The shrimp creole is particularly scrumptious and the jambalaya really hits the spot now that I know a relative once owned the building at 630 Saint Peter Street that currently houses one of my favorite New Orleans restaurants — the Gumbo Shop. My son, Ethan, several years ago “discovered” the inexpensive, down-home restaurant located a […]
Archives for January 2014
Not Even German Bombs Could Interfere With Peggy Schulze’s Royal Marriage
Polish Prince Alexander Hohenlohe “knew it was serious” when he first met the 18-year-old Peggy Boyce Schulze (1921-1964). The couple married, he told the New York Times, after only a “four-month courtship which began like many another courtship before it — on a Summer day.” The courtship became anything but typical after military hostilities interceded. […]
Boner House Still Stands Tall in Milan, Missouri
John Quincy Boner (1830-1908) and his wife Sarah Ann Clark had already lost three children to illness by 1876, when they built this home in Milan, Mo. Thankfully, the stately home with its inviting, wraparound porch, is still standing, as I discovered on a visit there last summer. Two children — Minnie (12) and Charles […]