In early December, as I was reading everything I could find on the Internet about New Orleans, I found a mixed bag of message board posts, some of which claimed the French Quarter is more dangerous than ever, and others the exact opposite.  I also ran across some comments referencing how poorly lit some streets [...]

When I was preparing for my recent New Orleans trip, I shopped around a bit online for a reasonably-priced hotel room in the French Quarter. I was torn between the historic Monteleone, Iberville Suites, and the Marriott at 555 Canal Street. I finally went with the Marriott where I got a AAA rate of $89/night. [...]

Streetcars go hand-in-hand with New Orleans like red beans and rice.  You can’t visit the city without overhearing at least one person reference “A Streetcar Named Desire.”  To visit this city without riding a streetcar at least once is like going to Las Vegas and never setting foot inside a casino.  There are three streetcar [...]

I flew into and out of New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport during my recent visit to the Big Easy.  As airports go, it’s on the small side compared to most airports I’ve traveled through.  But it’s clean and bright and it didn’t take long to get my bags upon my arrival or to get [...]

With the advent of the new year, I thought it would be a good time to switch WordPress themes, thus changing the look of my blog.  Chris Pearson sold the Cutline 3 column theme I had been using, and support under the new ownership isn’t what it used to be, so I have decided to [...]