Comments on: How My Friend Lynne Is Just Like Rosa Parks Except In Her Case It’s Not So Much About The Right To Ride In The Front Of The Bus and More About The Right To Wear Bermuda Shorts In Commander’s Palace Restaurant. http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/ raising kids and eyebrows since 1992 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: » An Autumn Potpourri… (Which sounds way classier than “Completely Chaotic Blog Post”) | babybloomr http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-9130 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:28:54 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-9130 […] Things around Chez Taff have been in a constant state of motion this week. We’ve been getting this house ready to list, while simultaneously working on all of the financing stuff and preparing an offer for the one we have our beady little eyes on in Columbia. Mostly I’ve been busy with ‘freshening up’ our front porch entry area– which is real estate talk for repainting the front door and trim and borrowing a set of really cute planters from Lynne, my friend/realtor/chicken purse owner. […]

]]> By: » Foodie Friday | babybloomr http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-8920 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:31:11 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-8920 […] It’s called Chicken Marabella, and the recipe comes from my good friend Lynnie. (I am the only one who calls her that, by the way– her name is Lynne. I dunno why, she’s just always looked like a Lynnie to me. That name seems a better fit for someone who would carry a chicken purse into a fancy restaurant in New Orleans.) […]

]]> By: » Photo Friday: Folk Art | babybloomr http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-5606 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:15:10 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-5606 […] Lynne who lives in my old neighborhood drove by and saw construction workers swarming the house. Being Lynne, she marched in the front door and asked the contractor where the kitchen doors were and if he knew […]

]]> By: kidpyramid http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2545 Sat, 30 May 2009 07:16:51 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2545 Thank you for bringing some levity into my life!
When my triplets were born prematurely we were at a great hospital but the food stunk. Also there were no fast food or inexpensive restaurants near by. One restaurant was located across the street. It didn’t look like much from the outside. SO one day my husband, tired and dressed very shabbily, walked into the restaurant (Pacific Dining Car) to find a maitre d’ in a tuxedo. He took stock of his attire and asked if it was alright for him to dine there as he was. The maitre d’ handed him a menu and said, “If you can afford it.”
I figure if you’re wearing more than a swimsuit, have on shoes and can afford to eat there then what is the problem, really?

]]> By: kwr221 http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2501 Thu, 21 May 2009 02:10:29 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2501 OMG, I sure hope I didn’t pee on myself, I’ve been laughing so hard!

Not only are the shoes ugly, they’re EXPENSIVE! Holy cow!

]]> By: juliedilworth http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2500 Wed, 20 May 2009 11:24:59 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2500 I got tickled this morning – I saw the chicken purse in a catalog. Appropriately, the catalog is called “What on earth”?

]]> By: tammy961 http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2499 Wed, 20 May 2009 03:14:29 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2499 DELIVEREDJEPARKER63–Since TBN has taken over the HE you can wear shorts..

MostlySunny– My kids were there in April/May 2006–and no shorts allowed then..It HAS changed so take your prettiest shorts and have a great day…

]]> By: DELIVEREDJEPARKER63 http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2498 Tue, 19 May 2009 22:46:54 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2498 Well, welcome back! Sure did miss ya!

Tammy961 – Thanx for the heads-up re Holy Land Experience! Planning to go next month, nice to know I can’t wear shorts! Who would’ve guessed that?

And I agree w/ Auburn60 – where’s all those pics of the great food, that never seems to show up on your hips?(I guess we credit zumba, huh?)

And, I gotta get tickets to some of these FFs, since that’s where I can meet everyone! Maybe I need to put off the trip to FL, and wait until the next cruise!

