Ken, my son Tom moved to Albuquerque several years ago, won a trip to New Orleans at work. His fiance did not wish to travel with him & their co-workers that won the trip also, so he asked me to fly to Albuquerque & go. He also talked his good friend into taking his Mom instead of his girlfriend (she was the unhappiest of the ones involved. ha ha) It was more fun, I met the other mom as we boarded the plane for New Orleans & we were very compatible! His company had so many great things planned, trips out to tour those old plantations etc, dinner trips down the river, on that boat is where Tom bought me these extra large beads, in the Mardi Gras colors, gold, purple & for white, pearls. The other mom and I would go out at night with them, but we usually went back to the hotel, changed to more casual clothes then walked down the gangplank to the Casino like boat permanently docked there. It was fun to see Tom get his trophy award one night at dinner in the hotel. Anyway, it was a great trip and for years now I have tried to tell his now wife, Veronica that it is still unsuitable for her to travel with him, but she just laughs and packs her bags!! I love New Orleans. 1. Our senior trip in 1955 we rented a nice bus & went for a week. There were about four of us girls way to young to go out to the places most of the kids went to, so the two adults took us to one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. The Blue Room in the Roosevelt Hotel, as we walked in the song; "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" was playing. That place made such an impression on this 16 yr old girl. Never forgot it or the two Cuban looking dancers, when they went to dance the others cleared the floor and it was fantastic. 2. In the 70s I drove down from where we were living near a base in Wichita, Kan, dropped the kids off with Mom & Dad and flew down for an R & R with Joe in N.O. that was a lot of fun. He was TDY to Florida for 6 mos.. 3. In the 1990s was the trip with Tom. 4. 1999/2000 We left out of New Orleans on a Millennium Cruise. 5. Couple of years ago left out of there for another cruise to diff places. That time his nephew and wife lived there, took us to a Crawfish Festival. We had a ball, love that zydeco music & ate crawdads & the other food they had cooked up at the festival. Brought home a zydeco cd, great for doing housework to! OK, ready for another trip, any offers? ha ha It's been good talking at you today!! Nova . In a message dated 2/10/2013 12:36:59 A.M. Central Standard Time, palmertree.listowner@gmail.com writes: Nova, It's great to have good memories of things in your past. If your mom was anything like you, I know she must have been a really fun person. Hold on to and cherish those memories all through your life. Ken PS - I noticed you said your son "bought" them for you. You sure about that???? Ken Mom's been gone since 09 but today I ran across a pic of her I took in 2004 when just to have something different I took my large Mardi Gras beads that my son bought me in New Orleans and put them and sun glasses on Mom and took her pic. I took a Mardi Gra cake and snacks just to have something different. Mom was having fun until I told her how most people really get those beads or the story anyway. She told me she didn't want me to show that pic of her to anyone, she sure didn't want anyone thinking she flashed someone to get those beads. Just the idea of this 90 yr old woman thinking someone would think she flashed someone in New Orleans was hilarious to me!! I've laughed several times today just thinking about it. She was a corker!!! Always fun!! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I worked with a girl who went to N.O for Mardi Gras.  She had got a new camera to take.  Some floats were coming & she wanted to make a picture. Her elbow got hit & she dropped the camera.  She couldn't bend over to get it, so she waited & when the crowd moved away the camera was damage so bad that she had to throw it away. ________________________________ From: "Srod46@aol.com" <Srod46@aol.com> To: palmertree@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [PTREE] "Don't look, Ethel!" Ken, my son Tom moved to Albuquerque several years ago, won a trip to New  Orleans at work. His fiance did not wish to travel with him & their  co-workers that won the trip also, so he asked me to fly to Albuquerque &  go. He also talked his good friend into taking his Mom instead of his girlfriend  (she was the unhappiest of the ones involved. ha ha) It was more fun, I met the  other mom as we boarded the plane for New Orleans & we were very  compatible!  His company had so many great things planned, trips out to tour those old  plantations etc, dinner trips down the river, on that boat is where Tom  bought me these extra large beads, in the Mardi Gras colors, gold, purple &  for white, pearls.  The other mom and I would go out at night with them, but we usually went  back to the hotel, changed to more casual clothes then walked down the  gangplank to the Casino like boat permanently docked there. It was fun to see  Tom get his trophy award one night at dinner in the hotel. Anyway, it was a great trip and for years now I have tried to tell his now  wife, Veronica that it is still unsuitable for her to travel with him, but she  just laughs and packs her bags!! I love New Orleans. 1. Our senior trip in 1955 we rented a nice  bus & went for a week. There were about four of us girls  way to young to go out to the places most of the kids went to, so the two adults  took us to one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. The Blue Room in the  Roosevelt Hotel, as we walked in the song; "Cherry Pink and Apple  Blossom White" was playing. That place made such an impression on this  16 yr old girl. Never forgot it or the two Cuban looking dancers, when they went  to dance the others cleared the floor and it was fantastic. 2. In the 70s I drove down from where we were living near a base in  Wichita, Kan, dropped the kids off with Mom & Dad and flew down for an R  & R with Joe in N.O.  that was a lot of fun. He was TDY to Florida for  6 mos..  3. In the 1990s  was the trip with Tom. 4. 1999/2000  We left out of New Orleans on a Millennium  Cruise. 5.  