November 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on November 17, 2010
FALL HARVEST – UNEARTH FUN IDEAS! By Dianne de Las Casas Thanksgiving is a special time in the United States. It is a time we celebrate our bountiful harvests. Traditionally, that meant crops which kept families fed during harsh winters. Now it means all the blessings, big and little, we have to be thankful for. [...]
November 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on November 17, 2010
Friends: Marita and I did a special presentation of The Gigantic Sweet Potato, our new Fall 2010 book, at the Barnes & Noble store in Mandeville, Louisiana. The story time area was packed with little fans, both old and new! Marita worked her illustration magic on her sketch pad while I busied children from the [...]
November 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on November 17, 2010
Friends: On Sunday, the family and I met some friends at the Oak Street Po Boy Festival in uptown New Orleans. There were po boy vendors everywhere and tons of different kinds of po boys: hot sausage, shrimp and remoulade, roast beef debris, pork belly and pepper jelly, fried chicken, duck confit, shredded pork and [...]
November 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on November 17, 2010
Friends: This past Saturday, Marita Gentry and I had a special presentation of The Gigantic Sweet Potato at Barnes & Noble in Harvey, Louisiana. We had a wonderful crowd with lots of friends and fans showing up. Everyone really enjoyed Marita’s live illustration! I told the story with boisterous participation from the audience and it [...]
November 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on November 17, 2010
Friends: Kid Chef Eliana and I had a joint book signing this past weekend at A Tisket A Tasket gift shop in the French Quarter. Eliana signed her new cookbook, Eliana Cooks! and I signed my children’s books, The Gigantic Sweet Potato, Mama’s Bayou, Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach, and The Cajun Cornbread Boy. From [...]
November 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on November 1, 2010
Friends: My family did a big Halloween celebration on Saturday night but I love the holiday and love dressing up so when my friend, Karen, invited me to her house for an informal gathering, I leaped at the chance. Eliana’s cousin, Camrynn, was with us and she didn’t have a costume so I quickly threw [...]