Acadian Hamsher House New Orleans
2234 Napoleon Ave New Orleans, Louisiana, 70115, United States
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Feb 7 - Preservation Hall
... Krall, among others. There was a clarinet & sax player named Charlie Gabriel who was about 80 years old - he was fantastic. And the trombone player was a younger fellow, but boy could he play. He stood and just groved as he was playing. There was also a trumpet player and a pianist. We weren't allowed to take pictures while the band was playing, so my pictures are limited.
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New Orleans
... wilder beast, rhinos, jaguar, lions and monkeys. Some how it felt like cheating being able to walk around an urban space with animals tucked safely behind their fences, instead of driving around in a truck and camping where you were told not to go to the bathroom at night in case there were lions hunting in the area. The primates were cute, but there were not squirrel monkeys which was a mixed blessing. There were similar ...
New Orleans: Home of the hot sauce brain freeze
... special. All said and done, we were there for two and a half hours, and each dish was just as good, if not better than the last. I believe I said I was going to marry the soup.
On George's suggestion we took the St Charles streetcar through town (a fantastically gorgeous ride) to a diner called the Camellia Grill. It was a lot of fun, the food was good, and everyone one there, including the other diners, was really ...
First day in the Big Easy
... So I wandered home at dawn in a light rain arm in arm with a dread-locked gentleman named Derek from Mississippi, who was too lovely to allow the Lady - who does Ladies Things - to walk home alone. Being such a delicate little flower 'n all, ya know. Truth be told Derek was disappointed that the firey little blonde who picked him up at the bar had disappeared.......once home, sure enough there was Viv. I tried to sleep but it was warm already and the sun was rising, so I ...
The big easy - finally!
... which would help hold it together but it was just a United Airlines domestic terminal so it didn't. (I have to say here that Australian airports - even domestic ones - seem to be a lot nicer than ones in the US)
Long story short, the bag did make it to New Orleans.. just! It had busted more fully open along the way but when I checked in United had given me a plastic bag that went all around the suitcase and between that and the tape, ...

