If you live in New Orleans the name Evangeline will conjure all sorts of pictures in your mind. Evangeline was a Cajun. A Cajun is not a Creole. The difference between Creole and Cajun isn’t overly complicated but it does have some nuance. Has New Orleans always been the way it is now? Pretty much. […]
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If you watch YouTube videos, I encourage you to subscribe to the New Orleans State of Mind Channel. I started this channel a few months ago but didn’t really have anything I wanted to do with it until last week. As a New Orleans goodwill ambassador, I am busier than I seem to be. I am
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If you haven’t been to New Orleans before, you should visit. Why? Because a life without even a little bit of New Orleans in it is a life without flavor. I’m not exaggerating. New Orleans is tasty, not just in a culinary sense but in a spiritual sense, too. Get your head screwed on straight
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Don’t just get your self to New Orleans. Use your better intuition and get your good self down to New Orleans. You’ll find magic and the scent of crawfish in the air. There will be music in the air. I walk out my front door every Saturday night and I can hear one or two
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You’ve got your regular gothic and then you’ve got your steamboat gothic. The Steamboat Gothic houses in New Orleans aren’t in our neighborhood but they are a short bike ride away. Here is a picture of La Belle Esplanade: We live on a beautiful street with unique architecture, to be sure, and La Belle Esplanade
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La Belle Esplanade has been open for business for seven years. 7. Lucky 7. We rolled the dice and here we are. Rated the #1 place to stay in New Orleans since April 2014. Let the good times roll. Laissez les bon temps roulez. Welcome to the New Orleans state of mind. This blog has
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You have plenty of options to choose from where to stay when you visit New Orleans. How do you decide? Why La Belle Esplanade? Well, I’ll tell you: good memories are made on our street everyday. If you want to visit New Orleans like a tourist, you have plenty of options. If you want to
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