Breakfast set up part 1

Breakfast set up part 2

The cats

Vincent's birthday present

The owners bought Vincent this great birthday present: a chef's outfit with his name on it...He loves it ,and is now the official cook/chef!

I just wish the chef would do the dishes as well!...:)

Brynna and caterpillar

This morning ,I stepped on a poisonous bad mean caterpillar (it lodged itself in my trousers ,so I proceeded to disrobe in front the guests ,whilst screaming in pain...) Thank budha Ms Lisa (my boss) was here ,and she elevated my leg ,and put some kind of paste on it....It is better now....

Here is Brynna ,watering the plants...and killing the damn caterpillar.

For Vincent

Just for Vincent...I was walking home from the French Quarter Fest ,and walked right past Vincent's favorite bar (Buffa's) and on Vincent's favorite street ,Esplanade....

Vincent and Lola

French Quarter Fest

Whilst Vincent was in Amstelveen ,the famous French Quarter Fest was going on in Nola...It is the largest free music and food fest in the world ,and so much fun! Black, white,young,old,gay,lesbians,straight,we were all dancing in the streets of the French Quarter...and the food...oh my god,so yummie...

How different from the silly fests in Chicago...

I miss my husband though...

French Quarter Fest

I just love the way this lovely man is eating his crawfish ...only in Nola!

French Quarter Fest

JUST THE GIRLS

Vincent left yesterday ( on his birthday) to fly over to Amsterdam for a couple of days...

So its just the girls here at the B&B...

Today its Monique and I ,trying to make it through breakfast ,and then the rest of the week (until Vincent comes back) we have the lovely Brynna to help us (with the cooking)

This morning ,Alaintje tried to strangle himself....thank budha Monique was here to save him ,and cut him out of his entanglement...we have a cottage with a busted airco unit...and we are fully booked ,as I am checking 12 guests in today ,and of course they are all arriving at the same time...

I need a drink!

Brynna and Kyle

Here are some lovely pictures of Brynna and her boyfriend Kyle.

Brynna is our helper innkeeper.She helps us out on busy days (which is pretty much every day!) helps Vincent with the batch cooking,and in general has saved our asses many a day!

We found her,after her parents had stayed at the B&B.They were so wondeful,and they had mentioned that their daughter had just moved to Nola,and was looking for a job (she is a 26 year old jewelry designer) So since we really liked her parents,we figured the daughter would be just as lovely.

And she is!

We all love Brynna,and she has definitely become part of the B&B...

More crawfish boil

So Amy and George (our other boss) invited us over for a crawfish boil.They had bought 37 pounds of crawfish,and you boil it with potatoes,mushrooms,garlic,corn,sausage etc etc.when it is done,you put it on a table covered with newspapers,have a nice cold beer,and start eating!

We love the South!

Crawfish Boil

and more photos of the crawfish boil,and Amy's beautiful house (that was completely destroyed by Katrina by the way....)

Cat heaven

Here is Alaintje's favorite pose...lying on his back with his legs in the air,in the office.... and Dieudone in her tower...

No 1 photo

Here we are,toasting to our no 1 spot on Tripadvisor.

Yes we are the no 1 ranked B&B in New Orleans!

Vincent,Monique,Lisa and Rick (our boss!)