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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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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If you don’t think New Orleans is different from everywhere else, you haven’t been to New Orleans. How different? It is like nowhere else on God’s green Earth, my friend, like nowhere else. How do I know? I’ve been a lotta places—I know. Some days, I’ll be walking down the street and, apropos of nothing
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New Orleans air will set you free. Flare your nostrils and inhale when you walk down a New Orleans street and you’ll get a wallop of layered goodness that no bottled perfume can match. It’s a combination of Oo-la-laa and Va-vaa-voom. If New Orleans air could be packaged, it would be a best seller on
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Wanna know the best restaurants on Esplanade Avenue? There are plenty of good restaurants. I’m just going to stuff this phrase, “Best Restaurants on Esplanade Avenue,” in today’s installment at random intervals to get search engine traffic while I talk about Santa Fe, which is a very good restaurant on Esplanade Avenue. Is it the
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Before they arrive, many of our guests write to us asking for the best New Orleans restaurant recommendations. There are 800 restaurants New Orleans. We have eaten at over 350 of them. We have to eat out a lot because part of our job is to make recommendations. I can count on one finger the
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If you are looking for the best shrimp in New Orleans, there are plenty of dishes served in plenty of restaurants to choose from. If you want a great shrimp adventure, you can head out to the suburbs and try Red Lobster, but you could do that at the franchise next to the big mall
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It’s my own fault that I was attacked by an alligator this morning. I was having gumbo for lunch with Frau Schmitt at Liuzza’s-by-the-Track this afternoon when I told her I was attacked by an alligator. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” she asked. Because I wanted something to talk about at lunch. DO NOT TAUNT THE
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You would think I’d post a picture of Oysters Rockefeller for an article entitled, “The Best Oysters Rockefeller in New Orleans.” Wrong again. Instead, here’s a picture of the Joan of Arc statue at the head of the French Market. Now, I haven’t eaten Oysters Rockefeller everywhere I possibly could in New Orleans, but in
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