Life On Esplanade Ave.
Get to Know the Real New Orleans
Here is a solid recommendation. Go to the Rock ‘n’ Bowl on a Thursday night. This is real New Orleans. It is zydeco night at the Rock ‘n’ Bowl on Thursdays. People come from all over the state to dance and dance and dance. People don’t just come from… Read more
When you live in New Orleans you can feel the seasons in your bones. The temperature fluctuates more in winter than in summer. Spring and autumn are wings of summer. Leaves do not change color in New Orleans. Winter is when flowers don’t bloom. Autum… Read more
Apropos of Halloween, I’d like to share a condensed article from our sister blog about New Orleans Witch Houses. There are witch houses all over New Orleans. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with that. It would be rash to say that there are a lot… Read more
If you are looking for a palm reading in New Orleans, you can go to Jackson Square. I know a couple of palm readers who work in Jackson Square. You can get your palm read at any hour of the day or night. There is always a collection of psychics and g… Read more
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 stree… Read more
If you don’t know what shrimp boots are, you aren’t from Louisiana. All hail the shrimp boot! Shrimp boots are white rubber boots that shrimpers wear when they are out on their boats. Actually, they wear them more often than that. I wouldn’t say that… Read more