New Orleans! The French Quarter, Cajun food, Mardi Gras, voodoo Queens, beignets and Bourbon Street – nowhere else on earth has the character and flair of this unique and charming city by the sultry bayou of Louisiana.
“If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom.”
~ Chris Rose
Not all carnivals in New Orleans focus on Mardi Gras. Some are lasting traditions of food and entertainment, like Galatoire’s Friday Lunch. For most, Friday revelry begins at the close of the workday – the week is done and let the celebrations ensue. But for those in New Orleans lucky […]
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This truly is a fun event to be a part of, where you'll find amazing people and some of the…
Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday is the celebration beginning after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany and continuing until the final bar on Bourbon Street closes at the stroke of midnight the night before Ash Wednesday. Because Ash Wednesday is the start of of Lent, where fasting and abstinence are […]
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Look! It’s Santa! Spotted in Jackson Square in New Orleans! There might not be snow on the ground and those aren’t reindeer pulling those carriages, either, but this Santa doesn’t seem to mind. The spirit of Christmas is alive and well in the French Quarter. Whether it’s a Cajun Christmas […]
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I am so glad that y'all were able to make it down to New Orleans. The food is fantastic there.…
Honestly, you’d think all we do when we visit New Orleans is eat and drink. But in reality, it’s only what we do for 95% of the time. We have to get visiting family, sleeping and showering in there somewhere, too! Now a word of warning to our vegetarian friends […]
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The spirit of the Creole Voodoo Priestess, Marie Laveau, is alive and well in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Visitors can tour her burial site in the Glapion family crypt in St. Louis Cemetery #1 or visit to the House of Voodoo at 739 Bourbon Street. Born a free […]
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Galatoires must be pretty good if all those people are prepared to queue from 8 am. I must say it…