Nov 2 - Dooky Chase's Restaurant

The first of the group activities for the Daubard-Dobard Family Weekend was dinner at Dooky Chase's Restaurant. The food, of course, was delicious, but the best part was sharing the evening with family. The cousins came from California, Florida, Georgia, and Texas as well as Louisiana and France.

Welcome to Dooky Chase!

Bernard with Leah Chase, who is the internationally
known Queen of Creole Cuisine as well as our cousin.

Fabienne and David Davis in the kitchen with Leah.

Fabienne, Gloria Barbarin, and Romain.

Butch Dobard, Bernard, Aunt Louise Kaufman,
Uncle Fred Dobard, and Romain.

Romain, Uncle Fred, Isabella Thompson, Bernard and
Fabienne, with Wendell and Lolita Belfield in behind them.

Fabienne, Aunt Louise, and Bernard.

Cayla Jordan and David H Davis Jr.

Hubert "Butch" and Dee Dobard

Pat Dobard (from Florida), Gloria Barbarin,
and Alicia Jordan (from Georgia).

Bella, Uncle Fred, Lolita, and Wendell.

Aunt Louise and Ann Marie Bennett Roussell
with Lloyd, Dooky Chase, and Uncle Fred in back.

Alan Duke Wellington with daughter Ariana,
Bernard and Briana Truehill Wellington.

Bernard with Martinique, our waitress. She's a cousin, too!

 Bernard presented his books to the cousins.

Uncle Fred

Butch Dobard

Wendell Belfield

Ann Marie Bennett Roussell

Aunt Louise

Pat Dobard

David H. David, Jr.

Alicia Jordan

After the books were distributed, we went back to eating and talking.

Romain, Lloyd, Dave, and Aunt Louise, with Pat,
Butch, Ariana Wellington and her mom,
Brianna Truehill Wellington in back

Kathie, Regina and Dave in front, with Alicia,
Leanne Dobard Alvarez, Romain, and Pat in back.

The Lafayette contingent was held up by a wreck
on the spillway. Romain, Uncle Hubert Dobard,
Bernard, Rodney Trahan, and Valli Dobard Truehill.

A rare moment, when nearly everyone
was seated and busy eating.

Amongst the love and chatter, there was also dinner: Leah's famous gumbo to start, a green salad, and the entrée was shrimp jumbalaya, fried catfish, and panéed chicken. Dessert was a choice of peach cobbler or bread pudding.

The bread pudding didn't last long. It was about this time that the symbol of an empty plate with five spoons recumbent became the new family crest of la famille Daubard.