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New Orleans

A travel blog entry by kstubbs97

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... Bourbon Street. This is the other place that claims the title of oldest bar in New Orleans and is also supposed to be a hotbed of spectral activity. The bistro and tavern both bear the name of the pirate Jean Lafitte, who was allegedly helped plan the Battle of New Orleans with Andrew Jackson on the second floor.

Jennifer assured us she’d left the most gruesome story for last. This took place in the La Laurie Mansion at 1140 Royal Street. Delphine La Laurie was a rich ...

The City that Care Forgot

A travel blog entry by cafe_travel

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... us was “Where y’at” which is literally “where are you at” but is used in place of asking “how are you”. I’ve since found out that this dialect has been influenced by Louisiana French and older Southern American English. One phrase we’d already heard numerous times after arriving was “y’all”. Any time we entered a store the person working there would say “Well how y’all ...

Day 1 of JazzFest

A travel blog entry by maxinegordon

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... we stopped at a seafood place and Dawn bought 9 pounds of crawfish and I got 5 crabs, steamed with corn and potatoes. The owners were Vietnamese (this for Linh). We came home, sat out on the back porch and ate most of it and had a lovely time talking and laughing.

I saw Jess who is working at the place where they do interviews. I met a woman I knew from NYU, Mikaela Harrison. I met the woman who married my friend Jenny, ...

Graceland, then on to N'awlins

A travel blog entry by jenandviv

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... really good-looking man, which I did know.

Wandering around the trophy room brought back memories of the Friday night Elvis movies when I was a kid. In this room are all the movie posters, costumes, awards and memorabilia.

Checking out the Lisa-Marie was interesting; again, it was comfortable and functional but not at all flashy. Elvis was a big reader, and also loved to watch Monty Python video's in the ...

A 2nd bonus day?! Let's cocktail!

A travel blog entry by hilsommer

... across the street from Harrah's to Drago's at the Hilton. This was another repeat restaurant from our prior trip and was as good as ever. We had a mix of appetizers rather than ordering entrees; this turned out to be a good choice and we were able to sample several things.

After Drago's, we did some gambling at Harrah's (and did well) before heading to bed -- wondering if we'd be able to get home the next day.
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