Here are a few photos from New Orleans in no particular order. I forgot my camera so these are all taken with my iPhone. What you see is what you get!
Our hotel on Magazine Street
Street Band
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Music on Bourbon Street
New Orleans tram on Canal Street
You have to watch out for the locals!
Established in 1840, Antoine’s is the oldest
family-owned restaurant in the States
family-owned restaurant in the States
As the blurb says on the menu: "It was Spring in 1840, when New Orleans was queen city of the Mississippi River, when cotton was king, and French gentlemen settled their differences under the oaks with pistols for two and coffee for one."
Not sure if this existed before the Forrest Gump movie
Cathedral of St. Louis
Coffee & beignet at Cafe du Monde
The Cafe du Monde is open 24-hours a day and is supposed to be the best place for coffee, beignet and “people watching”. There were certainly hordes of people in there but most of them looked as though they had been there for 24 hours!
Tout le monde in Cafe du Monde
Not sure about “The Famous” part because
we were just about the only ones in there at lunch.
we were just about the only ones in there at lunch.
Gumbo is an acquired taste
These guys were real friendly; but I declined
their kind offer to “pet” the iguana and python.
St James Hotel Lobby
Louisiana breakfast at Ruby Slipper Cafe
Regee went to a cooking class to learn how
to make gumbo, jambalaya and pecan praline.
Alost time for Mardi Gras
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