In honor of the Derby (which I never watch, but I have a new fab friend who does dressage (and I realize that has nothing to do with thoroughbreds other than, you know, horses) so maybe I will this year), a collection of Derby-ish pics
Derby cake
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Derby Lounge in Crowley, Louisiana
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Emerson’s Ginger-Mint Julep mural in the Quarter
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and…you knew this was coming…
mint julep at SoBou
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when the Veranda was Veranda and not what it is now
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at Giardina’s
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at Commander’s Palace
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at Stanton Hall
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May your Derby Day include cute biscuits and maybe some sweet little benedictine canapes, and whatever you’re calling the pie you don’t call ‘Derby Pie’, and bourbon in just almost everything else that sounds good too. xoxo!