WWT’s 2nd Episode: All Things New Orleans and Mardi Gras
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To find information on Mardi Gras:
https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/parades/
Tours and entertainment:
Ghost tours via Trip Advisor:
New Orleans Ghost, Voodoo & Vampire Walking Tour (2 hours along, walking, entertaining $14)
Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop
http://www.lafittesblacksmithshop.com/Homepage.html
Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop. Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop is a historic structure at the corner of Bourbon Street and St. Philip Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Most likely built as a house in the 1770s during the Spanish colonial period, it is one of the oldest surviving structures in New Orleans.
Food and History tour, French Quarter Food Tour, $65
River Boat Tours:
Creole Queen Mississippi River Cruise
Steamboat Natchez River Cruise
Plantation house: Oak Alley Plantation
https://www.oakalleyplantation.com/sugarcane-plantation/plantation-tours
Carriage ride in French Quarters
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Products-g60864-zfc11970-zfg11873-New_Orleans_Louisiana.html?m=40646&supag=74046479642&supsc=aud-448833066947:dsa-650389793948&supai=358052534553&supap=&supdv=c&supnt=nt:g|clk:CjwKCAiAhc7yBRAdEiwAplGxX6E-FdyJQv7Dkyb5YHGkaiV_rrRwqfI-yfa4QkS6Qu1UFdagTDjT8RoClYwQAvD_BwE&suplp=9012211&supli=&supti=aud-448833066947:dsa-650389793948&tsem=true&supci=aud-448833066947:dsa-650389793948&supap1=&supap2=&gclid=CjwKCAiAhc7yBRAdEiwAplGxX6E-FdyJQv7Dkyb5YHGkaiV_rrRwqfI-yfa4QkS6Qu1UFdagTDjT8RoClYwQAvD_BwE
Graves/ grave yard
Nicholas Cage has his grave here even though he’s not dead yet, but it’s the only thing the government couldn’t take when he went bankrupt.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nicolas-cage-s-pyramid-tomb
Marie Laveau’s fake grave is purple…painted over from the people drawling one it and making wishes.
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/43436
Museums
Mardi Gras museum
of costumes and culture: off conti street
https://www.mardigrasworld.com
Jazz museum:
piano, saxophone:celebrate all forms of jazz 400 Esplanade Ave
WW2 museum ( NOLA’s #1 Attraction )
The National WWII Museum, formerly known as The National D-Day Museum, is a military history museum located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on Andrew Higgins Drive between Camp Street and Magazine Street. Magazine street.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org
Old New Orleans rum, 2815 Frenchmen St, spiced rum world 2nd largest producer. “I drink and I know things”
https://celebrationdistillation.com
House of Blues:
https://www.houseofblues.com/neworleans
Hole in the wall
Bookstores:
William Faulkner House Books
Librarie
https://www.neworleans.com/listing/librarie-book-shop/33003/
Dauphin Street Book
https://www.facebook.com/DauphineStreetBooks/
Cape Robbin shoes on IG: @caperobbin,
Food
Breakfast:
Café Du Monde:
Cafe Fleur de Lis -breakfast BACON, strawberry mimosa
Coterie restaurant & oyster bar
Lunch:
Acme oyster house: Po boy, char grilled oysters, drunk root beer float.
Napoleon oyster house
Central Grocery for homemade soda, looks like an old dinner:
http://www.centralgroceryneworleans.com
Coops Place (across for bb kings):
Dinner:
Apple Place :Aldolfo’s on Frenchmen St-cash, bottom bar, special sauce
Dickie Brennan’s steakhouse:
https://www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com
HOUSE OF BOURBON:
Oceana Grill:
Music/nightlife:
Cat’s Meow for Karaoke:
Fortune Telling, Live music, Art in Jackson Square:
http://www.experienceneworleans.com/jackson-square.html
Bb kings blues club(BBQ)
https://www.bbkings.com/new-orleans
Places to stay
Astor Crown plaza:
https://www.astorneworleans.com
The Marque suite, sister hotel on canal street:
https://www.bluegreenvacations.com/resorts/louisiana/the-marquee#gref
Hilton
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