Bywater shrimp boil

Around the corner and up the block there's an elegant restored house with a garden glimpsed through a sliver of a view through the iron fence.

It's owned by a couple of debonair bearded gentlemen I've met on occasion in the local watering hole. This Memorial Day, they hosted a kick-butt garden and pool party, New Orleans style, with a huge tub bubbling over a propane flame, filled with shrimp, potatoes and corn on the cob.

Dig in! Happy holiday!