Monday, February 15, 2010. Lundi Gras. It feels as if the entire city of New Orleans has been on vacation since Christmas. In fact, the Wall Street Journal published an article last week to make that very point. Between the Saints and Mardi Gras, nobody's doing anything. I thought about going into town, but decided against it. Nobody's in the office! Restaurants are closed all over town! Who needs me?
Nothing doing at home, either. Mary Ann went into town to spend the day with her brother Lee, who every year takes a suite at the Windsor Court Hotel for the entire Mardi Gras weekend. He's an architect who spends a lot of his time testifying in court as an expert witness. His wife Valarie throws great parties. Meanwhile, Mary Leigh still has not come home from her weekend in town with friends. How can I complain about any of this when I myself just got back from a cruise?
Lunch at the Thai Chili: chicken with green curry and eggplant, one of my favorites. The place was nearly empty, as usual. The food is consistently excellent. But there are too many Thai restaurants in the Mandeville-Covington area.
Thai Chili is next door to the AT&T store, which is mainly why I went there. Last week I bought a replacement there for my five-year-old cellphone--the one that the mugger in Belize stole from me. I forgot to get a charger to use in my car. (Why are those things thirty dollars?) I'm miffed that because the other members of my family have taken five upgrades in the last two years, I am not eligible for one myself, and had to pay a surcharge of $75 to get a less good phone than even Mary Ann has. Her iPhone exceeds her ability to use its capabilities (this is by her own admission) by a factor of about nine. She likes it because the buttons are big.
Thai Chili. Covington: 1102 N. US 190 985-809-0180. Thai.
