i'd rather...

as you know, i have been confined to my (mom's) couch since monday afternoon... i literally have not left this house in days. cabin fever: check! there's only so much sudoku i can play, law and order reruns i can watch and websites i can visit (believe me, i've seen 'em all). so, i have decided to use my vast imagination with the assistance of visual aids from google images to travel far far away from the comforts of this living room.

i have slimmed down the list of places i would rather be right now from 48237 to a mere 4... it would've been 3, but seeing as how i have a really bad case of the "evens" (a self-diagnosed disorder in which one struggles with the idea of odd numbers) and i couldn't just choose 2.

first up is a little nugget of heaven right in the heart of the French Quarter... Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans. i have a weakness (okay, that's a serious understatement)... sick obsession is more like it, with sweets and coffee. what better place to get my fix than a shop that specializes in beignets ( a yummy deep fried dough pastry loaded with powdered sugar) and cafe au lait (fancy french speak for coffee with milk).

OMG! is your mouth salivating? are you contemplating booking a flight RIGHT NOW to NOLA? i can almost hear the toe tapping jazz music making its way through the busy streets of New Orleans and i can almost taste the artery-clogging goodness of fried and sugared deliciousness. mmmmm.... dying! for those of you out there who lack such a detailed imagination (its not always good thing to be able to vision all these wonderful things)... they do sell cafe du monde's signature chicory coffee and beignet mix online at www.cafedumonde.com and just a suggestion: buy in bulk.

.... sit tight for desperate destination #2.... because, well, i am lazy and like to keep you in suspense.