"Home Sweet (Adopted) Home" New Orleans by TravellerMel
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"Someone suggested that there's an incomplete part of our chromosomes that gets repaired or found when we hit New Orleans. Some of us just belong here." ~ John Goodman 6/16/2010, LA Times **
"We dance when there is no music. We drink at funerals. We talk too much, and live too large and, frankly, we're suspicious of those who don't." ~ Chris Rose 9/17/2005, Times Picayune **
I moved to New Orleans at the end of the summer of 1995. About 2 weeks in my new city, I spent the night in the French Quarter at the Dauphine Orleans hotel. The next morning I woke up early and walked to the Cafe du Monde. The morning was very foggy, and the still-lit streetlamps were reflecting in the mist. As I sat with my cafe au lait and beignets, the first of the horse-drawn carriages pulled up the cobblestone in front of the St. Louis Cathedral, and off in the distance someone was playing a soulful saxophone. At that moment, I fell totally and completely in love with the city, and knew I had come "home"...
After 13 years, three job changes, and one hurricane, I love this city more every day. Sure, there are down sides to living here (what city doesn't have those?), but there is no place I'd rather be.
NEW ORLEANS - PROUD TO CALL IT HOME!
Outside the Convention Center. Don't be a hater, but I got to hug PONCH! I have to say, I swooned, just a bit...
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The Lamothe House sounds like a great place to stay.
Thanks for the tips about the French Quarter and the French Market. We will be here next month.
Your introduction shows your greta love to this city, you seem to be a big artist ! I wish to discuss you more and share a café au lait in that famous place ! happy to read your nice pages ! you are welcome !
Someday l will get to New Orleans armed with your tips, great page.
A fantastic page, well-deserving of 5 orange stars all around! Thanks for sharing, but what exactly is a po-boy??? I see Scotland is on your wish list... I'm heading back to the Highlands in exactly 40 days, can't wait! Greetings from the desert / Jess
Hi Mel, thanks for visiting my Ireland pages. I really love your New Orleans pages. It's been ages since I've been, but my family is talking about heading down next year. I hope you make it back to Ireland soon!
I love New Orleans. Next to San Francisco its my favorite city in the US.
Wish it'd worked out to meet in person while we were both here. I fell hard in love with this town in the few hours I was there :)
Hi Mel..Thanks for sharing your new tips and photos..what a fun place this is..can't wait to return..what with all those beignets..po boys and hurricanes this place rocks....take care from downunder..DennyP
Excellent page on New Orleans. It’s been years since I was there and I would like to return in the near future. It was a great place to visit!