New Orleans, LA

A Day in New Orleans: Part 2

author: Graz : New Orleans, LA
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

A Day in New Orleans: Part 1

author: Graz : New Orleans, LA
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Still Hip

author: serlingrod : New Orleans, LA
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Route 45

author: serlingrod : New Orleans, LA
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

French Quarter at Dawn

author: serlingrod : New Orleans, LA
Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Snapshots from Mid-City

author: serlingrod : New Orleans, LA
Monday, April 30th, 2007

St. Louis Cemetary

author: serlingrod : New Orleans, LA
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Roman Candy Man

author: Edward Branley : New Orleans, LA
Monday, November 21st, 2005

Two More from New Orleans

author: Elana Rosen-White : New Orleans, LA
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

New Orleans (the January Before Katrina)

author: Elana Rosen-White : New Orleans, LA
Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

A Day in New Orleans: Part 2

author: Graz : New Orleans, LA

After unpacking, a quick ride to the Garden District gets me there just in time for a tour. It starts in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. In the walls of the cemetery are tombs of people that may not have had the money nor the family to be interred in one of the stand-alone tombs. These are usually family tombs that are passed down for generations. If a family line dies off, then the management of the cemetery will then sell it to another family. The way these are used is that the most recently deceased is on the top shelf, the one...

A Day in New Orleans: Part 1

author: Graz : New Orleans, LA

We start near the banks of the Mississippi as the riverboat Natchez paddles by... Walking towards the French Quarter, we quickly come to Jackson Square... Walking towards St. Louis Cathedral, if we look northeast, we can see the view up Chartres Street... Before long, we come to the street where the partying and debauchery takes place, but it's quiet during the afternoon. And it's also the street where the guest house that I'm staying at is located. The gate to the guest house opens to an arch that is in shadows that are cool after the heat. That's my room door to the left. But...

Still Hip

author: serlingrod : New Orleans, LA

The crowd outside the original House of Blues, downtown NOLA.