Pull up a Seat

These colorful chairs must be a nice place to sit in the warmer months. You can find them outside my favorite bagelry, the Beagle Bagel in Ridgeland. The reflections in the window are a bonus!

To see more reflections from around the world, visit James' Weekend Reflections series.

Walker's Drive-In

One of Jackson's most beloved restaurants. This is the waiting area, believe me it can get full!

Here's a link to their website. Their menu is quite varied, but focuses mainly on fish dishes.

Kristos

Kristos is a new Greek place that opened recently near our house. We tried it out a few days back. The food was okay, but the service was terrible. Mediterranean grill is still the top spot in the city for felafel and hummus - what people around here call "Greek" food.

Mysterious Doorway

I haven't done any theater for some time, so I was excited when a friend of mine called me up to ask if I wanted to be a part of a Mississippi Murder Mysteries production. We performed one of our standard shows and the crowd really seemed to enjoy it. I just might have to do another one of these soon!

Rossini's made sure to warn prospective diners that their resto was closed this evening for a special event. Ciel from Versailles always has a nice doorway to show you on Wednesdays, please stop be and see!

October Theme Day: Toilet Graffiti

For today's theme day, I'm taking you into the forbidden (for some) territory of the women's bathrooms at Hal and Mal's restaurant. I guess if you're being technical, this is not really graffiti as it was painted this way on purpose. But there's a dearth of graffiti in this town, so this was the best I could find. And I'm sure English speakers will get a laugh from the play on words.

We actually had a graffiti theme day at CDP before and I showed another one of the stalls. You can check it out here. And I've got some bonus graffiti on my travel blog, so check it out!

And to see more graffiti from around the world, check out the CDP October theme day page.

Downtown

A side view of Hal and Mal's restaurant. It's a popular place to dine and be entertained in downtown Jackson. They have several different rooms where live bands play and sometimes even theater events are staged there. It's always a fun place to go.

Please enjoy JDP on auto pilot until I return.

Happy Blogiversary!

Today is the third anniversary of Jackson Daily Photo. To celebrate, I've made a collage of 36 of my favorite photos, one for every month I've been keeping this blog up. Feel free to "embiggen" and enjoy.

I'd like to thank all my "readers" and "lookers" out there. When I first moved to Jackson in 2007, I didn't really know what to expect. But I've had a lot of fun discovering this city and sharing it with others through this blog. I certainly hope you've enjoyed this ride as much as I have.

Mexican Reflections

Reflections in a table at Margaritas restaurant. It's one of my favorite places to go for Mexican.

Happy weekend everyone! To see more reflections from around the world, click on the reflections link.

Shapley's

Shapley's is one of the top steakhouses in town. When it's not too hot, they'll put tables out on this terrace.

Pelican Cove by Night

A nighttime view on Jackson's hottest spot on The Rez! Boats can dock in the back and stop in for a bite or to fill up their tanks.

Ug Mug

This cafe/ice-creamery is just next to a Newk's where my husband and I sometimes go for lunch. It seemed like it took forever for the place to open and then before we even had a chance to try it, it was closed. It has a nice facade, hopefully some other business will take over quickly.

I am flying out to Germany today so JDP will be on auto pilot until my return. I am turning off the comment moderation since I won't be using iPhone over there and my MiL only has slow internet, so I'm not sure how much I'll be online.

Note to all Chinese porn spammers, hawkers of replica Gucci goods and viagra sellers: your comments will be deleted upon my return.


Click on the skywatch link to see more skies from around the world!

Waffle House

My husband and I had breakfast this past weekend at the Waffle House. They do have good waffles and it fortified us for a long, hard day at the golf course!

Edible Dragon

My husband took me out to Sakura Bana last Friday after work. We enjoyed several sushi rolls, including this beautiful dragon. I assure you, he tasted as good as he looks!

Live Music

After the theater, my husband and I stopped at Underground 119 for some drinks. We were lucky to catch some live music too! The band was called The Juvenators, but the man pictured here playing the harmonica was just a dude from the audience who asked if he could sit in on a couple of songs. Very cool!

My live action shots may not be up to snuff with Olivier's from Evry yet, but I'm working on it. I don't think this band was used to people taking their picture, especially with my big Nikon. I felt like a paparazzi.

Music Please

There were two choices for music at the Crawfish Boil. Inside you got the blues-y cover band that you see here and outside was a louder crossover metal/rap band. I enjoyed both of them, although the outdoors music was a bit too loud for me.

Shuckers Crawfish Boil

I'm sorry to disappoint, but I didn't make it to the Saint Patrick's Day Parade this past weekend. But I found these pictures from the crawfish boil two weekends ago that I forgot to show!

We enjoyed some fresh-boiled crawfish, potatoes and corn-on-the-cob. And of course, some fresh oysters off the half-shell. There was also live music. I'll show you more of the fun tomorrow.

Underground Eats

Underground 119 has happy hour every day from 4 - 7pm, all draft beers, house wines and well drinks are 2 for 1. My husband and I took full advantage of the special. We also tried some of their food, which is served "tapas" style. They give you smaller portions of main dishes that you can mix and share. On the left is a crab meat quesidilla and on the right are barbecue gulf shrimp. Both were delicious!

Going Underground

Some friends of ours have been bragging about 119 Underground for some time. My husband and I finally frequented the bar/resto for our Friday after-work drink last week. It's a really cool place.

They had a live piano player on Friday night and our bartender told us they typically have jazz or blues on the weekends. I'll show you what we nibbled on tomorrow. But we'll definitely be back to this place!

Friday Night

This has been a good week. It's time to ring in the weekend with a visit to the bar. This photo comes to you from Char. They have a cool piano bar with live music on Friday evenings.

I've got more photos from San Fran up on Here and There. Stop by and take a look. Happy weekend!

And to send you off into the weekend on the right foot, some more video from the Chinese New Year parade!

Weekend Drink

My husband and I stopped at Mint last Friday to get the weekend off to a good start. Naturally, they can make you plenty of drinks with fresh mint! My husband had a mint julep and I tried their refreshing mojito. I hope we can start next weekend off in the same way!