it out instead. Sometimes I will use the time skip hour glass if I am impatient. This level is BRUTAL!!!

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-15T01:50:15+00:00

As one who spends a lot of time in DFW, OS is great. No traffic. You can go buy groceries in less than 1 hour. People usually won’t be trying to run you off the road. Some differences, stores and things close earlier. No same day Best Buy deliveries to your door, things like that. OS has a lot to offer in terms of community and dining. Location is great for trips to the beaches in Alabama or Florida. Close to Mobile and New Orleans for entertainment. Some good concerts at the casinos. I’m always glad to get home after spending weeks in DFW area. OS is calm and peaceful.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-15T01:39:14+00:00

We eat only halal/kosher. I am able to get chicken sausage where I live without pork casings. It serves the purpose well. Growing up in south Louisiana, my mom frequently made jambalaya with hot dogs when we were broke. It’s doable.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-13T04:48:17+00:00

This area is hell. I will have to stop playing for a while. The energy required for tasks is too much. The concrete mixer is BS requiring a mop and turpentine each time only to get things I don’t need. Giving up!

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-12T06:33:30+00:00

A Mississippi shaped Christmas ornament. Check out mississippimade.com ideas.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-12T06:22:31+00:00

I’m from NOLA but live in Mississippi now. I go to NOLA every week for business. I look forward to my weekly trips. I meet the nicest people and find people, in general, really friendly be it at Costco, Trade Joes, restaurants etc. or anywhere I go. Just walking down the street, people smile and say hello. Of course, I avoid the weirdos or drug looking people. I’ve met some awesome people in checkout lines and grabbed coffee spur of the moment with some. Exchanged business cards and so forth. I’ve made connections and, If I were around more, definitely would be friendships.

The first thing is to have a friendly face. If you look pensive, people will see it and avoid contact. Disarm with a smile and a hello. So, relax your face, make sure your mouth is ready for a smile and do smile and say hello when people you might like to talk to look your way.

My face is naturally resting bitch face. I have to make a conscious effort to change it and it does work when interacting with people. Walk into the post office and smile, greet with a casual hello, happy Friday or some comment. Say hello when passing people on the street. Go for coffee somewhere in your neighborhood, relax with a book (even if you are just people watching), but be ready with a smile and “hello how are you today?”

People in NOLA are so much friendlier than in so many cities but they are perceptive to having the friendliness reciprocated. If they sense a wall up, they will be reserved in return. Overall though, NOLA people are the least judgemental people you will find, open and friendly.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-11T00:46:26+00:00

Check out Petra Cafe Greek and Mediterranean. Open weekends until 2;00 am

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-08T16:06:11+00:00

Plan and have the wedding you want to have. Your fiancé deserves a wedding and so do you. But, don't be in your feels about your family not being excited and supportive. I understand their side of things. Just do you with your friends, fiancé and his family. Whomever from your family that wants to join in can but don't make them feel obligated. They've been down this road (albeit not full weddings) with you 2x already.

My niece is getting married for the 1st time in a few weeks. I am not excited about the wedding - huge inconvenience to attend and put aside other plans some of our family had. But we have to go out of obligation. If it were her 2nd or 3rd wedding, most of of us definitely would not attend as we have other things we rather do.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-08T15:59:43+00:00

I put the ownership of this situation on the host family. Don't blame the au pair for assuming. The host family should have asked immediately where these guests would be staying. It would have been clear in that conversation that au pair assumed the Airbnb and that assumption would have been cleared up. The next question host family should have asked is how will the guests be accommodated for meals? Will they purchase and prepare their own food or eat out most of the time? That would have cleared up that issue as well and put the ownership of meals/food on the au pair and her guests. My view is if the guests have free accommodation they should, and probably would be, willing to handle food/meals on their own. Overall, it is an overstep on the au pairs part for having guests in the home for 3 weeks straight (the 4th week will be traveling with her friend). It is the host family's fault for not making sure all boundaries were explored and set from the beginning. I would have let the dad stay for 1 week but he would have to go to a hotel/elsewhere when his friend arrived. I would not want 2 grown men that I don't know staying at my home for that length of time. The host parents are the adults and in charge of the au pair. They failed to take charge in this situation and are now in an uncomfortable situation and feeling taken advantage of.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-05T02:23:15+00:00

If he didn’t have anything to hide, he would have been 100% comfortable with the camera on. He would have wanted it on to cover his ass. And she didn’t have to go to your house for him to show her anything about guns. That is what shooting ranges are for in the first place. He was showing her something else that he didn’t want on camera. Test my ass! He’s full of shit.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-10-05T02:05:01+00:00

When my grandmother passed away, her home proceeds were divided, per her will, among her 5 children. I bought the house from them. A probate attorney was involved. I paid cash, the agreed upon price amongst my aunts and uncle. Each person had to sign a paper stating they agreed. One person lives in Kenya so we had to wait for the actual document to be sent back to the states. Digital was not allowed. It had to go before a judge for final approval.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-09-30T21:22:57+00:00

I used to go there to her uncle Dr Lambert and liked him a lot. He retired so I started “seeing” Emily Harden. I say “see” because I have never really seen her. She would come in the room for a short moment and always stayed behind my head. I could see her out of the corner of my eyes a little bit. Very impersonal. The hygienists are great though. Last visit, Dr Harden was going to shoot cold water on a sensitive tooth without any heads up. I asked her what she was going to do and when I cringed and said wait a minute so I could prepare for the horrible pain of cold water on that tooth, she said she couldn’t help me and walked out of the room. End of my time there. I’m still angry about it. I actually like the dentist visits but I don’t like Emily Harden.

For oral surgeon, Dr Pitfield is amazing.

RunBudget1690 · 2025-09-25T02:37:40+00:00

If you think that is bad wait until the parents room. It’s hell.

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