Sunday Open House 1 to 3

Kathleen and Gary mostly talked about restaurants.

 We checked out the real estate scene in New Orleans today and met a very personable realtor, just in case you're ever interested in finding property around here. (No jokes about flooded attics, please)
We warned Realtor Gary Lazarus that we're dangerous snowbirds from Minnesota, known to pull the trigger on impulse -- we have purchased two houses off the Parade of Homes. That was fine with him, but by the looks of things, he won't be needing any help from us.

He was showing a $529,000 townhouse on Jena near Freret from 1 to 3 today, and there were non-stop visitors from the time we got there. It was a nice place, three stories, four bedrooms and four baths. The master suite took the entire second floor. Gary thought we might be more the smaller condo type like the one he's selling down the street, and he's right.
There's not a lot of housing inventory available right now in New Orleans. Howard stopped by and lamented that nobody is building anything new, so the available housing gets expensive -- and are usually cash sales.

New Orleans nesters.

There's tons of rehabbing and upgrades going on of course, but the used homes that get offered for sale get snapped up fast. It's just as well. We are NOT in the market. We are NOT in the market. But it was fun to look and Gary didn't mind.
What we were in the market for was a good hamburger in this fish and gumbo town. Gary sent us around the corner to The Company Burger on Freret -- and, apologies to Dr. John, definitely the right place at the right time. Jacques-Imos will have to wait.
We walked it all off with a late afternoon stroll, spotted a nice couple building their nest here.
Good for them. These snowbirds are just visiting.

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Hand-cut sweet-potato fries,  thick cut onion rings-- buttermilk hand-battered. 

The pickles are made in house.