daily bliss: cafe au lait

So very much daily bliss to report, but little time between panel sessions and spotty internet access will require me to save all the tidbits until I'm back in the frozen tundra after a balmy sojourn in New Orleans.

Here, you see a cup of cafe au lait from cafe du monde, the classic French Quarter coffee stand where powdered sugar and pigeons fly and the coffee is strong and thickish, laced with chicory. Mmmmm. A great place for old friends to sit and plan an exciting book project...a great place for a group of romance scholars to sit and discuss the sweet and steamy novels they read and write.