Glad to have you back, Tori, and good to hear from everyone else, too. I don’t realize how much ya’ll are a part of my life until I do not hear from someone! Tori, surely ya got more pics than that!?! I feel a little cheated! Did you think you were on vacation, or what?
Love Johnnie

]]> By: nashbabe http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2497 Tue, 19 May 2009 21:56:52 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2497 how about men in a sarong? ;-)

]]> By: MostlySunny http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2495 Tue, 19 May 2009 14:26:48 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2495 I’m dyin’ laughing here! This is what makes going out with the girls so much fun. Husbands (at least mine) would have left at the first “No.” You guys will be laughing about this forever! When you three are in the nursing home – and Lynne will have the best room – you will say to each other one day in the game room over a game of Dominoes, “Remember that time in New Orleans when Lynne wore shorts and…” You’ll have the whole place bustin’ up!

Sandals – NO!

Chicken purse – very chic! And, come to think of it, no one probably noticed the shorts at all (except for Mary the waitress) because they were checking out the Chicken purse! And dying to find out where to get one!

tammy961 – We went to the Holy Land Experience two years ago. I had on shorts and so did everyone else (except for the high priest in the tabernacle!)

Now I’m wondering…hmmmm…when a place has a dress code for men, they will provide either a tie and/or sport jacket for those who are not dressed “properly.” Where are the skirts/slacks for the ladies? I think the table-cloth-as-a-sarong was a great idea! Just as long as it matched the chicken purse!

]]> By: Phyllis S http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2494 Tue, 19 May 2009 13:21:36 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2494 Tori,

Would you believe that I was laughing so hard and hanging my head, just reading the headline. Living a short distance from New Orleans, I knew where this was going, just had no idea how! This could make headlines in the Advocate (local NOLA paper)…We know that NO ONE gets into Commanders Palace with shorts on, that is with the exception of the ladies from Tennesse..Way to go girls…

BTW, did you take pictures? I know you ALWAYS have a camera handy…

Linda B., you know you have a place to stay, come on down, just stop and pick up Betty, Beth and Momma Lloyd.

]]> By: jonny http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2493 Tue, 19 May 2009 10:01:27 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2493 Seriously missed you! Good to have you back, for a few days anyway = )

]]> By: rachelbaker http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2492 Tue, 19 May 2009 09:33:03 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2492 Seriously – how could someone pay that much money for shoes that ugly!? I don’t care what they do to your legs!

By the way Tori you are wrong (I know this is a very rare occurance). Your story could not have been more entertaining even if it ended in a drunken brawl with cops and reporters.

Glad you had a good time. We missed you.

]]> By: LindaB http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2491 Tue, 19 May 2009 03:42:32 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2491 I’m gonna start saving quarters in case I ever get to New Orleans!!!

Great story, fantastic friends! When you can look back on a trip with your friends and laugh your head off, life is good!!

]]> By: marlei http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2490 Tue, 19 May 2009 02:16:34 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2490 oops – i meant lynne and cary of course!

]]> By: marlei http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2489 Tue, 19 May 2009 02:15:56 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2489 thank you so much tori for giving me great stuff to taunt and tease tori and cary if the situation ever avails itself. fabulous!

]]> By: Phyllis R http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2488 Tue, 19 May 2009 01:56:27 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2488 Ok, I just laughed so hard I “snorted” Diet Coke through my nose!!!!!!

]]> By: auburn60 http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 Tue, 19 May 2009 01:38:37 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2487 Just to be ADD and head off in a completely different direction–I have seen Grey Gardens twice now and watched the original on-line and thought it was dead on. ” It’s an ahhtistic smaash!!! “

]]> By: tori http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2486 Tue, 19 May 2009 01:25:54 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2486 gracelynn– Can’t wait for FF either! See you there!

tammy– Aw shoot, I bet they wore shorts in the REAL Holy Land back in the day, don’t you?See you soon!

nashbabe– Sorry you had a less than lovely day… Check out Grey Gardens for real, I bet you will enjoy it!

grfdave– Thanks, sweetie. Don’t ever stop reading!

auburn– Oh, I’d notice. Especially when you tipped over. See you soon TOO!

justThelma– “Hoot” is the operative word, that’s for sure. That is funny, I never made the cow/milkman connection, but now that you mention it I can see how it would definitely lend itself to all manner of obnoxious gift items!

