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Rooms

Les Fleurs Suite

This is a really unique New Orleans hotel suite. There are others. La Belle Esplanade has a total of five suites. That’s why we can offer the personalized experience that …

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Le Pelican Suite

This is a really nice suite. Is this the most unique New Orleans hotel suite that you can find in this fair city we call home? No. It isn’t. La …

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Our Blog

Summer in New Orleans

It will be hot. It will be humid. The ambient humidity will make it feel hotter than it is. Heat Index. We do have air conditioning. Keep the windows closed. …

Unsung Hero

Frau Schmitt is the unsung hero of these poems and the better half of this operation. She is going to be unhappy that I posted a public photo of her …

Mysterious Shoes.

You never know what you’ll find when you turn a corner in New Orleans. Sometimes it is voodoo. Sometimes it is regular magic, the everyday kind. I have had it …

Three pairs of ladies' shoes on N. Rocheblave Street.

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