My Favorite Things: Julie Baxter

Attorney, Rhorer Law Firm

Way to spend a Saturday morning
No alarm, coffee, reading the paper and brunch at Frank’s Restaurant

Place to have a shopping spree
Downtown San Francisco

Way to unwind
Playing the piano

Item in your wardrobe
Any colorful scarf

Place for lunch
Bay Leaf Indian Cuisine

Talent you wish you had
Anything remotely approaching athletic ability

Out-of-town destination
Istanbul

Out of Town

Class in high school
English literature

Guilty pleasure
Crab and Brie soup at Mansurs

Baton Rouge experience or attraction
Baton Rouge Blues Festival. By the way, it’s April 14 in Town Square.

BR Experience

Most treasured possession
Remy, my Maltese/Bichon Frise rescue dog

Most Treasured Possession

Book
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Childhood memory
Being chased by an angry elephant in Kruger National Park, South Africa, while sitting with a group of friends in a kombi (van) speeding in reverse as fast as the driver could go

Way to spend $20
Take three friends for coffee and good conversation at Highland Coffees

Concert you ever attended
Any time I have the privilege of hearing local (now international) blues talent Larry Garner and his Boogaloo Blues Band.

Idea of perfect happiness
Traveling to an unfamiliar country and making new friends there