]]> By: justThelma http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Tue, 19 May 2009 01:09:50 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2485 Welcome back, Tori!

Your friend Lynne sounds like a real hoot. Glad to hear you all had a fun, relaxing time away. The shoes certainly aren’t my cup of tea in the style department, but for walking, with those rounded bottoms, they look like they’d do half the work for you … hmmm, come to think of it, maybe if I got a pair I’d walk more?

My husband is an old-fashioned door-to-door milkman, and you wouldn’t BELIEVE the cow-nucopia of gifts his customers give him … cow creamer and sugar bowl, cow salt and pepper shaker, cow coffee mugs, cow cheese knives, and the list goes on and on. No one’s ever given him a cow purse though. I suppose that’s a good thing.

]]> By: auburn60 http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 Tue, 19 May 2009 00:05:54 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2484 I’m gonna buy a pair of those shoes and wear them this weekend and see if you notice. :) Or if you say anything. Especially when I tip over and fall on Russ’s table.

So, enough about shorts and martinis and chickens. Where’s the food porn?

]]> By: grfdave http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 Mon, 18 May 2009 23:07:26 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2483 AWESOME!!! Haven’t laughed this hard in a while and I needed this. Don’t EVER stop writing.

Dave

]]> By: nashbabe http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2482 Mon, 18 May 2009 22:37:33 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2482 A good chuckle, with perfect timing as it has been a less than lovely day. Sounds like Lynne has been taking Mary Jane Butters to heart with her chicken palace…funny, I thought the chicken thing was only happening over here in Hispantioch. ;-) Actually, a while back some people had a couple GOATS grazing on their front lawn over here…right next to folks with a deer hanging from their tree limb…no kidding! Thanks for the reminder about “Grey Gardens”, too. We have a serious hoarder on the other side of the family and I need to see that (when it comes out on DVD, I don’t have HBO–I know, how gauche of me!). ;-)

]]> By: tammy961 http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 Mon, 18 May 2009 21:59:03 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2481 Tori, I am laughing so hard I can hardly type. I think your dear friend Lynne may have set a whole new precedent for dining along the entire gulfcoast. I can see it happening….That would be like us going out to Pens. Beach for lunch and them saying no shorts or even better what about the always tasteful Swimming suit top with a cover up on –OH and flip flops—always the dress of the tourists on the beach…

Seriously tho, it does remind me of a vacation my kids took to Orlanda a few years back and were headed to the HolyLand experience…When they got to this OUTDOOR entertainment park the sign read: NO SHORTS!!! In Florida?? In the SUMMER?? are you kidding me??
I have heard since TBN has taken over that has changed. Thank Goodness!! I just can’t imagine anyplace down here saying NO shorts for any daytime activity..a formal night time dining experience is totally different…
Sounds like a terrific time was had by all.
See ya this weekend at FF…travel safely…

Tammy

]]> By: gracelynn http://www.babybloomr.com/2009/05/18/how-my-friend-lynne-is-just-like-rosa-parks-except-in-her-case-its-not-so-much-about-the-right-to-ride-in-the-front-of-the-bus-and-more-about-the-right-to-wear-bermuda-shorts-in-commanders-palace/comment-page-1/#comment-2480 Mon, 18 May 2009 21:49:40 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=1582#comment-2480 OMG Tori! I am literally rolling on the floor laughing at this story and I needed that so much today. This sounds so much like something that would happen to me, Wanda and Chrstine. That chicken purse is just…too cool! LOL I have got to show that to my mom. She and dad raise chickens here and EVERYONE gives mom chicken items as gifts. LOL I will say, to my knowledge, she has never gotten a purse though. Just a whole lot of chicken statues! And you are right…those shoes definitely need serious help!

As far as the drinks go, hey, I don’t drink myself but I don’t judge others either. So you are fine by me. I have a friend that has a drink occasionally and she and I were roomies for 4 years of college so believe me, I’m fine with it.

Looking forward to this weekend! ;) Hope to see ya there.

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