Mmmm. Dinner last night was gooooood. Very good. Let’s see. There were four of us there, all from work – Erin, Shelley, me, and a Business Development Manager (fancy word for sales rep, basically) named David who bought us the dinner. Jacque-Imos is a fantastically magically delicious restaurant. Louisiana cooking, but yummier. It’s somewhat casual, and there is always at least a 2 hour wait for a table (unless you have a party of five or more and get reservations in advance like we did, even though one of our party didn’t show – oops!) at the very crowded bar.

When we drove up to the restaurant last night, a lot of the on-street parking was blocked off for filming of that Kate Hudson movie (Skeleton Key) that was being filmed in my neighborhood last week. They moved to another side of the city this week, and even though it was pouring rain and there was no parking nearby, there were still billions of people waiting for tables.

Fortunately, we sat right down and were entertained by Ivan, a seven year old from the next table who has clearly eaten at Jacque-Imos many more times than I have. He kept us entertained (and then annoyed) as he peered over our shoulders and chattered on about the “cream brulee and chocolate brownie with drizzle of caramel…really very delicious…” The kid has a future in food service, I tell ya.

So anyway, enough of that, the meal…

We started with four appetizers to share – the scrumdiddlyumptious alligator sausage and shrimp cheesecake, the fried green tomatoes topped with jumbo shrimp, the fried oysters, and the stuffed shrimp. mmmmwah! delicious, especially my favorite, the cheesecake. (oh god. the cheesecake.)

Then we had their delectable butter-soaked corn muffins. And then the spinach salad with an asian dressing, topped with two fried oysters. And then, my favorite entree (I really should branch out, but every time I order something different, I wish I had ordered this, even though, don’t get me wrong, everything there is outstanding), the roasted acorn squash filled with mixed seafood in a curry cream sauce. That would be oysters, mussels, fish, and shrimp. Ohhhh. Sooo good. With sides of corn maquechoux (whatever that is. Stewed corn, maybe? It’s fine.) and mashed potatoes. And then dessert, which David and Shelley weren’t going to order, but Erin and I insisted…white chocolate bread pudding in a raspberry sauce, and creme brulee (thanks Ivan for the recommendation.)

Yum, yum, yum. Points? Oh, a billion. Tomorrow is the start of my new Weight Watchers week, thank god.

Oh, and then the most exciting part. We went back out to the bar area to wait for our fifth dinner companion, who was running very late. And who was having a drink and a smoke in the bar but the very lovely Kate Hudson? Yay! Finally! A celebrity sighting! Only a few feet away! Very exciting. And her husband, the Black Crowe guy was there, but I didn’t see him. And their baby, but I didn’t see him either. Exciting! Exciting! Exciting! I’m such a dork!

This morning was less exciting. Was almost to work when George called. The alarm at the house had gone off and I had to turn around and fix it. Blech. My fault for not properly locking the door. Oops.