Doing Better

John slept from 8:30 to 8:30 and got up and wandered down the freshly slick, hosed down sidewalks of the French Quarter with me this morning; and then took a four hour nap from which he's awakened far more refreshed. He's doing pretty well. I'm feeling fine, especially after my breakfast of two beignet, one of the thing rolled-up scrambled eggs, three thin, crisp slices of bacon, a small cup of grits, and feeding my dry French bread to the pigeons and the last of the bacon to a cat that wandered through. The cat purred and purred and then eyed the sparrows who landed for the crumbs.

I learned that sparrows like powdered sugar, too.

The best thing was that the Beignet Cafe on Royal didn't have much of a line at all. My cafe au latte was perfect, and I found out that they do use an yeast, raised mix rather than the purely baking powder ones that Cafe du Monde does, which is probably why I like them better.

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Doing Better

John slept from 8:30 to 8:30 and got up and wandered down the freshly slick, hosed down sidewalks of the French Quarter with me this morning; and then took a four hour nap from which he's awakened far more refreshed. He's doing pretty well. I'm feeling fine, especially after my breakfast of two beignet, one of the thing rolled-up scrambled eggs, three thin, crisp slices of bacon, a small cup of grits, and feeding my dry French bread to the pigeons and the last of the bacon to a cat that wandered through. The cat purred and purred and then eyed the sparrows who landed for the crumbs.

I learned that sparrows like powdered sugar, too.

The best thing was that the Beignet Cafe on Royal didn't have much of a line at all. My cafe au latte was perfect, and I found out that they do use an yeast, raised mix rather than the purely baking powder ones that Cafe du Monde does, which is probably why I like them better.

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