Garden District New Orleans

We slept in this morning which was some nice relief from the recent pack-up-and-go routine. After arranging for a swamp tour for tomorrow, we walked down to Cafe du Monde and had some beignets and blended iced café au lait. We thought of Margaret per her request (including sending her a couple rub-it-in photos) and also Beh as we know he liked …

Simply cannot believe we are here. Took the camp shuttle into town at 9a. By 10a we were having breakfast on Frenchmen Street. Walked around the Quarter, to the Garden District, cab back to the Quarter for more walking. Enjoyed oysters and beer at the Crescent City Brewhouse while we watched the CNN action across the street. Colin went out front …

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New Orleans, i.e., NOLA, i.e., the Big Easy, i.e., Hurricane City, looks like a French, Spanish, and Caribbean sundae with sprinkles of America on top. Bourbon Street sounds like horns, …

My mom recently visited a friend in New Orleans, and went to lunch at the famous Galatoire's. There, she saw a table nearby full of women for a bridal luncheon, and she had the idea that she would like to do just that for my sister's Bridal Party! We live in California, so it isn't hard to see the gaping issue with this idea... However, my mom …

The day started with a walk through the Garden District. Then a culinary tour by bike across some of the lesser known foodie places in Nola. Then a walk through the colorful French Market & a trip to Cafe Du Monde having a traditional cafe o lait (coffee w chicory) & a serve of beignets (Nola donut) wow …

Jan 30
We decided to have a quiet day today, paying bills, running some errands, driving around New Orleans a bit to get a feel for the city. Then we returned home to make supper, and spent a quiet evening at home.

Our piece of New Orleans culture today was to have King Cake for dessert. The King Cake is found in many countries, …

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... down two different streets and finds a section of the railroad where the barrier has yet to drop! The Lower Garden District is the fancy area of New Orleans, we drive past the house of Anne Rice, the author of Interview with a Vampire. Most of these ...

... point of this street and crawl west through the French Quarter streets. I've decided to drive along St. Charles Avenue in the Garden District. It's rush hour. One of the tram lines runs down the center of St. Charles. Many grand homes built in the late ...

... green bean and onion dish. I enjoyed a couple of beers and watched the football games (Yea Cowboys!!!). I took a short walk around the Garden District in the rain and then called it a day. I chose not to head out for the evening. Friday, November ...

On the day I went to the Garden District of New Orleans, my husband was at a conference. So I walked down the street from our hotel, and caught the trolley. The trolley ride itself was a lot of fun, and you get to see a lot of the beautiful Greek ...

... and vehicles, and causing the death of more trees and landscaping - including nearly the entire plant collection in the New Orleans Botanical Garden. They have done a phenomenal job,  it  looks so nice now. We also went to the ...

... as we were hoping. Back through town we took Jersey up to the African American neighbourhood, the Treme, and on to the Garden District with all its giant-size homes. Faded Mardi Gras beads hang from the trees that run alongside the St. Charles ...

... called Canal street and back in the day this street separated the White Americans and the Creoles. The Americans lived in the Garden district in huge white mansions while the Creoles who were of French decent lived in the French Quarter in Large ...

... plaque-none of us tried, not for $25-it also has just about every topping available on it). After that we drove around the Garden District and stopped in at a few shops-including a shoe store and had fun trying on shoes, or at least Rachel and Elizabeth ...

... the walls because it erodes them - apparently they are very protective about their walls!  On Monday I went further into the Garden District just along the road from the hostel and went on another tour (it started from a bookshop and I couldn't ...

... Garden District and make our way to the Audubon Zoo via Magazine Street. We jumped off the Trolley Car and visited the Garden District's Lafayette Cemetery.  As expected the Garden District was filled with gorgeous homes and gardens, ..we saw homes ...