On a quiet Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago, my friend Liz from D.C called me to catch up. This is the conversation that followed.
Liz: Hey, what are you doing this week?
Me: Nothing.
Liz: Want to come to New Orleans? I'll be there for a conference starting on Wednesday and have a paid for hotel room on Canal Street. Seems like a waste not to take advantage of it.
Me: Um, yes, absolutely, done! See you on Wednesday!
I don't think she believed me that I would actually hop in the car and drive 8 hours east to New Orleans on a whim until I showed up knocking on her hotel room door.
I've been to New Orleans on two previous occasions (both post Katrina), once for Mardi Gras in 2007 and once for New Years in 2008-9. But I wanted to see the city during a "normal" time in the city, if there is such a thing. I spent 3 solid days there walking around the French Quarter, Garden District, St. Charles Ave, Frenchman Street and a few other places in between while Liz was at her conference. We had fantastic food, drinks heard some great music and I even ran into a few people I knew who were working on films there.The photos are a mix of iPhone (the square ones) and regular old digital camera I resorted to when my phone kept dying from over use.
I love the architecture, the light, the sights, the food, the drinks, the people, the different 'hoods, I love New Orleans - it's definitely one of my favorite cities to visit.
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| Sheraton-our hotel |
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| view from the hotel room |
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| Courtyard somewhere in the French Quarter |
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| Bourbon street |
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| view from my window at lunch in a French Bakery off Magazine St. |
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| Cemetery in the Garden District |
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| Gorgeous Houses on St. Charles Ave. |
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| Drinks and music at Three Muses on Frenchman St. |
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| Film crew shooting Treme at the bar next door |
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