Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 20, 2023

Stephan will have to reimburse for the plane fare and hotel room.

Is this a tourism ad for New Orleans?

Also, what kind of bar uses paper cups and straws?

And it’s not ever Mardis Gras.

hopefully Pastis gotcomped for all the free advertising

After all that, he’ll be too fat to lean forward and sign. He’ll have to sign at arm’s length. He’ll also have trouble flying home.

No one will enter the book shop after that. Too much gas.

An example of food for thought!

I waited for hours.

In New Orleans you can grab your drink to go and walk the streets drinking it. Does paper cups make more sense now?

I went to NOLA a couple of weeks ago, was not favorably impressed

That explains the belly!

You spent too much time with Pig, Stephan!

Hotel Monteleone’s beignets are amazing!

I just love me some beignets.

Great now I’m hungry

Parkway has one of the best Po Boy’s in town!

Oh, sure, you got lots of delicious food in N’awleans, but in Detroit you got… uh… a very close friend named Bubba?

My brother went to New Orleans twice for business conferences (he is involved in the traffic light department of the city where we live). He hopes with all of his heart not to go there ever again.

I’d get distracted by my favorite NFL team. Who Dat!

Say “Hi” to Justin Wilson, and be sure to ask him what a Cajun is.

Totally excusable. LSU used to have a conference on computational physics just before Mardi Gras, and I attended it twice. I have no very clear recollection of the physics discussed, but the food made a lasting impression!

Aren’t you supposed to get beignets from Cafe du Monde?

No Snowball from Robert’s??

Don’t forget the gooey butter cake, toasted ravs, & Ted Drewes this weekend!

Beignets from Cafe du Monde, if you please.

Tried it once, felt foolish sitting there, never did another book signing event.

Hope he doesn’t get shot in Memphis. Bet his rental car gets stolen or broken into .

We are not fans of the Big Easy. Yes, the food is wonderful, but it’s horribly expensive. Drive west a couple of hours to Lafayette, the heart of Cajun Country. The food is heavenly, and it is much, much more reasonably priced. Oh, and the “Cajun Food Tour” is just unbelievably good.

Now that I am remembering how much fun and and how delicious both times we took the tour were, I have just decided that we are going back again, and we live in North Carolina.

No matter where you live, make the trip to Lafayette, go there and take the Cajun Food Tour. You will thank me afterward.

And waited in a bunch of really long lines. He could’ve signed books then.

I’ve always said that if you leave Louisana hungry, it’s your own d@mn fault!

And don’t forget Cafe Au Lait and and warm Beignets with powdered sugar!! Try to ignore the mimes. They’re annoying.

My daughter lives in Louisiana. We go out to eat in Lake Charles when I visit her. The Cajun food is great, almost as good as Mexican. :-q

I can relate! The food is AWSOME in New Orleans!

Books make money, Steph. Food uses it.

If you brought those delicacies to your book signing attendance would be up.

Okay, now I am hungry!

oh yes it is

Speaking of book signings, here in Madison we just kicked off the Wisconsin Book Festival last night with an excellent presentation (followed by a signing) from Michael Waldman about his recently released book The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America. Many more wonderful books on the docket as well over the next few weeks. (I love books.) If you’re in the area, check ’em out:

wisconsinbookfestival.Org

Visited there within the past year. Great history and certainly great food but an absolutely horrid garbage and litter system in the French quarter.

What… not Cafe du Monde for beignets?!

Hope you did enjoy some of their local food

Bust a gut!

Don’t forget the Jazz! Be sure to hit Preservation Hall!

LOL!

Also distracted by booze!!

There are places where food’s good in the US. Especially where french, Italian or Hungarians settled. And even good bread where Germans relocated to.

BEST CHEAP FOOD IN NEW ORLEANS—-Acme Oyster House

BEST EXPENSIVE FOOD IN NEW ORLEANS—Commander’s Palace

And never order a “Milk Punch”>They’re disgusting.

Not just authors Stephan ♥ hope you didn’t miss Mother’s!

I’ve visited NOLA often enough that their food is the number 1 priority.

You should try the bacon next… :D

He blew the whole tour budget right there. Plus the profit from any sales.

Like Homer Simpson’s own tour of New Orleans.

The food is definitely the best part of the city.

Shoulda just stayed in jail…

Poor New Orleans! Cursed with fine dining.

We don’t need no stinkin’ book signin’!

(Still, shame on Cartoon-Boy….)

We played against a softball team here called the Muffalettas; they really never won many games, but they were a great bunch of guys with great attitudes, they had a good time together…

Most of the Bars in New Orleans do because you’re walking around & drinking!

Ahh! I love that he worked in Garden District Book Shop, where he has an actual book signing this Sunday (Oct 22)!