trippage

[thoreau]

Well I cashed in the last of my American Miles.

I'm headed to visit Ron and Mark in New Orleans for Presidents Day Weekend - (Feb 13th to the 18th). Ron and Mark run a Bed and Breakfast - which they are closing down and inviting a few friends to stay over that weekend in their B&B for free!

So what does that mean folks? with miles it's an almost free trip! Yay! and being a cheap bastard - I love the sound of that.

Valentines Day in New Orleans!

So it'll be seven of us - running around checking out the spots - and seeing stuff. I've never been to New Orleans so - I'm pretty excited.

Are there any LJ peeps in New Orleans out there? Anyone with ideas of what to do, etc? since it'll be three couples and moi - I perhaps might need some alone time - to let couples do what couples do. :) I'm sure there are museums there - but how have they recovered post-Katrina. Anyone up for a list of things I should not miss while in New Orleans?

Comments

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Just curious... what accomodations do you make for Ms Katey when you travel? Does she have a preferred salon & spa?

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

Wallace and I went there twice and the geckos and huge roaches are pretty amazing!

So many bugs and critters! :)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

Miss Kate stays home and I arrange for a friend to come live with her while I'm gone. This trip it will be Nicole - a young coworker. Nicole lives WAY WAY out - and it's a treat for her to live in the city for a few days. She's met miss Kate and loves her - I mean - who doesn't right? but - thats my usual take - is getting someone to come live here with Miss Kate while I travel.

[joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com]

* Now that it is running again, be sure to ride the St. Charles streetcar from downtown out to its terminus and back. It goes through what is probably the lovliest part of NO, and their are stop-opportunities (especially Loyola and Tulane universities) along the way.

* Bars: Lafitte's in Exile. Daddy Central.

* Restaurants: Hard to go wrong, but think about lunch (less expensive) at The Commander's Palace (http://www.commanderspalace.com/). It's freakin' amazing.

*Do walkabouts in both the French Quarter and the Faubourg Marigny, & down Magazine St. (art galleries and antique stores).

I love New Orleans. Have a great time!

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

oh dear. I hate bugs. and I mean hate them. ugh.

[joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com]

P.S. Even at lunch you will need khakis and a polo or oxford/button-down at Commander's. The people-watching is *something* else. :)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Sounds perfect! Katey & Nicole can go do "girl stuff" on the town together, like, I dunno, getting their nails done or such. :-)

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

If you hate bugs, humidity, or drunk people then you won't like New Orleans :-)

Hehe!

[madknits.livejournal.com]

While I don't live in NOLA, I have made ten pilgrimages to the Holy City. Some of the things I like doing there, beyond ogling handsome mens are:
the 1850 House, if it is open. Museum in the Cabildo of a wealthy antebellum home.
The Longvue House. Built in the 1920s, the gardens are fantastic. The interior is gorgeous, too.
The Audobon Zoo.
The Aquarium of the Americas
A Swamp Tour (ask for the best ones)
A Cemetaries Tour (do not go alone, go with a group, because scary people live in the cemetaries, and they avoid tour groups, but will assail a single tourist)
The French Market
Outside NOLA, the beautiful plantation, Nottaway.

Have fun, and take lots of pictures!

[enhydrasf.livejournal.com]

sweet i 'd love that!

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

Do you love bugs as much as me?!? Wallace will attest to my love of critters! :-)

Hey, do you attend a shul in SF? I don't really belong to one, but I sometimes attend at the Chabad Lubavitch centers in the peninsula. Unfortunately, there are no Orthodox synagogues within walking to distance to my house (for Shabbos). Maybe when you get back from your trip to Australia, we can meet for coffee.

Safe travels! :)

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

I loved the aquarium of the Americas!!! :)

They have a cool albino alligator.

[enhydrasf.livejournal.com]

critters are cool. i don't go to shul regularly, and I am as reformed as they come. that may change during my trip though :).

sure! coffee it is!

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

Ah, cool! Is your Australian buddy more frum?

[blondefury.livejournal.com]

NO was one of my favorite places to visit - haven't been for years, but I rec that you visit The Napolean House in the Quarter for what I think is the best gumbo in the city. And just a really great little bar area. Don't miss the Zoo if you get the chance to go - you can (or could) take the trolley pretty much straight to it. I always like doing little tours in the Garden District - beautiful homes, etc. There used to be a little place called "Ritas" - great southern food...it's in the Quarter....can't recall the cross streets, but it looks like a hole in the wall...Regretfully, I never made it many of the jazz clubs... I hope you have a great time...OH and the farmer's market is pretty great, too - can be overwhelming when crowded, but it's just down from Cafe Du Monde. Kelly

[use2bshy.livejournal.com]

I might be able to give some info after the weekend of the 25, am heading there that weekend.

Whats the name of your friends B&B?

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

so i gather that means you are not stopping at Houston on the way or on the way back......sigh.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

no flights put me there - I fly through Chicago on the way - and Dallas on the way back.

Houston 'll come - don't worry.......