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... that nobody in their right mind would wander around New Orleans alone at night. Armed with camera and lenses I walked down Canal Street as the sun rose over the Mississippi River. Reflecting the bright orange and crimson tones of the sunrise its waters ...

... . Exactly what we had wrapped up in our New Orleans ideas, being shouted out to us, inviting us in. Randoms: -Tagged New Orleans on Bourbon Street. Keep the party alive. I’ll see you at a Mardi Gras soonish. -Tulane Uni must’ve been torn apart ...

... it really only cost us an additional $175 to extend every thing one day.   We stayed at the downtown Marriott at 555 Canal Street (not to be confused with the JW Marriott across the street, which also looked nice). We really loved the hotel. We ...

... this city. May 26-27 (Days 26-27) New Orleans Over the course of our next two days in New Orleans, we hopped on the St. Charles Street cable cars and journeyed west to the Garden District, a wooded, serene section of the city with beautiful ...

... are also craps games, blackjack and poker going on...but it's loud and grim...not to my liking. Onwards and upwards. Canal Street. This major thoroughfare is the no-mans-land between the Quarter and the CBD (central business district) It houses many ...

... built, in the median. For decades, the only use for the median was public transportation, mostly by the Canal St. Streetcars. The first New Orleans "Skyscraper" was built in 1807. It was the first four-story building in the city, and is still ...

... Not an eyebrow raised and not a question asked, we walked outt with two tall boys of beer in brown bags. In New Orleans, it is legal to drink on the street and so we opened our cans of beer and sauntered on toward Canal Street. Along the way, Dick found ...

... , taking pictures in black and white for a while. Walking around in circles as I pass the same places I passed earlier in the day..towards Canal Street and back to where I started. It's now 5 O'clock or so. Rush hour. Not the time to leave. I'm walking ...

... but without the heated and air-conditioned FEMA trailers parked on the curbs. Chiang Mai, Thailand, with a population roughly the size of New Orleans, had two flash floods this fall as deep as the waters here that each lasted days. I remember the Thai's ...

My birthday present this year was a short trip to New Orleans.  It would be a trip full of music and food as the city was hosting multiple festivals-French Market Creole Tomato Festival, Louisiana Seafood Festival and the Cajun/Zydeco Festival.  ...

... in Texas - although I was there for four days - and was only informed of it by Tyler, my companion on the train to New Orleans. Why this special dispensation for the Lone Star State, you're no doubt asking. What am I kidding? You're probably asking how ...

New Orleans to The Keys We welcomed in the New Year in New Orleans. What a crazy idea! The city was jammed. Hotels and restaurants overbooked. Streets closed. Taxis impossible. No one cared. The party was on! Dinner on the Eve took us to Chef Paul ...

... to get to where we are going: Pontchartrain Expressway or Westbank Expressway. We may have taken the wrong way. We went around New Orleans around the southwest side on the Westbank Expressway. On the map, there was supposed to have a tunnel under a ...

... the border to anchor. French St. Martin has stolen our hearts. It feels like a cross between France and pre-Katrina New Orleans with fabulous French food and the Creole architecture. Once we rested and cleaned up Free Spirit from the salty passage we ...