SAINTS AND MARDI GRAS UMBRELLAS

Tis the season to really celebrate. Going to the bowl , a party or a parade in our town is much more fun with your secondline umbrella. We're making them as fast as we can and we hope y'all have a great time with them. Check them on our website or give us a call and tell us what you want yours to look like. Seed y'all at the big parade!!

SAINTS SECONDLINE UMBRELLAS

KING CAKES-YES! IT'S MARDI GRAS SEASON

Well here we go - It's mardi gras season already. Just wanted to let y'all know that we sell what we think is the best king cake made. It's made for us by the Baker Maid Co., which is one of the oldest bakery families in New Orleans. You may know their fruit cakes by the tin they are in. It's called the Cathedral Tin and their fruit cakes are excellent. I mention this as their tin is so easily recognized in the New Orelans area. They also make liquior cakes for Neiman Marcus.

Last year they approched us about selling their king cakes which they have added to their product line. Once we tasted them we knew that their reputation for selling fine food products was getting even better in their new king cake line.

You will find their cakes listed on our website so that you can send them to all those that you know would enjoy a delicious way to celebrate our special season. If you want you may stop by our shop and pick one up for yourself.

Happy Mardi Gras Y'all

Pralines, chocolates and Popping the Question

Pralines, Chocolates, & Holiday stories

We want to thank all who stopped by this week to purchase our candies to serve as hostess gifts and after dinner treats for Thanksgiving. In talking to some of you we found that our pralines and chocolates went as far as Australia, England, Iraq and as close as Houma, Lafayette and right around the corner from our shop. How nice it is to know that so many people enjoy our products.

Another big happening in our store right now is that many of you are picking us the Saints secondline umbrellas we make. In fact our Saints are so popular right now that a lot of the wedding umbrellas we are doing for grooms are being requested in Saints colors.

We have a special that we will be doing for this Christmas season. We will gift box 10 pralines, place them into a gift bag with tissue and add a real New Orleans gift card for only $10.00. If you want to ship this we will do the special and shipping for $15.00. Or we will do the same special in a 20 count box of candy for $20.00 over the counter and if you want it shipped we will do that for you for a total of $28.00.

Now here's an Old Town holiday story we thought you may enjoy. A very nice young man came into our store the other day to purchase a box of our pralines. I asked where he was taking them and he said that he was going to visit his girlfriends parents and thought they would be a nice thing to bring them for the holidays. We talked a few more minits and he explained that he was really going to meet them and ask for her hand in marriage. He was hopping that our candy would help make popping the question sweeter. I hope that he got a yes for all his sweet efforts. He seemed like such a nice young man that I don't know how his girlfriends father could turn him down. I sure hope he will stop by and let us know how he made out. What a happy holiday this will be for him and his girlfriend if his wish comes true.

Hope all y'all had a great Thanksgiving.
Mary Lou

Happy Holiday Gift Ideas

Here's just a few of the items we are working on now that would make wonderful gifts for your family and friends. Of course there are our pralines, perfect for the a holiday gift that brings a little of the great flavor of New Orleans. Then, there are our chocolates. Our Lou si Ana Marshmellow is raved over by locals and visitors alike. A Product were very proud to offer our customers. The Jackson Squares and City Park Turtles are a delicious chocolate candy that is filled with only the finest caramel and Louisiana pecans. And, our Crescent City almond and pecan clusters are always made fresh and are deliciously ready to satisfy your sweet tooth. Another couple of items we always keep on hand for our customers are our pecan logs and divinity-two longstanding favorites at Old Town.

This year we've chosen to offer our Roasted and salted pecan halves, our chocolate pecan halves, and our honey roasted pecan halves. All are good and freshly packed for your gift giving.

Now, here's a bit of good news for all you out there who only eat sugar free candy. We have now added Sugarfree chocolate fudge, vanilla fudge and sugar free almond bark to our line of chocolates. We know that you will enjoy these so we made a special effort to get them ready for this holiday season.
And remember, you can always come by for a sample of our products.

Our New Chocolates for the Holidays

If you have not been in our shop lately you've missed a real treat. We've begun to showcase some of the chocolate candy line we will be pouring and offering this holiday season.
You will love our City Park Turtles, Crescent City Clusters and Jackson Squares. All delicious to pick up now or to order fresh poured for your gift giving. We think you will be very happy with our selection and quality.

Corporate gift ideas will be posted on our website beginning next week. You can order now for shipping and billing later. And , the best part is that you don't have to be a corporation to enjoy this easy way to shop. Just give us a call to see how easy it is to shop with us. And wait till you see the specials we will have.

Just a note to those of you who are looking for second line umbrellas for your December wedding, party, or Saints games---It's best to order beginning now! As we get closer to the holiday season it will be important that we calander your order to insure that we can do these in a timely manner for you. And, it gives us more time to be sure that we can do the designs you really like. Just call Patty or myself (Mary Lou) , we will be glad to discuss your order with you.

Y'all have a great weekend and Go SAINTS GO!

COME MEET RALPH AND ROXANNE!!!!

BOOK SIGNING AND READING- SEPTEMBER 26,2009 12 NOON

BRING THE LITTLE ONES OUT ON THE 26TH FOR ONE GOOD TIME! PAT AND JOANN WILL BE IN OUR STORE AT 1506 VETERANS BLVD. TO READ THEIR LATEST BOOK TO THEM. THESE TWO TEACHERS NOT ONLY READ-THEY TAKE THE PART OF THE CHARACTERS AND BRING THEM TO LIFE. THESE TWO TEACHERS LOVE READING TO CHILDREN AND WE PROMISE THAT YOUR'S WILL LOVE WHAT THEY DO AS THEY READ ALONG

THROUGH COUNTING AROUND THE NEUTRAL GROUND.

WHAT COULD BE MORE FUN THAN RIDING THE STREETCAR ON ST CHARLES AVE. AND COUNTING ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU SEE ALONG THE WAY.

WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US ON THE 26TH. OF THIS MONTH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AT THIS READING AND SIGNING!!!

MARY LOU