OYSTERING IN THE PASS

Saturday was raining with a chance of more rain so hubby couldn’t play golf. I had just the solution for “what to do on a rainy day before we watch the Saints game”! We went oystering in The Pass. The Pass is Pass Christian, MS, pronounced Pass kris-chee-ANNN. Never Pass KRIS-chan! Katrina brought total destruction to The Pass, it is slowly rebuilding. It has some of the most amazing beach front mansions that survived and alas, many did not.

I decided I just had to have OYSTER SHELLS for a project and needed a man to help me brave the unknown territory of the biggest oyster factory around:

CRYSTAL SEAS OYSTERS

This place is huge, this is just the office area. Husband went to the office asking to buy oyster shells. They looked at him like he was a crazy man. They said “Go back down to Oyster Mountain and take as many as you want.”

so we drove way to the back

passing 5 of these 18 wheelers ready to take oysters all over the country

down to the end

to OYSTER MOUNTAIN!

Crazy Man Husband saying” I can’t believe the things I do for you”! It was a nasty, messy job. We put on our leather gloves and tossed shells till we got a huge bin of lovely barnacled oyster shells.

I think we made a dent in OYSTER MOUNTAIN. :)

Then we drove around the PASS downtown which there is not much left on. The only place to eat now is SHAGGY’S on the Gulf of Mexico and the the harbor.

Pirate flag for David!

Inside there is only heavy plastic covering the open windows. In better weather the plastic is rolled up so the view of the Gulf and harbor are spectacular.

It’s a little bit Caribbean, a little bit Buffet, and all relaxed Gulf Coast style. How can I not love it with the TURQUOISE table tops?

Local station with the SAINTS pregame tailgating.

Husband had OYSTER Po-Boy.

I got the Caesar salad with Jamaican Jerk chicken and

a tub full of beautiful OYSTER SHELLS!

Project oyster shell to follow!

Christmas decorating - seashell garland

It’s been awhile since posting. Got back from Boston last week and Thanksgiving was right in my face! It was a simple but happy Thanksgiving. No BLACK FRIDAY shopping for me! I hate crowded stores and plan to participate in cyber Monday tomorrow! I spent all weekend putting up decorations. Here’s something new I did this year. This bedroom needed some beachy attitude:

Bought cheap shells at Wal-Mart & Michaels, embellished them and hot glued hooks or ribbons on them to hang.

This is son’s room. When he was home this week for Thanksgiving, his comment on his old room was “angel-fairy went to the beach!” Hey, there are no angels or fairies on this garland. I’m crushed, I take it he was not impressed with my creative desires to fou-fou it up! Just kidding….