Couple of years ago left out of there for another cruise to  diff places. That time his nephew and wife lived there, took us to a Crawfish  Festival. We had a ball, love that zydeco music & ate crawdads  & the other food they had cooked up at the festival. Brought home a zydeco  cd, great for doing housework to! OK, ready for another trip, any offers?  ha ha  It's been good  talking at you today!!  Nova . In a message dated 2/10/2013 12:36:59 A.M. Central Standard Time,  palmertree.listowner@gmail.com writes: Nova, It's great to have good memories of things in your  past. If your mom was anything like you, I know she must have been a really  fun person. Hold on to and cherish those memories all through  your  life. Ken PS - I noticed you said your son "bought"  them for you. You sure about that???? Ken Mom's been gone  since 09 but today I ran across a pic of her I took in 2004 when just to  have something different I took my large Mardi Gras beads that my  son  bought me in New Orleans and put them and sun glasses on Mom and took  her  pic. I took a Mardi Gra cake and snacks just to have  something different. Mom was having fun until I told her how most people  really get those beads or the story anyway. She told me she didn't want me  to show that pic of her to  anyone, she sure didn't want anyone  thinking she flashed someone  to get those beads. Just the idea of  this 90 yr old woman thinking someone would think  she flashed someone  in New Orleans was hilarious to me!! I've laughed several  times today  just thinking about it. She was a corker!!! Always  fun!! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the  list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word  'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the  message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I haven't been to New Orleans in a long time. I got married in 1959 and my late husband worked for the government. He had to go to the office in NO now and then. We lived and worked in Memphis. I worked at the newspaper and had odd hours -- but could manage time off if I wanted. I would take the City of New Orleans from Memphis (leaving about 5:30 p.m. Friday) and come home Monday - leave NO at 7:30 a.m. and get back about 5 p.m. I did that twice ... forget which hotel we stayed at. I remember dining at the Commanders Palace and I think Brennan's....and seeing Pete Fountain and Al Hirt. It was a fun place to visit. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Srod46@aol.com> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [PTREE] "Don't look, Ethel!" > Ken, my son Tom moved to Albuquerque several years ago, won a trip to New > Orleans at work. His fiance did not wish to travel with him & their > co-workers that won the trip also, so he asked me to fly to Albuquerque & > go. He > also talked his good friend into taking his Mom instead of his girlfriend > (she was the unhappiest of the ones involved. ha ha) It was more fun, I > met > the other mom as we boarded the plane for New Orleans & we were very > compatible! > His company had so many great things planned, trips out to tour those old > plantations etc, dinner trips down the river, on that boat is where Tom > bought me these extra large beads, in the Mardi Gras colors, gold, purple > & > for white, pearls. > The other mom and I would go out at night with them, but we usually went > back to the hotel, changed to more casual clothes then walked down the > gangplank to the Casino like boat permanently docked there. It was fun to > see > Tom get his trophy award one night at dinner in the hotel. > Anyway, it was a great trip and for years now I have tried to tell his now > wife, Veronica that it is still unsuitable for her to travel with him, but > she just laughs and packs her bags!! > > I love New Orleans. 1. Our senior trip in 1955 we rented a nice bus & > went > for a week. There were about four of us girls way to young to go out to > the places most of the kids went to, so the two adults took us to one of > the > most beautiful places I've ever seen. The Blue Room in the Roosevelt > Hotel, > as we walked in the song; "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" was > playing. That place made such an impression on this 16 yr old girl. Never > forgot > it or the two Cuban looking dancers, when they went to dance the others > cleared the floor and it was fantastic. > 2. In the 70s I drove down from where we were living near a base in > Wichita, Kan, dropped the kids off with Mom & Dad and flew down for an R > & R with > Joe in N.O. that was a lot of fun. He was TDY to Florida for 6 mos.. > > 3. In the 1990s was the trip with Tom. > > 4. 1999/2000 We left out of New Orleans on a Millennium Cruise. > > 5. Couple of years ago left out of there for another cruise to diff > places. That time his nephew and wife lived there, took us to a Crawfish > Festival. We had a ball, love that zydeco music & ate crawdads & the > other food > they had cooked up at the festival. Brought home a zydeco cd, great for > doing > housework to! > > OK, ready for another trip, any offers? ha ha It's been good talking at > you today!! Nova > > . > > In a message dated 2/10/2013 12:36:59 A.M. Central Standard Time, > palmertree.listowner@gmail.com writes: > > Nova, > > It's great to have good memories of things in your past. If your mom was > anything like you, I know she must have been a really fun person. > > Hold on to and cherish those memories all through your life. > > Ken > > PS - I noticed you said your son "bought" them for you. You sure about > that???? > > Ken > > Mom's been gone since 09 but today I ran across a pic of her I took in > 2004 > when just to have something different I took my large Mardi Gras beads > that > my son bought me in New Orleans and put them and sun glasses on Mom and > took her pic. I took a Mardi Gra cake and snacks just to have something > different. > Mom was having fun until I told her how most people really get those > beads > or the story anyway. She told me she didn't want me to show that pic of > her > to anyone, she sure didn't want anyone thinking she flashed someone to > get > those beads. Just the idea of this 90 yr old woman thinking someone would > think she flashed someone in New Orleans was hilarious to me!! I've > laughed > several times today just thinking about it. > She was a corker!!! Always fun!! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message