City Girl Southern Roots: Louisiana Seafood Festival 2012

Seafood Lover's near and far came out to celebrate the local cuisine of Louisiana. The three-day festival offered live entertainment, celebrity chef cooking demonstrations, local arts and crafts and world-famous cuisine from top New Orleans restaurants and caterers. The Louisiana Seafood Pavilion gave festival goers the opportunity to purchase fresh, local seafood products and have them delivered to their home address...NICE! There was a Children’s Museum Pavilion with an area just for the kiddies, with hands-on activities and educational programs in a fun setting. They also had arts and crafts vendors selling plaster houses, seafood art designs, masks, original art on canvas, jewelry, photography and many more arts and crafts.

My friends and I camped out at Waldenberg Riverfront Park overlooking the Mississippi River and enjoyed some amazing seafood, music, snoballs, rum punch and strawberry comforts. It wasn't unusual to look over at the river and a cruise liner or old fashion paddle wheeler was passing by while a funk, zydeco or brass band was jamming on stage (we took pictures to make sure, just in case the rum punch and strawberry comforts were kicking in). You can't help but feel the love and energy around you. We are all there for the same reason; the feast, the music and good vibrations (check out the video below and you will see what I mean).

The south is all about their festivals and I love every minute of it. This was a reminder why it's so hard to call home (Los Angeles) home these days. My comfort zone is definitely set in Southeast Louisiana, so when people ask why I moved back to Louisiana I'll just tell them to follow my blog.

I am a TRUE city girl, with DEEP southern roots.