With a nod to Wendy’s excellent photo essay from 2007, here are a few scenes from New Orleans, circa December 2008.
The French Quarter:
A sliding levee between the Mississippi and Jax Brewery:
Random sights in the Garden District:
And on our way out of town, views of eastern New Orleans, still bearing the scars of Katrina:
That picture of a café with red and yellow dots on the wall is especially pretty. This sequence of pictures tells a story, right? Like, first you’re walking down the street, then you’re sitting in a café and going into stores, then you’re walking to the bus depot and taking the bus out of town? Oh yeah, now I notice there are captions which make that explicit.
I could eat beignets until I exploded in sprinkles of sugared happiness.
Also I love the statue of Joan just down the way from that famous (can’t quite remember the name) coffee and beignets cafe with the green stripes and awnings.
Just like me to eat and dream of saints rather than actually registered my surroundings.
Thank goodness other people take lovely pictures.
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Fun snaps. What do you shoot with?
awesome. makes me long to be back there. did you see any of the art installations there, in the lower 9th?
1: Correct. Except, in our case, the “bus” was being driven by my parents, back to my ancestral homeland 3 hours’ drive away for xmas.
2: Word. Those things are magically delicious! And it’s Cafe du Monde.
3: A Canon Elph. Point ‘n’ shoot, just like you’re at the OK Corral.
4. Nope, didn’t see anything in the Lower 9th, actually — we stuck to the French Quarter and Garden District. Would have been nice to wander farther afield, but time was limited and we were with the ‘rents, as noted in 1. above.
Love that “Beware of Dogs” sign, except I wish it said “Beware of Monsters”. What’s the word above “Dogs”? I can’t quite make it out.
“Aligator”
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Aligator“What a great city! Thanks for the mini-vacay, Parrish!
Also: 1: Those “red and yellow dots” are little washing-machine-esque blenders of frosty alcoholic drinks. Flavors starting from far left are: “Texas Margarita,” “190 Antifreeze,” “Hurricane,” “Cajun Storm” and “Mudslide.” Lots of natural disasters for your drinking pleasure.
I love photo essays. Thanks.
As I recall, “Hurricane” was most delicious–especially in a 32-ounce cup that you can carry around the neighborhood. Alcoholic slurpees = yum.
BTW, a shout-out here for Jane, who has made good on her earlier promise to comment on TGW every day. She is a woman of her word!
hey, thanks!