Monday, August 4, 2014

Happy 60th, Sugar!

Happy 60th birthday to my “favorite” aunt, Sugar. Sugar is my mom’s younger sister, and she has always been there for me. I was so happy to celebrate this milestone with her this past weekend.

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We celebrated at a local New Orleans institution on Friday, Galatoire’s Restaurant in the French Quarter. Galatoire’s for lunch on a Friday is one of the hardest places to dine. No reservations are accepted. Locals and tourists alike know what a great time Friday lunches are. Here’s how our day went down. J hired someone to stand in line at 9:30 AM (The restaurant does not open until 11:30 AM.) She charges $60.00 to do so. We were happy when she reported to J that we were 6th in line and would definitely getting a table for our party of 10. If you have never experienced Galatoire’s for lunch on a Friday, you must add it to your bucket list. The restaurant is loud, lively, and energy-filled. The drinks flowed like water from a broken levee (maybe not a great analogy New Orleanians).

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galatoires

outside

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with host

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The family treated Sugar to a terrific lunch. We had fun and took lots and lots of pics.

Lemon fish.

lemon fish

Drum fish.

drum fish

Filet.

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More pics.

Brad and co

family

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honey co ron

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jane and ju

laurie and jane

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laurie and charlie

with friend

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with laurie2

Still standing, we walked to the The Carousel Bar afterwards for a few more cocktails and ran into some of our friends from Thibodaux, my hometown.

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ron and jeff

maria connie

ron maria jeff

jaime sugar

jamie maria

jamie

the gang

Needless to say, I was quite overserved and did not do hardly a thing on Saturday except catch up on Orange is the New Black, Season 2 (Yes! I’m addicted!).

To mark her special 60th birthday, I had Jax Frey of Art by Jax paint a custom mini Galatoire’s with a door sign stating “Happy 60th Sugar”. Sugar loved it and will be the perfect keepsake from this most special day.

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Cheers to 60, y’all!

8 comments:

  1. Good morning, Ron! Looks like y'all celebrated Sugar's birthday in style! Happy 60th birthday, Sugar! I'm so sorry that we didn't get to hook up again this weekend--maybe next time. Have a great day! xoxo

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  2. Happy birthday to Sugar - she looks beautiful...and that mini by Jax is absolute perfection!!!

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  3. What a fun time! Aunt Sugar is beautiful.

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  4. This post just made me smile! What a fun way to celebrate 60!! She is lovely and everyone looked happy and enjoying the day and the cocktails!! Love the mini, what a thoughtful gift! I want a JAX mini of Antoine's since it's where I celebrate a birthday back in my 20's! Aunt Sugar had a birthday to remember!
    hugs,
    Linda

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  5. Hi Ron, such a sweet celebration. Looks like you all had great fun, good food and fabulous cocktails. xo

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  6. What a fabulous birthday treat! Your Aunt is radiant and blessed to have such a loving family.

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  7. Looks like ya'll had a lot of fun! The Art by Jax piece you had made for Sugar was such a nice idea! Happy Birthday to your aunt!

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  8. Fun times! I'm so glad she had a great celebration plus she looks so young. There's always a line at G's isn't there? Perfect place to party though! :)

    xo
    Pat

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