Category: New Orleans

New Orleans weather is subtropical. If you’re visiting New Orleans between May through November, expect it to be hot and humid with a high chance of rain. December through April, it’s mild with less rain. Don’t worry, a long list of great indoor, rainy day, activities ensures that those brief New Orleans downpours, which suddenly happen…

Mention the mighty Mississippi River and two things come to mind – Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and paddlewheel riverboats.  Mark Twain’s descriptions of the river and the life around it transport us imaginatively.  The rhythmic splashing sound of the giant paddlewheel as the steamboat makes its way around a bend in the most…

What everyone knows:  New Orleans is a 24/7 party town with great bars, fabulous food, great live music, and a laissez-faire attitude.  What many don’t know: America’s most unique city is a great place for outdoor activities. Outdoor activities in New Orleans run the gamut. Walk, bike, jog, glide on a Segway; skim through mysterious…

New Orleans is always rated as one of the most haunted cities in America. It has all the elements for paranormal activity to thrive.  An ancient, below-sea-level port city segmented by the mighty Mississippi, it has a history of seamen, privateers and pirates passing through it.  It’s where a cultural mix of people came in…

Two days in New Orleans. There’s so much to see, it begs the question of where to begin? Here’s a plan beginning with a must-have, tasty New Orleans breakfast through the evening live music scene, with some New Orleans history, travel suggestions, and alternative activities thrown in.

The French Quarter, an ancient yet ageless 13-block long neighborhood is the heart of a fascinating city, New Orleans. A place of myth and mystique, which has seen everything and survived much, it packs in more sensory experiences than any other city in America. A place that never sleeps, Vieux Carré reveals much behind her…

Once Spanish and French before it was American, New Orleans is one of the continent’s oldest ports and surrounded by shadowy Mississippi delta bayous.  It’s a city different from the rest of America in feeling, tempo, food and speech.  It’s a place of unique cultural diversity, everything about it hints of exotic lands, places and…

New Orleans is different from the rest of America, in culture and in spirit.  She’s an old soul.  A dowager queen, regal, foreign, mysterious, irresistible, cloaked in filtered light and darkened shadows.  Her unique heritage is in evidence everywhere. You notice it in the melodious French street names: Dauphine, Chartres, Barbonne, and on restaurant menus: …

Although New Orleans is one of the most European cities in United States, the Big Easy still knows how to pay homage to America on her birthday. The riverfront comes alive as residents and visitors gather for one of the largest birthday parties in the nation, the Go Fourth on the River celebration. The French…