“Football’s back!”
We joined the New Orleans Athletic Club on Monday. We toured a few weeks ago and finally took the plunge (pun intended.) This club is located downtown on the edge of the French Quarter and began in 1872. You can read all about the interesting history here:
https://neworleansathleticclub.com/about/history
The character and the lovely pool were big selling points for me. As well as the reading library and bar. I’m looking forward to becoming a regular. Here are some pictures inside:
The club has a lot of classes each week and I think we’re going to really enjoy it.
The US Open tournament provided some very good entertainment this week – some of the highest quality tennis that I’ve seen in a while. I was pleased to see Steve Gleason in attendance:
We watched the kickoff to the football season at Dos Jefes cigar and jazz bar. It was so nice to listen to the Mark Coleman band, with the very talented John Fohl sitting in, while watching the Kansas City Chiefs eke out a win over Baltimore.
I treated McD to Happy Hour at the Bower on Friday afternoon. They really have great snacks on the special menu. Here Diana is demonstrating how to eat spaghetti for Steve – he cut his up with a knife and fork on our San Diego trip:
We went for our visit to the NOAC on Saturday morning. I enjoyed a swim (before being ousted by the water aerobics ladies – got to pay attention to the schedule). I treated Diana to brunch at Elizabeth’s in the Bywater area after our visit. This is an excellent brunch restaurant – we loved our “pig candy” (praline bacon) and Florentine benedict with fried oysters.
After brunch, we met the boys at Cooter Brown’s for a little bit of college football watching.
Both the Cowboys and Saints had convincing wins to kickoff their campaigns – making for a pleasant Sunday all around.
I’m skipping the book and music sections for this post as I try to get caught up again.
Coexist peacefully, with kindness and patience for all!