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North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans October 14th 2017

I woke up and was out of bed at 8:30 but we still got a late start. The morning plan of Café Du Monde and St. louis Cathedral in Jackson Square were put on hold. While Jerry was getting ready, I finished the blog from the day before. When we finally left the room, our first stop was the Gumbo Shop for lunch. This is a pretty popular place with both locals and tourists. There was a bit of line (actually the line was nonstop and still going strong when we were done with our lunch) but it moved quickly. Fortunately, we got a table inside because it was another hot and sticky day. We had a pretty traditional Creole/Cajun meal. Probably more Creole than Cajun. We both had Ice Tea to cool off, and the ... read more
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Creole Plate

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans October 13th 2017

Today did not begin until lunch. This was planned. After 15 years of traveling together we have discovered that the day after you arrive, you need to work into the experience. In other words, let yourself sleep in. Sleeping in for me lately means 8:30 as opposed to 6:00. Jerry is the better sleep in person. The schedule was not jam packed. Lunch in the Garden District, then The French Market in the French Quarter with a stop at the 1850 House. The day would end with Dinner at Antoine’s (celebrating its 175th year). Clang, Clang went the trolley, The St. Charles Street line was the mode of transportation to and from lunch. We stopped at Walgreens and got our 3-day Jazzy pass, unlimited transportation for 3 days. The line starts and ends one block from ... read more
La Petite Grocery
Crab Beignets
Fried Green Tomato

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans October 12th 2017

We have gone a lot of places this year, mostly on the eastern seaboard, but this is the first real vacation of the year and the only trip to get its own blog post. Since a trip abroad was not in the budget this year, we choose New Orleans, the closest thing we can get to France in the United States. This is also our 10thanniversary trip. Ten years since our wedding, 15 years together. This trip also marks the first long vacation that Tarragon will be joining us. As usual, travel day is not much to blog about. Typical cab to Penn Station, NJ transit to Newark airport and flight to New Orleans. Well it was not totally typical, as this was the first flight for Tarragon. It pretty much went very smoothly, took a ... read more
Broussards
Crab Crouqette
Crab & Cauliflower Gratinee

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans August 18th 2017

We just touched upon Monroeville at the end of our last blog. To back track a little, and not wishing to patronise any of our readers, Monroeville was the home of Nelle Harper Lee famous for the writing of To Kill A Mockingbird, which is absolutely Pip's favourite book of all time ( as a further note, Paul got Pip a reissue copy, signed by NHL for her 50th birthday). Regrettably NHL died last year but Monroeville, which was the setting for the fictional town of Maycombe from TKAMB, was as almost a must-see for this trip as the eclipse. Without the NHL / TKAMB link it would be fair to say that Monroeville would not be on the tourist trail. Lots of obvious poverty in the town and its outskirts, trailer homes, run down shacks. ... read more
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North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans August 10th 2017

Here we are, finally in New Orleans. I know, you haven't visit the world if you have not come to New Orleans. The Hurricane season is already on from 1st of august. So the big question was, are we going to be dry, wet, or completely underwater for our two nights here. Well, we were on the lucky side, you've read what has happened with Harvey the last few days. Not sure how wet New Orleans did end up, but in the news while visiting the city, the first thing was how many of the turbines to pump the water out in case of hurricane, was simply not in working condition! We stay mainly on the Interstate from Dallas to New Orleans, going via Lafayette at the end to have some more entertainment while driving. We ... read more
Tanya
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North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans April 9th 2017

Last day of the festival and the day we check-out. Of course it is the first morning that I sleep until 8am. Breakfast, showers, packing it is a whirlwind. We remembered to say goodbye to Liz, the breakfast lady, and I thanked Jeannette at the front desk for all of her help. I get the ladies suitcases and my own things on out to the van and at 10am drive over to the other hotel to pick up Tyler. Luckily Milliken has decided to source his own transportation to the airport so that saves an hour or so of my day. Milliken has already headed out to the casino to try and recoup his losses or to the fest. Not sure and we don't see him for the rest of the day. Tossing Tyler's bag in ... read more

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans April 8th 2017

Abs and I were up early again. After Caroline awoke, I got the car from valet and zipped over to pre-check in Joe, Caroline's cousin. Joe and his son Ryan were coming in from Florida to spend the day with us and would leave on Sunday morning. After getting him squared away I found Tyler at breakfast and warned him that Joe may need to stash his bag in Tyler and Milliken's room if his room was not ready when he arrived. Tyler was cool with that and told me that he had lost his folding chair the previous night, left it outside a port a john. Bummer. Then I was back to my hotel to help Caroline and Abcde get ready for the day. Caroline, Abcde and I headed off to Jackson Square sans Vallery ... read more

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans April 7th 2017

And history repeats itself. Abcde and I are up early and head downstairs for coffee. I like Hampton Inn's Robust Blend and Abs drinks the decaf at room temp, both of us like it black and bitter. As we sit and watch the news we find President Trump had bombed Syrian airfields in response to Syrians poisoning other Syrians with chemical weapons. At least Trump did what Hillary said he should do? So both Democrats AND Republicans can be happy about bombing a third world country into the 4 dimension? But I digress, this travelogue is about the French Quarter Festival, the greatest free festival ever! Or at least that I have ever been to...Eventually we rouse Wife, cycle through the shower and once presentable, head out to enjoy the city and the beautiful day that ... read more

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans April 6th 2017

Abcde and I were up early and had breakfast. The TVs were all tuned to the news stations and it seems that there had been a chemical attack in Syria. I am unsure what to think about that other than it is a terrible occurrence, there is not really anything I can do to change their situation, nor do I think we should become overly involved as a nation. That's it for politics for today. On to the important stuff I have some control over, getting wife moving and start the fest! Abs and I went back upstairs after about an hour of trying to feed her and woke Wife. She came back down with us and it was attempt #2 to feed the monkey. Slightly more successful, I touched base with las Mujeres Vieja and ... read more

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans April 5th 2017

We blew into New Orleans at about 4pm. There had been only a bit of rain and wind during the drive and we had enjoyed a great view of Lake Ponchitrain as we entered the city. Tyler and I started to unpack the car and then I ran in to get our keys. The vieja mujeres about drove Tyler crazy asking him to get their stuff right away and Joyce trying to pull her walker out of the cargo bag before it had even been fully unzipped. By the time I had us checked in every thing was on a cart for the bellman to take up and Tyler was pretty well red in the face. Tyler and I hustled off to get him checked into his room at the Hampton Inn Convention Center and he ... read more




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