My breakfast partner<\/a> contended that I am “cool, awesome and handsome”, but three-year-olds’ standards are pretty low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As promised, here are pix of our French Quarter excursion from Saturday. We started out in the flea market at the edge of the Quarter, looking for cheap sunglasses and funny T-shirts. We batted .500 on that one. The Cafe Du Monde will reopen tomorrow. We’re getting married up in that building, with its great … <\/p>\n
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