C’est la Vie

Every now and then, a little rain must fall. And today it poured once more in New Brunswick. It forced us to seek out indoor pursuits — first a library and then a small harbour restaurant in Miramichi who were true to their Facebook posting of 1/2 price mussels — ridiculously delicious. Throw in Oysters Rockefeller and crab-stuffed mushrooms and it was a most memorable meal.

Apparently holiday calories don’t count so the scrumptious lemon blueberry shortcake was not fattening one bit.

The rain continued to fall, so we drove up the Acadien coast and found our way to a small community hall in Evangeline where a Cajun/creole band from Louisiana had the locals dancing in the aisles. It was a by donation event and we were offered a yummy seafood gumbo as we entered.

It seems when it rains it opens up culinary doors for us. C’est la vie.Baca selengkapnya