Never too old to travel!
For those who love to wander, coming home can sometimes be a “downer.” But what perks us up after a good trip is looking through photos and reliving and re-evaluating what we saw. Thus it was after a brief but fun visit to New Orleans, a place we’ve seen numerous times, but one that always […]
Read More…No history of New Orleans, I suppose, would be complete without at least mentioning Marie Laveau, the legendary Voodoo Queen of the city. So, it only follows that many folks — locals and tourists alike — would want to find her grave and pay tribute to her. As I mentioned in a previous post, I took […]
Read More…As a child, my parents would drive my sisters and me from the little town of Hahnville, Louisiana, to the big city of New Orleans — to see the city, to take a mini-vacation, and even to buy groceries at Schwegmann’s. But on every trip, every trip, we passed cemeteries where above-ground tombs fascinated me […]
Read More…Sometimes there’s a side benefit to foraging for local cuisine, especially if you’re a tourist in New Orleans. And who doesn’t want Real Nawlins Food? We sure ’nuff do, so whenever we visit, we duck out of the French Quarter to a favorite place of ours — Jacques-Imo’s on Oak Street, at the far end […]
Read More…As iconic as the Café Du Monde in New Orleans is for us and other tourists, it presented something new this trip: a trip to the back of the restaurant to see “how it’s done”! No visit to NOLA is complete for us without a stop at 800 Decatur Street. It’s where the Original Café […]
Read More…You might as well not even think about traveling to the New Orleans French Quarter if you’re not going to eat what locals do. And so we heed our own advice: plan your next meal; then tour what’s nearby! Although we’re frequent travelers to the Big Easy (Spent honeymoon there and many other trips in our 48 […]
Read More…If you go to New Orleans on a diet, you’ll miss the best part of the city: the food! And what could be more quintessential in the French Quarter than a genuine Sicilian muffuletta from Central Grocery? This tiny, squeezed-in place at 923 Decatur Street opened in 1906 by Sicilian immigrant Salvatore Lupo who […]
Read More…It takes maybe oh, um a minute or two at most upon leaving your hotel in New Orleans’ French Quarter to realize that ironwork is everywhere. Not just iron. But works in iron. You know, handcrafted, aged, forged ironwork so hard to duplicate today, but so desirable, especially if you live in the Deep South. […]
Read More…It’s not that we’re opposed to new. Levees need repairing. The Cabildo needs a facelift. And paint makes old spaces new again. It’s just that we love old. Timeworn, tattered, peeling paint old. And where else could we be more at home with the oldness than in New Orleans and the heart of the French […]
Read More…May the blessings of the Easter season be yours throughout the coming year. — Bert and Rusha
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