Promised Tour

The visits with our family in Louisiana,

almost always

include a trip into Natchitoches, a nearby town.

So grab a blanket &

hop on and take the promised tour!

~

Front Street is lined with shops, eateries &

the oldest general store in Louisiana.

I snapped a few shots inside Kaffie's while shopping.

Just imagine all those hard to find things (you can find them here)!

You can visit them on line Old Hardware Store.

This attic space is above the entrance.

Check out the old bicycles along with the shiny red wagons!

(love the little red fire truck & covered wagon)

The old cotton scale can be seen as you top the stairs.

Santa was busy at work,

 over by the old rope drawn elevator.

Upstairs was home to beautiful Christmas decorations for purchase.

I adore this old cabinet,

 filled with pine branches & decorations.

sorry I had to soften the edges, but the ladies did not sign a consent to have their pics taken :)

Let's head on down Front Street

The bank in the background is one of my favorites.

The combination of paint colors are beautiful.

The setting sun made the glow in the windows.

An old wagon was loaded with mums for Thanksgiving.

I've taken pictures at Thanksgiving & Christmas

 during our visits this year.

~let's do a little Christmas window shopping~

The picture below was taken the day after Christmas.

window looks a little naked ~ wouldn't you say?

Saved the best window for last!

It was late in the evening, my husband and I were

 strolling along front street, window shopping

and look who was people watching from the book store.

The architecture of all the old buildings is enough in itself.

Oops! Don't believe I've even mentioned these

beautiful buildings along the brick front street

are overlooking Cane River.

and starting Thanksgiving

 the town & river are adorned with lights & displays

Natchitoches has its abundance of

 beautiful churches in the downtown area.

The Catholic church below, being only one of them.

The day after Christmas my husband and I

spent a quiet evening in Natchitoches

at the Church Street Inn in the downtown area.

This was the view out our window.

The Catholic Church can be seen

 on the other side of the courtyard.

Saturday Nights are for fireworks!

Every Saturday night after Thanksgiving,

down by the river,

 just bring your lawn chair or blanket and

you might even like to have a funnel cake,

 hot chocolate or try a little boudin.

But, you can't leave town without getting a

Meat Pie from the World famous

Lasyone's.

I haven't even taken you on the tour of the beautiful homes.

~maybe another day~

Don't forget this is the little town

 where Steel Magnolias was filmed.

I am in no way compensated for advertising this

wonderful vacation spot.

~~~

I will leave you with a piece of the puzzle.

This little building stands on St. Denis street,

right off of Front Street.

 Holds a little

Place of my Heart

It housed my very own

Karen's Chocolate Delight

A candy/gift shop

back in the 90's.

Its looks have changed.

I hope to share my scrapbook with you soon

and show you pictures & memorabila

from those days.

We're bracing for a winter storm

a way down here in the south!

I cooked a pot of soup today

 and plan to cook

a pot of gumbo tomorrow.

We're wishing for snow!