(Cover of this morning's Times-Picayune)
There is so much to talk about, and so much to remember. Of all the amazing moments, one of the most touching post-game memories for me was watching our hero Drew Brees hold up his baby boy, who just turned one in January.
The picture below of their little family celebrating in the midst of all the chaos is precious...Hard to tell if he is more proud of holding the Lombardi trophy, or just so taken in the moment, and grateful for his wife and child.
As far as the epic Mid-Atlantic "Snowmageddon" - Chevy Chase, MD got just shy of 30" of snow. Initially it was pretty cool! Took a late night stroll on Friday in the snow, and had an opportunity to snap some beautiful photos.
Dad and M were so kind to not only take care of us, but many of our neighbors. There were no signs of our street getting plowed, and a neighbor had a little two-year-old that desperately needed to get to the doctor. M and Dad rallied the male neighbors, and they shoveled and manually snow plowed the entire block, so they could get the little one to the doctor. LOVE IT. We were so fortunate to not lose heat or power through the major storm. I pray that everyone who did has been turned back on by now.
Our street finally got major snow plowed late this afternoon, and we finally made it back home. I can hardly believe that they are calling for 10-20" of more snow starting tomorrow afternoon!
I have so much to catch up on, but for now I leave you with my Super Fab Super Bowl Menu! More pics and recipes to follow....
WHO DAT NATION
BLACK & GOLD SUPERBOWL XVIV MENU
BRUNCH
Tropical French Toast with New Orleans Saints Sugar
Black Pepper Bacon Defense
Super Scrambled Eggs
Shockey Mango/Strawberry Smoothies
Cafe Au Lait Warm-ups
PRE-GAME APPETIZERS AND BEVERAGES
Central Grocery-style Mini Muffulettas
Mini Crab Cakes with Lehman Sauce
Southern Sweet Tea with Crushed Ice and Extra Lemons
THE BIG GAME
Pat O'Brien Hurricanes
Fat Harry's Special - Select Bourbon
(Bulleit, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel, Gentleman Jack) with choice of mixers
Selection of Red and White wines
(Presented in Lilly Wine Bottle Sleeves - even the Super Bowl needs a touch of Lilly!)
Cajun Boiled Shrimp with Lemons and Zesty Remoulade sauce
Uptown Vegetable Crudites
St. Charles Avenue Fruit Salad
Halftime Lemon-Vegetable Pasta Salad
Cajun Party BBQ Fried Riblets
Homemade 'Willie Mae's Scotch House'-Style Fried Chicken
CJ's Cajun Gumbo with Andouille and Chicken
Zapp's VooDoo Chips
DESSERT
Randazzo's Fleur-da-licious King Cake
Black and Gold Doubloon Chocolate Chip Cookies
(King Cake on ice in 30" of snow!)
Can't wait to get to New Orleans this week to feel the energy of our town, and continue the SUPER BOWL victory celebration with friends and family!
WHO DAT FOREVER BABY!!
Hope your week is off to a great start!
XOXO,
Trish
AMAZING MENU!! Drooling over here!! I have been having a horrible king cake craving lately. Delicious!!
ReplyDeleteIt was a great game!
I am so thrilled for the Saints! It was an amazing game...loved every minute of it!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Drew Brees with his baby was so touching!
Stop it with the menu, I'm stealing those ideas you know.
ReplyDeleteMade more muffalettas Sunday, than I care to ever remember.
Congrats, were headed in to the big celebration today.
Posting pictures upon return.
Love,
The Bumpkin
Congrats on the huge win! I'm totally LOVING your menu over here! :-) Ours was pretty similar.....have a great day and try to maintain sanity in all that SNOW! XOXO
ReplyDeleteWOW! That menu sounded amazing!! I was so excited the Saints won.
ReplyDeleteWow - that is an incredible menu and fabulous decor, right down to the Lilly wine sleeves! You can come plan our parties anytime Miss PPLL, you are amazing! That King cake is awesome, we're guessing it tasted as good as it looked too. Congratulations on the big win, we watched the parade this afternoon, it is just a great story.
ReplyDeleteSending you a smile, and hopes that Snowpocalypse Round Two isn't awful.
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I LOVE Randazzo's!! We're having one delivered for Fat Tuesday. We celebrated the Saints win with Red Beans & Rice.
ReplyDeleteLOVED THE WHOLE DAY!!!
Ahhh, Drew Brees is SO CUTE!
ReplyDeleteI love the menu and the spread! I looked at it all three times! Great job:) I thought Drew Brees and his family were adorable. His little boy is has THE most precious face! Geaux Saints!
ReplyDeleteI'm behind the ball, on comments and reading, but that is an incredible party and spread. Well Done.
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