Jams and Jigs in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

Music. Music. And then more music. That's what the past 24 hours of my Louisiana road trip were all about.

We pulled into the town of Breaux Bridge yesterday evening, dumped our stuff at a local B & B, and then headed right back out for a night of fun.

We rolled into Mulate's, where a Cajun band was in full swing. The dance floor was in full swing, too. It didn't really seem to matter who you danced with, just so long as you danced.

There were couples dancing to be sure, but there were also moms twirling about with their babies on the floor in a sort of lullaby trance, sisters waltzing in pairs and dads teaching their wee ones basic steps.



The next morning, we got up bright and early for breakfast. Our goal was to arrive on the steps of Cafe des Amis at 7:30 am. When we arrived, we found that others had beat us there and a band was already inside warming up on stage.

Perhaps because the previous night had been spent taking in local music, I hadn't realized that our breakfast would also be spent taking in local music. I also didn't realize that I was in for the wildest breakfast outing ever.

The Saturday morning "Zydeco Breakfast" is a weekly event that local people obviously plan on attending. A $4 cover charge gets you in the door for dancing. If you don't mind waiting, you can try to get a table. But by and large, the majority of the people attending are there to dance.



And as if we hadn't already consumed enough coffee or tunes, we walked one block over to the local Breaux Bridge coffee shop, Coffee Break, where a creole jam session was just starting to pick up speed.