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New Orleans
danielgage
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going to New Orleans LA next week any recommendations
eats, sights, or other ?
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yeah, dont but if you must; the WWII museum is fantastic, for food look to nola.eater.com for a guide. seriously, crime is rampant there so please be very careful.
The WWII museum is one of the finest museums I have ever visited. Of ANY kind. If you see or do nothing else, spend a day - or three - there. Really. Ride the trolley out through the older neighborhoods and back. Delightful.
"Must eat" items include an original muffaletta from Central Grocery (order a half unless you're feeding two big eaters), seafood of any and all kinds, and a po-boy. Most people have a coffee and a beignet next to Jackson Square, but that's not one of my faves.
Stay the hell away from the Quarter after sunset.
Don't walk the side streets after night falls alone. Seriously. Great place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there🤨
...I second most everything RR said, and............
...I do like the Cafe Du Monde, coffee and beignets...located by the church, and the river...
...I like the ride on the river boat down to the site of The Battle Of New Orleans...
...Central Grocery muffuletta sandwich is a must...along with any seafood...
...Pat O'Brians for a Hurricane...
...The trolley is nice...
...The French Quarter is interesting, ALL types of shops, including a Voodoo shop...
Yes: Concealed carry,
Clarification: the Coffee and beignets at Cafe Du Monde are delicious, according to most. I'm just not a "sweets" guy. And that's the ONLY thing on their menu. I tend to sit and sulk when the group I'm with insists on going there. But it's my own failing, not the C Du M's.
If you dote on doughnuts liberally coated in powdered sugar served with chickory coffee, you'll love it.
thanks everyone
made it back home
interesting city for sure
lots of history
people talking all different kinds of language for sure
Canal street divides the American side of the city from the French Quarter
didn't get to visit the WWII museum maybe sometime in the future they told you need a full day to see it
June and I went there once back quite a few years ago. Sorta like going on a cruse ship for me after about 4 days I was ready to head home. We had a pretty good time though we stayed at the Royal Sonesta Hotel and it was a pretty swanky joint back then and probably still is today. They had some good food there. In fact I don't remember having a bad meal anyplace we ate at.
June about walked me to death those few days. She visited every shop on the main drag and the back streets to. I don't remember seeing anything dangerous going on even at night. Must have been before things got bad.
They did have a bunch of strip joints in that town. June said I've been watching you eyeing those places so she grabbed me by the arm one evening and said come on you big idiot you might as well have a look 'cause I know you're dying to see what going on. I figured they'd be a bunch of big old Canjun chicks out of the swamp in those places but that wasn't the case. That was pretty interesting to say the least for me as a youngster. They didn't have anything like that in hills of East Tennessee that's for sure. 😊
That was my girl. I guess you could say she kept me on a leash for over half a century but she always left just enough slack in it to keep it interesting.
but did you see any squirrels?
no sir
more homeless people than squirrels
maybe they had ate them not sure
New Orleans is a less than desirable place to visit for me..............YES........Iv'e been there before............and we are dealing with their KATRINA "refugees" these many years after.............
varian-😆