Posts from ‘January, 2009’

Two of my New Orleans tour guides recommended this wonderful movie called “Hurricane on the Bayou” that was showing at the IMAX Theater in the same building that houses the Aquarium.  They said it would explain why Katrina’s devastation was so horrific.  So I went down there on Monday afternoon and watched it.
The movie was [...]

The restaurant experience I most anticipated in New Orleans was Commander’s Palace ; because of their former Las Vegas location, I had heard about their food and $.25 martini specials for years.   Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in the Garden District just so happens to be right across the street from Commander’s Palace.   So as [...]

While in New Orleans, I found myself surrounded by sharks.  Not to mention stingrays, seahorses, and a giant sea turtle. Okay, so I was at the Aquarium of the Americas, located at the foot of Canal Street on the river.
Coming from Vermont as I do, I rarely get the opportunity to see aquatic creatures, so [...]

What would New Orleans Month be without a little salute to that infamous institution called Mardi Gras?  I’ve not experienced Mardi Gras in New Orleans–or anywhere, for that matter.  I like the idea, but I don’t care for crowds.  However, during my recent solo travels to the Big Easy, I did want to learn as [...]

From my recent solo travel to New Orleans:  On Sunday, after my Katrina tour, I had planned to go to the Napoleon House for lunch so I could try their legendary Pimm’s Cup and a muffaletta.  I got there, and it was closed.  (I wasn’t the only potential customer who was surprised and disappointed by [...]

In the spring of 2005, I started to plan my first trip to New Orleans. I was looking at Labor Day weekend. Then I remembered that was hurricane season in New Orleans and decided to go to Las Vegas instead. Smart decision, as it turns out. Hurricane Katrina roared through the Gulf region in late [...]

Long before my trip to New Orleans was even a gleam in my eye, I remember a friend telling me about his trip to the Crescent City and the ghost tour he took through the French Quarter.  He made it sound like so much fun, it always remained in the back of my mind that [...]

I had a tough time during my New Orleans trip picking restaurants, mainly because there are so many highly recommended restaurants in town, and not enough time to eat at them all.  Decisions, decisions.  I really didn’t want to make reservations ahead of time, as I wanted to be flexible, and I find that I [...]

I have wanted to eat at a Margaritaville since the one in Las Vegas first opened.  I’m not a Parrothead and really only like a handful of Jimmy Buffett’s songs.  But the restaurant sounds like such a fun place to belly up to the bar, have some drinks and good food, listen to music and [...]

Just a short note to let you all know I have an article published in this month’s Yummy Mummy Club about Vegas for the Solo Mom.  The Yummy Mummy Club is a website for real, contemporary moms who totally get that their whole lives don’t need to revolve around their kids, nor do they need [...]