Back at the Rec Center
Posted by: David Bunch
Today Farrah and I started our Saturday as we always do. Breakfast at Coffee Call. Now, for those of you who aren't from South Louisiana, I don't know if you'll know what beignets and cafe au lait are. But down here, they are something of a tradition. Beignets (ben yays) are similar to donuts in that they are deep fried squares of dough (they also come in "fingers"). But instead of glazing them, covering them with chocolate, adding candy drops, or dipping them in barbecue sauce, they are simply sprinkled with powdered sugar. This makes for the tastiest pastry (and probably the most unhealthy) that you've ever had. As for the cafe au lait, this is a coffee and steamed milk drink. I believe it is called Cafe Americano at Starbucks (could someone out there verify?). But I'm telling you, much as I like Starbucks, they can't touch a cup o' cafe au lait from Coffee Call.
From there we went for a Saturday morning work out at the LSU Rec Center. This is new in our Saturday routine because as you'll recall we just joined last Monday. We had quite an interesting experience at the Rec today. Remember how I was lamenting my lack of sporting wear? Well, no more. Today the first people we see when we walk in is a young family, about our age, with 2 small children (toddlers). These guys were dressed in flip flops, cargos and for the wife, a long flowing hippy skirt. Did I mention the flip flops? They proceeded to check out the Rec center before deciding that the best place to spend their time would be running around the track, as a family, in their you guessed it flip flops. We were struck with an odd mix of admiration for the total disregard for the "rules" that this young family had and a slight twinge of laughter at the hilarity of the moment. Alas, no more will I feel any self doubt in busting on in with my Hilfiger tennies and wind pants.
Looking forward to one more post on tomorrow,
Godspeed,
dB
Today Farrah and I started our Saturday as we always do. Breakfast at Coffee Call. Now, for those of you who aren't from South Louisiana, I don't know if you'll know what beignets and cafe au lait are. But down here, they are something of a tradition. Beignets (ben yays) are similar to donuts in that they are deep fried squares of dough (they also come in "fingers"). But instead of glazing them, covering them with chocolate, adding candy drops, or dipping them in barbecue sauce, they are simply sprinkled with powdered sugar. This makes for the tastiest pastry (and probably the most unhealthy) that you've ever had. As for the cafe au lait, this is a coffee and steamed milk drink. I believe it is called Cafe Americano at Starbucks (could someone out there verify?). But I'm telling you, much as I like Starbucks, they can't touch a cup o' cafe au lait from Coffee Call.
From there we went for a Saturday morning work out at the LSU Rec Center. This is new in our Saturday routine because as you'll recall we just joined last Monday. We had quite an interesting experience at the Rec today. Remember how I was lamenting my lack of sporting wear? Well, no more. Today the first people we see when we walk in is a young family, about our age, with 2 small children (toddlers). These guys were dressed in flip flops, cargos and for the wife, a long flowing hippy skirt. Did I mention the flip flops? They proceeded to check out the Rec center before deciding that the best place to spend their time would be running around the track, as a family, in their you guessed it flip flops. We were struck with an odd mix of admiration for the total disregard for the "rules" that this young family had and a slight twinge of laughter at the hilarity of the moment. Alas, no more will I feel any self doubt in busting on in with my Hilfiger tennies and wind pants.
Looking forward to one more post on tomorrow,
Godspeed,
dB
