June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 30, 2011
Friends: Yesterday, Kid Chef Eliana taught cooking classes at Camp Girl Power in Destrehan, Louisiana. First, she began with a presentation on stage. She sang, talked about her life as a kid chef, her travels, and answered questions. The girls were divided into groups of three. We set up stations in the kitchen where they [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 30, 2011
Friends: It has been a fabulous, non-stop week in New Orleans! The American Library Association (ALA) was in town for their annual conference. I was so excited to play hostess because I live in New Orleans! THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011 On Thursday, I picked up my good friend, Katie Davis (children’s book author/illustrator and host [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 23, 2011
Friends: Because I live here in New Orleans, everyone has been asking me for my New Orleans Food and Drink recommendations. These are places where my family and I have dined. I categorized the establishments by locality. This is a quick and dirty list. You can Google the addresses and directions. If you want to [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 22, 2011
Friends: This past Sunday, I threw a “Cupcake Cutie” birthday bash sleepover for Eliana to celebrate her 11th birthday! This is what the table looked like. This is what the individual place settings looked like. We had to kinds of cupcake plates and lots of hot pink! First the girls made taco salad cupcakes, taco [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 22, 2011
Friends: This past Saturday, I performed at the NAS Belle Chasse Library for their summer reading program, which was themed “A Mid-Summer Knight’s Read.” It was a special performance for me because my mom, who retired last month, worked on base for many years, my step-dad still works there, and I am a certified Navy [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 22, 2011
Friends: This past Friday, I performed at the St. Bernard Parish Library for the summer reading program. I opened with a gift to Janet Perez, the children’s librarian. I gave her a set of poi balls from my trip to Hawaii. Poi balls are balls at the end of a long yard rope that are [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 22, 2011
Friends: On Friday, the day after we flew back from Hawaii, Kid Chef Eliana had a cooking demonstration for young chef summer campers at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New Orleans. She demonstrated her “Fresh from the Garden Salsa” from her cookbook, Eliana Cooks! Recipes for Creative Kids. What was cool was that [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 22, 2011
Friends: Day 10 was a special day in Hawaii for us. It was June 15th, Eliana’s birthday, and she turned 11 in Hawaii! It was also our last day on the Big Island. We were flying to the Mainland later that day. So we decided to spend our last few hours at Hapuna Beach, a [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 22, 2011
Friends: Day 9 began with the pretty drive south from Waikoloa to Captain Cook, Hawaii. There, we ate at The Coffee Shack, a restaurant highly recommended by the locals. I saw my first Madagascar gecko at The Coffee Shack! For breakfast, I had a Portuguese sausage eggs benedict platter. Talk about Ono!!! Yum! After eating [...]
June 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on June 22, 2011
Friends: On Day 8 of our Hawaiian vacation, we did so much! We woke up early and went to Anaeho’omalu Bay to take a glass bottom boat tour of the bay. This is a view of the shore from the boat. We learned so much about the sea life on the glass bottom boat tour. [...]
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