Magnolia Mound Plantation

 

Today we went to the Magnolia Mound Plantation for Holly's school Christmas program.  There were lots of interesting activities there such as wool thread spinning, marshmallow roasting, wood working, and eating sugar cane.

Red Stick Farmers Market

The Red Stick Farmers Market in downtown Baton Rouge

A Stargazer had a telescope with a filter disc for viewing the sun.  We could even see the sunspots.

Holly was so excited about the satsuma oranges, the lady gave her three to eat right away.

Our wonderful haul from the farmer's market.

We went to the Red Stick Farmers Market in downtown Baton Rouge and got lots of stuff including satsuma oranges, strawberries, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, and gator sausage.

Audobon Zoo

Yesterday we went to the Audobon Zoo in New Orleans.  We saw lots of cool animal.  Holly particularly liked the elephants.  We also saw sea turtles swimming in an aquarium.

Patrick's First Thanksgiving

We had a Thanksgiving feast today.  Patrick enjoyed his first Thanksgiving with a Big Bird.

Louisiana Renaissance Festival

We just recently visited the Louisiana Renaissance Festival.  We saw a magician, an acrobat, Robin Hood, a jester, a baby dragon, and I bought an ocarina that I'm now learning how to play.

Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

Baby dragon.

Louisiana Sinfonietta

Today there was a concert of the Louisiana Sinfonietta at LSU.  It was conducted by my composition instructor Dinos Constantinides.

Minneapolis

I just visited Minneapolis for a Society for Music Theory conference.  I got to do some very quick sight-seeing while I was there.  I saw the Mall of America, the Basilica of St. Mary, and a statue of Mary Tyler Moore (where she throws her hat in the opening sequence).

Audobon Aquarium of the Americas

A few weeks ago, we visited the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans.  We also had lunch at the Acme Oyster House.

Introducing Patrick!

Patrick is here! He is a content little baby and loves to sleep. Holly is very excited to be a big sister!

Covington, LA

I recently went to visit a friend of mine in Covington, LA. It has a really cool downtown area. We also visited the Abita Brewery there and we had lunch at Louie and the Redhead Lady, which is a restaurant that was once featured on the Food Network.

Disc Golf

I went disc golfing for the first time today. It was pretty fun. I'm now the proud owner of two golf discs.

Mellow Mushroom

Yesterday we went to one of our favorite pizza restaurants - The Mellow Mushroom. Holly loves the decorations, but she thinks the strange looking alien mushroom (as pictured) is a little scary.

Jam Session

The other night we went to a jam session. I got to play drums and piano and Holly helped out with auxiliary percussion!

Fireworks on the Mississippi 2011

We went to see the Fireworks on the Mississippi at the levee in Baton Rouge. Thousands of people were gathered there to watch the show.

Flycatcher the Frog

Tonight we went to my friend Josue's house for dinner. We had a great time eating barbeque, playing music, and playing air hockey. While we were there, Holly found a frog outside and named it "Flycatcher."

Visit from Cam

Holly got a special visit from her cousin Cam this week. They had all kinds of fun together.

Father's Day

For Father's Day, my family bought me a pig-shaped grill. We cooked some bacon cheeseburgers and hot dogs. Yum!

Joe's Crab Shack

Today we went to Joe's Crab Shack. This is the first time we've visited the one here in Baton Rouge. I love this place!

Bayou Country Superfest

The Bayou Country Superfest is taking place at LSU. I went over and explored and took a couple of pictures.

Geocache at the Library

I went to the library today and found something unusual. When I was looking for a book about baseball statistics I found an erroneous book on the shelf. It didn't have a title on the spine so I opened it up and found out that it was a geocache. I've heard of geocaching before - it's an activity where people hide something and you have to find it using GPS coordinates but I've never tried it. I sure didn't expect to accidentally happen upon a geocache!