I don't believe it!! I am really here for a while. I have never been to two zydeco breakfasts in a row!!! Ahhhh, life IS good.
Friends from New Orleans beat me there - they must have gotten on the road at 6am - but the crowd is light (for Cafe des Amis) and we get right in, sharing a table with a couple from New Zealand. See, at Cafe, the tables are so tightly packed, and in such high demand, that a table for 4 can't seat 2 for long. Sharing is just one more facet of the Breaux Bridge friendliness - and it makes good business sense.
Jo, who found a bed and a cup of coffee for me when I visited NOLA in December, brought her friend Phil, who is from Boston. He has been coming to NOLA yearly since Katrina to help with the rebuilding efforts. He works with a volunteer organization called Common Ground that is rebuilding in the Lower Ninth Ward.
What happens during zydeco breakfast? See last week's blog - dance while waiting, eat yummies, dance when done. This week we have Little Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers and they know how to wind up a crowd. I can't get close enough to see, but I think there is a littler Nathan on rubboard!!
Hey, what's with the iMAC on the dance floor? And the lights? Again? More filming? What? Is this some famous dance event? Guess so - everyday Life in Louisiana!!
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