Re: [photo-3d] Re: New Orleans Trip looking for Photo Ops and Light Meter Store.

[Kevin & Terri Wade <k_t_wade@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Chris,

All of your suggestions have been put into the future travel notebook. 

The freak show on Bourbon was much better this year, probably because the
weather brought the temperature up 25-45 degrees from what it was 2 years ago so
there were respectable crowds every night.

Looked for Tippitinas French Quarter planning to take a cab to the uptown from
there but missed the entrance because of a tour bus parked at the blues cafe,
kept us walking past the 'show' at Jackson Square all the way to snug harbor for
Jason Marsalis in a nice quiet place.

Waited until Sunday to visit the cemeteries and only a few were open and not in
the best neighborhoods mostly just hoods, made me glad that we took our body
guard and allowed me to focus.

Feel that I must learn more so quickly about stereo because of the colleges and
the zoological garden.

Papa Joes was good, their Gumbo was nice and thick seems like we were chasing
rainbows in bowls of gumbo all over N.O.

After many recommendations for Central Grocers for Muffalettas and the
disappointment with the muffalatta there we were on quest for the sloppiest
muffalatta and the jury is still out on the results.

Being a Juggler I can not just visit a zoo without giving performances to the
animals ( the otters are the most interested ) we had to apply the same to
Bourbon Street with Balloon animals, Swords, Arrows and Hearts all of which were
big hits at temptations we had free treats to everything there as long as the
balloons held out and the girls acted much like the otters in the zoo do when
juggled for. Pandemonium

Mid-City Rock and Bowl sounds like a reason to go back in itself that just
sounds so perfect sort of like a cross sport but creole.

The whole family enjoyed Meyer Hats more than anything and it is a great place
to get stereo of aspiring indiana jones surrounded by a million hats in a
thousand hat building run by the old men who were boys when this hat shop was
still two times older than they are now.

Kevin Wade



On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 00:18:02 -0600, you wrote:

>Having just returned from a four day exploration of New Orleanso make several
>recommendations, photographic and otherwise.
>
>1) Stay away from Bourbon Street if you're looking for beautiful old New
>Orleans.  Try the NE end of the quarter for quieter, residential beauty.
>
>2) Drive down St. Charles (west, or upriver from the Quarter) and you should
>have many photo ops, particularly of the streetcars rumbling along the
>oak-covered boulevard (perspective!!).  And make sure you stop into The
>Columns hotel for a drink at the bar, it's cheap and relaxing, very southern. 
>Not touristy!
>
>3) Be careful in the cemeteries, they're dangerous.  The Lafayette is nice, in
>the Garden District (Washington, north of Magazine).  The St. Louis #1 is the
>most visited, and therefore fairly safe. The #2 is cooler looking, but a bit
>sacrier crimewise.
>
>4) Great places to eat: The Original Papa Joe's, Bourbon and Toulouse (get the
>gumbo!), Napolean House St. Louis and Chartres(?) for Muffalettas, and for
>something upscale make a reservation at Brigstens.
>
>5) Bars: I don't drink, but you should check out Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop on
>Bourbon at St. Philip, the afforementioned The Columns, and for something
>truly local, take a cab to Saturn Bar on St. Claude (30-somthing) in Bywater
>neighborhood. Don't be afraid when you get there, it's very friendly inside.
>
>6) Nightlife:  Tippitinas Uptown for jazz and blues.  The best place I found
>though, totally local, is Mid-City Rock and Bowl.  It's a combination bowling
>alley and Zydeco dancehall that is very authentic and hopping fun.  If you're
>interested in checking out the Bourbon street strip clubs, watch out.  You can
>spend a huge amount of money just getting in to the bars tryng to find a good
>one.  GO DIRECTLY TO TEMPTATIONS.  It's the only one you need.  Very
>comfortable, very friendly, and not high-pressure.  Plus the girls are beautiful.
>
>That's not all 3-D related, forgive me.  But I've just fallen in love with New
>Orleans, not to mention "Inez" at Temptations and feel like telling everybody
>I know.
>
>Chris Schneberger
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