We had to go to Shreveport to pick up the puppy and evil cats before leaving the country.  While there, we had dinner with Andreas' ...

  On our drive from Texas to Tennessee, we were required to make a detour to Shreveport for lunch.  The lunch was at Fred's, a frou f...

  On our last evening in Louisiana in May, we went to Silver Star Barbecue.  I'm always up for barbecue, and, even though they weren...

  Andreas' parents really like this new salad and sandwich chain called Newk's, so when I said I had a craving for sub sandwiches,...

  After driving back to Shreveport from Florida, we had dinner with Andreas' parents at Yokohama, a strip mall restaurant on Youree st...

  These are the last of the flowers from the American Rose Center.  Yes, the roses in the pictures are beautiful, but we had to look hard ...

  More roses from the American Rose Center.

  Somehow, Andreas manages to make the most mundane photos interesting with his camera.  Of course, these flowers aren't mundane, but ...

  More photos from the American Rose Center.  There's a reason there are no pictures of masses of roses in bloom: there weren't an...