From My Mother’s Garden
View of Lake Pontchartrain on the way to Grand Cayman.
Yeah baby
I had an interview today. Fingers crossed!
Things may just fall into place for me here in New Orleans.
To-Do:
Eat dinner at Commander’s Palace.
Cajun Dancing at Mulate’s.
Try a Ramos Gin Fizz at the Swizzle Stick Bar in Cafe Adelaide.
Wander the French Market.
Get my palm read in Jackson Square.
Visit the above ground graves at St. Louis Cemetery.
Listen to live music at the House of Blues.
View the City from the World Trade Center.
Drinks at d.b.a.
Dinner at Jacques-imo’s.
Jazz and Bourbon at Dos Jefes.
Parkway Bakery and Tavern in MidCity.
Done:
Margarita at Superior Grill.
Have a beer at Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop and Bar, the oldest bar in the United States.
Fried Green Tomato and Shrimp Remoulade po-boy at Mahony’s.
Drink a Hurricane at Pat O’Briens.
Wander Tulane University’s Campus.
Visit Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo.
Ride a Trolley Car.
Drink a Sazerac at Sazerac Bar in the Fairmont Hotel.
Breakfast at Camellia Grill.
Have an ice cream at Creole Creamery.
Shopping/Window Shopping on Magazine Street.
Did I mention I got that Fried Green Tomato, Jumbo Shrimp and Remoulade Sauce Po-Boy?
And it was freaking phenomenal!
Visit Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo, buy a souvenir.
Ride a Trolley Car.
Drink a Sazerac at Sazerac Bar in the Fairmont Hotel.
Breakfast at Camellia Grill.
Have an ice cream at Creole Creamery.
Shopping/Window Shopping on Magazine Street.
Eat dinner at Commander’s Palace.
Cajun Dancing at Mulate’s.
Try a Ramos Gin Fizz at Brennan’s.
Wander the French Market.
Get my palm read in Jackson Square.
Have Dinner and Jazz Cruise on the Steamboat Natchez.
Wander Tulane University’s Campus.
Visit the above ground graves at St. Louis Cemetery.
Fried Green Tomato and Shrimp Remoulade po-boy at Mahony’s.
Drink a Hurricane at Pat O’Briens.
Listen to live music at the House of Blues.
Have a beer at Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop and Bar, the oldest bar in the United States.
View the City from the World Trade Center.
Star show at the planetarium. Live after five downtown. Drinks at Tsunami, on the terrace. Have a martini at Duvic’s. Go Antiquing at Circa 1857. Biscuits and Gravy at Louie’s. Have a pizza from Fleur De Lis Pizza. Grab a bear and listen to music at Phil Brady’s. Drinks and maybe dinner at Jubans. (it’s expensive!)
Some pictures from the French Quarter Festival.