New Orleans
My favorite kind of image: It tells the story without my having to say...
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Cafe Du Monde
This is THE place to sit and enjoy coffee and beignets. (New Yorkers...
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Beignets and Coffee - Cafe DuMonde
Mmmmmm. (But not on the South Beach Diet, exactly). Here is a Cafe...
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New Orleans Classic
The French Quarter is alive, and looks like this at the moment. Just...
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Masks
... in the French Quarter
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French Quarter by day
Here's a view of what the French Quarter again looks like on a sunny day....
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We're Jazzed You're Here
This message is everywhere, and it is genuine. While people are...
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N.O. Re-established 8-29-05
These are a few of the sweatshirts I can show without offending people. Some...
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You get the idea
Here's a mild version of how sentiment runs on t-shirts and bumper stickers.
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Natchez Steamship
Here is New Orleans' only authentic steam-powered paddleboat which is...
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Neo-Classical New Orleans?
Actually, from what I could gather, this square, with flowing fountains, was...
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Mothers
"World's Best Baked Ham". I'm not sure what the...
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French Quarter Foliage
What's wrong with this picture?
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Lucky Dogs
Like the flower carts, these are on just about every corner of Bourbon...
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The Superdome
Now an infamous symbol of desperate circumstances in a disaster and its wake,...
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Boat House Devastation
Along the waterfront, a year later rubble and displaced boats have...
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Bourbon Street Scene
One of the flower sellers.
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Johnny White's and Moose-O-Lini
That's Moose-O-Lini on the right. Why is this place important? I...
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Inside Harrah's Casino
Natural light. They said it's ok to take photos without flash, so...
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Harrah's #2
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Saxophonists
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, August 2006
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Beads and Zombie
This is so New Orleans!
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Jackson Square
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French Quarter
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Ferns love humidity
... now that I think about it. Perfect climate!
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The Spanish Influence
Mon dieu, il etais un province de Espana! (Jackson Square)
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Meow
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Muriel's
This looks to be in excellent shape. (But where are the people on the...
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More History
So New Orleans was a provincial capital of Spanish Louisiana. (A lot of...
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Store Window
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A bit weather-worn
On Royal and Bourbon
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Bourbon Street & St. Ann
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Most Powerful Drink
There is a fierce competition for "strongest drink" on Bourbon...
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There he is!
The drink grenade...
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Horse N Buggy in the French Quarter
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Preservation Hall
Through the iron gates is the original home of Preservation Hall and the...
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Preservation Hall
Really...
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Help Wanted
Knowledge of Voodoo helpful, not essential.
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Where have I seen them before?
Oh yeah, Jackson Square, while eating beignets and sipping iced coffee!
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Slightly Akilter on Bourbon Street
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Shop with skeleton and saxophone
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Let the Good Times Roll!
Ready for Mardi Gras?
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Aquarium at Dusk
By the Mississippi River.
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Drinks?
It's true, the Hurricane is a big drink here, I learned after...
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River Walk Education
One of the displays on the boardwalk outside the River Walk (basically a long...
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Ferry cross the Mississippi
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Mulate's
Across from the convention center. Best bread pudding and sauce. (But go to...
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River Walk
Actually, Riverside Mall would be more accurate, though outside it is...
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Jax Brewery
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Downtown Construction
While most of the hotels and French Quarter are relatively high and...
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Burnt out docks adjacent to 9th Ward
My camera is just going into death throes here...
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Back to the Devastation
Here's a boathouse, or what was one. Lakefront, far from high ground.
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Souvenirs of Katrina
On the rooftops of once-flooded homes, you can see the holes punched out by...
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Wind Damage and FEMA trailer
Everywhere. (Some of these homes are being demolished or elevated as I...
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Covered in water, 9-11
This house is abandoned, rocking chair still on the front porch. What you can...
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Eat at Joes
Joe's crabs have seen better days. This roof was blown off by Katrina.
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For sale: Needs "some" work
One of the boat houses. On the inner wall is written "slight water...
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Repairing levees and pumps
A huge project!
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Construction on Levees and Canal walls
The images (beyond the French Quarter) are of the 17th Street Canal,...
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And back on Bourbon Street
At night, taken my last day with my "toy camera" (natural...
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Hurricane City
That's what the good kind of hurricane looks like (in a hurricane glass).
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Flower Cart on Bourbon Street
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Rue Bourbon
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Bourbon Stree Blues Company
Coooool.
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Johnny White's
Remember Johny White's? Always open. And gathering spot for many people...
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Special Shrink Drinks
10,000 or so psychologists came to N.O. for their annual convention, despite...
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Redfish Grill
A plug for this great seafood restaurant, where it was possible (but...
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And of course, Mothers...
Much lighter on the purse/wallet, Mother's is the place to go for a plain...
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Some of the celebrities at Mothers
Let's see: Johnny Cochran, Dr. John the Night Tripper, and who else... many!
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Mardi Gras Madness
THE mall store for Mardi Gras (in River Walk)
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Approval to resume post-Katrina
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Hotel/Casino Land
And the streetcars have resumed charging for the ride (after 10 months...
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Morial Convention Center
The Convention Center, sadly, had become a symbol of suffering and despair,...
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Mango says NO!
This is a loveley statue in a bucolic setting: New Orleans Botanical...
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band
They are good! Still. We end with "When the Saints Come Marching In"...
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North America
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