Things to do in New Orleans

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

Any recommendations on things we should do in New Orleans? We will be going in a few weeks and staying at Quarter House

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Eric look here first. If you need a Limo I can get you a great deal which includes RT airport. A few new hot restaurants, http://www.cochonrestaurant.com/ be sure to pick up some meat from the butcher shop next door if you go. The meats are smoked but Bring a cooler for the flight but it is not a needed. There Sausages and Hot dogs were great My son like the smoked Duck.

If the haunted house at the mortuary is still open go for it. The best I have ever seen.

BTW QH gives you free breakfast on the weekends and Monday

[Hoc Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Hoc]

I do have Cochon listed in my list of things to do in NOLA. Have not updated it recently, because everything's still pretty much the same.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

If you like live music, House of Blues is a great venue and usually has top talent.

Rock N Bowl is a New Orleans classic, moved to a new modern venue. You'll need to take a cab or drive but it's a NOLA unique experience, bowling with live music.

A tour of the Garden District is always lovely...

Beignets at Cafe Du Monde should be in order, too. I'm sure that's on Hoc's list.

If you aren't into college kids going wild (even for college kids), I would suggest staying off of Bourbon street.

[grest Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close grest]

We'll be there in about a month at Avenue Plaza Resort, so this is a timely post for me. Keep the ideas coming!

[FreeIn2010 Member Find all posts View Profile Close FreeIn2010]

Breakfast at Daisy Dukes... and we always get a wings to take back to the room. If you watch football, head to Sneaky Pete's. Both are a few doors from The Quarter House. If you're up for a walk (about 15 min), Walk-Ons on Poydras is a great place for football. It gets crowded so get there early.

[grest Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close grest]

where is Daisy Dukes?

[FreeIn2010 Member Find all posts View Profile Close FreeIn2010]

121 Chartres St.

[FreeIn2010 Member Find all posts View Profile Close FreeIn2010]

Actually there are 2 locations in New Orleans. The one I've gone to is on Chartres... just down from The Quarter House.

[grest Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close grest]

Thanks, Juanita...I'll actually be in the Garden District on Charles St.

[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

we took a lot of greyline tours, we did the city tour, the boat tour, the garden district tour, and the cemetery tour, and also an all day plantations tour. we also visited the battlefields of the War of 1812. we walked all over the french quarter, and went to church at the cathedral, we went to the World War II museum, and rode the streetcars and trolleys too, and also took the boat to Algiers. Now I think back we must have been awfully tired.

[barndweller Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close barndweller]

Some obscure & weird things to see & do in NOLA.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/search?u...source=desktop

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Keep in mind that if you have a large party in fact. Even a not so large party. My Limo guy is cheaper than those tours. He can take you to many of the attractions like a Cementery, Swamp (You still need a Ticket but you get there in comfort), plantation tour, Lunch or dinner outside the Quarter.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

I'm doing some field work near Monroe this spring. We finish up on Friday, too late for me to catch a flight out that night. Overall, it's a lot cheaper for me to fly in out of MSY and drive to the job site. And since I can fly direct from SEA to MSY, the travel time is pretty much the same. My flight out of MSY on Saturday doesn't leave until 6 pm, so I'm planning to spend Saturday night in New Orleans, and pass the time until mid-afternoon in the area.

I'm looking for some suggestions of what might be a good idea to in that brief amount of time. I've never spent any time in New Orleans, so everything is new for me.

I'm also interested in suggestions for a place to spend that Friday night, bearing in mind that I probably won't arrive until about 9 pm, that I will have a rental car and will be driving in unfamiliar territory, and after three long days of field work I likely will not be up for spending time out and about that night.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I'm doing some field work near Monroe this spring. We finish up on Friday, too late for me to catch a flight out that night. Overall, it's a lot cheaper for me to fly in out of MSY and drive to the job site. And since I can fly direct from SEA to MSY, the travel time is pretty much the same. My flight out of MSY on Saturday doesn't leave until 6 pm, so I'm planning to spend Saturday night in New Orleans, and pass the time until mid-afternoon in the area.

I'm looking for some suggestions of what might be a good idea to in that brief amount of time. I've never spent any time in New Orleans, so everything is new for me.

I'm also interested in suggestions for a place to spend that Friday night, bearing in mind that I probably won't arrive until about 9 pm, that I will have a rental car and will be driving in unfamiliar territory, and after three long days of field work I likely will not be up for spending time out and about that night.

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Why are you renting a car there? Can you get away with Taxi or cable cars? You can book at the quarterhouse per night. I can try to get you a discount. The Monte Leon has internet deals from time to time at $99 a night not a standard room. You can try to bid at Priceline,