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    New Orleans: Jazzed That You're Here!

    Just got back from NOLA. They are "jazzed" that visitors are coming back. Had a great time, despite a close encounter with a freak tornado that touched down in two areas of the city where I'd visited just hours beforehand.

    Stayed at Quarter House...a bit noisy but hey, what a location! Enjoyed several restaurants near Quarter House...Bonfire, Mena's, Palace Cafe ($25 fixed prix 3 course dinner before 7, also jazz brunch on Sat and Sun). Up on Jackson Square I enjoyed Cafe Pontalba where I had a free dessert thanks to a coupon I found online. Also enjoyed once again my very favorite restaurant, a middle eastern place called Lebanon's Cafe over on S. Carrollton about a half mi north of Loyola. (Great for vegetarians, and you meat eaters will love their lamb kabobs!)

    Highly recommend a funky little bar two doors down from Quarter House. When I was there they were having a wake for their owner Evelyn who'd just died. Proprietor Frank is a real hoot. See the description here:
    Evelyn's Place

    Want some culture? Until June 1, the Ursaline Convent at 1100 Chartres (same street as Quarter House, 10 block walk) is hosting a wonderful exhibit of 30+ Vatican mosaics. Superb! Convent itself is also interesting. See here:
    Vatican Mosaic Exhibition

    If you're visiting NOLA after March 1, their Museum of Art in City Park will be hosting what promises to be an excellent exhibit of French masterworks depicting women, called "Femme, Femme, Femme". See description:
    NOMA | Featured Exhibition

    P.S. I caught so many beads at Mardi Gras parades that I think I should open up a bead store.

    P.P.S. Once again, Krewe of Barkus was the best! The Original Mystic Krewe of Barkus Parade for Dogs in New Orleans
    "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed and those who are cold and are not clothed."
    -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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    Did you not go to Mothers?
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      Originally posted by bigfrank View Post
      Did you not go to Mothers?
      Nope, never made it over there. But I forgot another good one I went to before Krewe of Barkus parade. It's called Nawlins Flava Cafe and it's on N. Rampart across from Armstrong Park. It's run out of a shotgun shack & has just a few tables. Delicious and worth the wait!
      "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed and those who are cold and are not clothed."
      -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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      • #4
        Give a Little to NOLA!

        Just found this today on New York Times online. I love NOLA so much that yesterday I donated to Common Ground, a grassroots org working in the 9th Ward. Today I'm donating to defray NOLA's Carnival hosting expenses. Give a little, get a lot when it comes to magical, mystical New Orleans!

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        New Orleans Seeks Text - Message Donations
        By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

        Filed at 7:27 a.m. ET

        NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The cash-strapped city, which has borrowed heavily to continue operating after Hurricane Katrina, is turning to text-messaged donations in an effort to defray the costs of Mardi Gras, its premier cultural event.

        City officials are working with PayPal, a money-transfer Web site, to raise cash via text-message and online giving. Costs of the Carnival celebration, which concludes Tuesday, include $4 million to $5 million for police overtime, trash pickup on parade routes and other public expenses.

        The Text to Give program is to retroactively pay for the costs; it began Feb. 8 and is set to run for a year. The initial goal is to raise $1 million.

        People who want to donate using cell phone text messages would text ''NOLA5'' or ''NOLA10'' to the number 78787 if they wanted to donate $5 or $10, said Jamie Patricio, a PayPal spokeswoman. If people want to donate another sum, they would text ''NOLA'' to the number and be prompted for an amount, she said.

        For security, messagers are prompted to enter the PINs they used to set up a PayPal account, Patricio said. The donation is then drawn from users' bank accounts via PayPal and sent to a special city account.

        Those who want to give online can go to the city's Web site -- at City Of New Orleans -- and click on a link containing the ''Text2Give'' logo to donate money via PayPal. The PayPal site also expects to have a Mardi Gras link up in a few days, Patricio said.

        ''I think this is going to be a very strong and contagious, viral campaign, especially among the people who have the technology and come to New Orleans and love it here,'' said Ernest Collins, the city marketing director. He added that he's not sure the city will reach the $1 million goal.
        "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed and those who are cold and are not clothed."
        -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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        • #5
          Sounds like you had a wonderful time!! Now, just what did you do to get that many beads!! shaggy

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