New Orleans

Location Description

33 photos

Looking out of the hotel window towards the Mississippi....
It really didn't look like that big of a river until...
The flow direction was finally determined by seeing this...
The hotel had a bizarre elevator system in which you...
Then, it told you what elevator to take.
Inside, there were no buttons, so if you just jumped in...
Sunshine! The hurricane had finally blown through.
Heading out to Mardi Gras World for the Concrete Mixer. ...
Giant Leonardo statue at Mardi Gras World
High school students (or so I assumed) being the "band"...
Gustavo Parra-Montesinos of the University of Michigan,...
Giant bull statue. There were lots and lots of statues...
Beignets at Cafe Du Monde (so delicious).
Eating beignets and drinking cafe au lait at Cafe Du...
Cafe Du Monde. I don't recognize it even a little bit...
As part of our whirlwind month of Jet Blue travel,...
Stop #1 was the Parkway Bakery & Tavern to get po' boys.
Monica tries on the sweet shades I bought at a market in...
Waiting for the trolley to take us back downtown after po' boys.
We arrived in New Orleans appropriately enough on "game...
Monica and the St. Louis Cathedral in the background.
Next stop: beignets at Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter.
Extra powdered sugar... why not?
I guess we just went for broke here.
Seems about right.
Monica approves.
John with some statue of Andrew Jackson I think.
Typical New Orleans house.
Bar in the hotel where we stayed.
Loaded up in the morning for our trip to Washington D.C....
Walgreens on Canal Street.
A lot of boarded up / abandoned buildings in New Orleans.
No snow globes!!1 Oh noes!!