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Mardi Gras in New Orleans is more and better than you think.  It is more and better in real life than anything you’ve seen in movies, on TV, or read about in books or in pulp magazines.  If you want to learn how to celebrate New Orleans Mardi Gras, stay a week from Mardi Gras […]

No one ever says their visit to New Orleans is too long any time of year.  During Mardi Gras season, there is no such thing as too much Mardi Gras.  A week in New Orleans is a magical thing.  I know.  I live here.  If you want to experience a week during New Orleans Mardi

You know where I think the best small hotel is in New Orleans.  You are on the right website for that one.  You meet the nicest people in New Orleans. What is the best big hotel in New Orleans?  I’m partial to grand old hotels, so I’m partial to the Roosevelt Hotel, part of the

When I think about New Orleans, I think of the opening of the 1984 movie Cannonball Run II.  Would you like to know why?  Mardi Gras!  Mardi Gras!  I say Mardi Gras the same way:  Mardi Gras.  Mardi GRAS!  A lot of people do, they say it in a whisper, too.  Mardi Gras Day is

You belong in New Orleans in December.  I’m here.  I have the photo to prove it. We are here for you in New Orleans all year long. December in New Orleans is magical, the way every time in New Orleans is magical, but it’s more so this time of year because no one really comes

I was standing on a corner watching all the girls go by.  I was birdwatching as we used to say when I was a lad.  I was standing on the corner of South Pierce Street and Canal Street in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans. This is not something that you’ll be doing if you

New Orleans is for lovers.  Everyone knows that.  The most erotic New Orleans isn’t Bourbon Street, the way the sexiest dress isn’t stark naked. People who love the world’s greatest cities know the world’s most erogenous zones.  New Orleans is right smack on top of one of them. There are sensitive spots in New Orleans

My camera is broken.  Go figure.  I knew it was going to happen.  I encountered a piece of voodoo cutlery on the sidewalk yesterday.  As soon as I saw it I knew I was jinxed in New Orleans again.  If you don’t know what voodoo cutlery is, you need to visit The New Orleans Odditarium.  The

La Belle Esplanade is in Downtown New Orleans.  When we say ‘downtown,” we mean downriver of Canal Street.  All directions are different here.  We don’t think in terms of North, South, East or West in New Orleans.  We say, Lakeside, Riverside, Downtown, Uptown.  We know what we mean.  A funny thing happened in New Orleans

New Orleans doesn’t look like anything you are used to.  It is an old city.  The city of New Orleans is over 300 years old.  There is a long history of picturesque decay.  New Orleans is safe, though.  No matter what your Uber driver tells you, you can walk just about anywhere in most parts