Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of the reception venue for Ashley's wedding. It is the Tchoupitoulas Cedar Grove Plantation. The new owners have recently added an addition to the property, but it still has the charm of the old plantation.

Ashley and I met with the owner today to finalize everything and of course to pay the balance...yikes! We picked out the menu, discussed the drink options - which of course, is no alcohol and talked about the music.

Southern wedding receptions are different from the Northern/Midwest receptions that I was used to. Up North, we didn't have groom's cake. The meal was usually a sit down dinner - where as here in New Orleans, most receptions are buffet and hand passed foods. Cake pulls - I had never heard of until we moved to New Orleans and of course a Second Line is pure New Orleans.

And then there is the menu. We have a few people coming down from up North, so I had to make sure there was some chicken and beef. But for the most part Seafood reigns here on the Gulf. Shrimp, Crab and Crawfish...yum! Of course we will have Gumbo and Jambalaya as well.