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Tuesday 13 March New Orleans Riverfront, French Market and Jazz Brunch at the Court of Two Sisters
We had a really indulgent lazy morning and ordered a room service breakfast which was very nice but really overpriced!
Andy had an omelette, I went for a continental .
We didn’t have any major plans for today - we had thought about watching the basketball this evening but hadn't booked any tickets so we said we would just see how we felt later - in the end we didn't get there - next time !
Late morning, we set off for Jackson Square, stopping at the Cathedral to look at the artists.
We got chatting to Danny De Lancey - we had seen his painting the previous day and I had thought it was a bit spooky - then we read about it and we spent some time chatting with him.
He was so lovely and so interesting - he talked about his work and art generally in New Orleans.
We bough the two prints that he had and took them back to the room.
I am sure Andy was keen to buy the big canvases as well - maybe next time!
What an unexpected and interesting start to the morning.
We set off again for the riverfront
, taking in the humungous queue for Café Du Monde.
yes that last picture is the end of the queue for coffee and beignets at the Café !
We had a quick stop in Washington Park overlooking the river - there is a lot of construction along the riverfront.
We walked Decatur street browsing the shops (a lot said no photos) and picking up some of the Blue dog/Werewolf prints as they reminded us of the dogs at home and they are a quirky NO keepsake. Get us going all arty this trip
It was just lovely, some of the cafes had live music, there were lovely boutique stores and despite it being quite cold, the sun was shining.
We passed Latrobe park where we saw that they were doing a lot to support the homeless people with food and drinks which was very touching.
We found ourselves at the French Market which is food and drink/crafts at the start and Flea Market at the end. Again lots of signs with no photos
Loads of interesting things to look at and very similar to farmers market in LA and Dallas. Not as upmarket as Chelsea in NY though. It still had such a nice laid-back vibe.
We walked back towards Royal Street taking in the scenery
and passing the house where Tennessee Williams wrote A Streetcar named Desire. Its a tiny little store now.
WE also bought some pralines - they are so much sweeter than I remembered - just a big circle of sugar!
We had booked a jazz brunch for 2pm so with an hour to spare we perched ourselves in the Hermes Bar at Antoine’s restaurant and sampled a few cocktails with the really chatty barman. We thought it was funny that the fire was blazing as the locals thought it was “freezing”. We had a really lovely hour or so in here before the short walk to Court of Two Sisters
The barman let Andy try a taste of Sazerac and also some Rum Punch for no fee ! ( eesh, tasty).
I went for a Magnolia Blosom
Rum punch on the left, magnolia blossom on the right