4/24/2017 Sights of New Orleans

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Tim and Linda Bunyan

SOME of the sights of New Orleans
  JACKSON SQUARE:  His equestrian statue in his eponymous Jackson Square -- the horse rearing up, the general doffing his hat to a grateful city with the St. Louis Cathedral in the background!

Mississippi PORT

Tim with his 'Texas' hat on at Jackson Square Park in New Orleans!

ST CHARLES StreetCar

 The OREGON O's"...
..Center Placement!
Larry & Karen are huge Oregon O fans! 
 They've got the
 Team Spirit!!

FRENCH QUARTER BY DAY

Plaza Players - New Orleans.  Working for a living--same start as American Musician Mr. Jimmy Buffett.

Off-beat part of town at the Spotted Cat with talented musician.

TOAST to Napoleon at the Napoleon House Bar & Cafe - French Quarter, Chartres Street.  Yes, Napoleon was here.

4/23/17 New Orleans

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Tim and Linda Bunyan

It was fun to party with Karen and Larry, they met up with us at Pontchartrain RV Resort.  
We danced into the midnight hours in the French Quarter.    
   The best bar is John Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop.  

This tiny square corner building is still serving drinks since 1700!  Awesome, cozy, and a piano bar is in the back. 

ON TOUR: Many buildings we overlooked suddenly became visible as we toured the streets with a professional discovery guide.  

Gas lamps are handcrafted in the French Quarter and purchased by many U.S. cities to light their historic districts.  You will find them in the Gaslamp district in San Diego, California!

This is part of the discovery of travel freedom.  We chose to seek performances in small, out of the way venues as it was the week prior to Jazz Festival.  Many artists were arriving in New Orleans and gathering with other musicians in anticipation.  



We enjoyed Tab Benoit, the voice of the wetlands festival at the historic
Rock 'n' Bowl, one of the best places to hear live music.  Also, there is bowling going on there too!   

Chandelier over the bar next to the bowling lanes.

We are in our Happy Place! 
 Listening to live New Orleans Jazz Bands.......in a bowling alley bar!

4/22/2017 Arrival to New Orleans

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Tim and Linda Bunyan

Pontchartrain Landing RV Resort 
New Orleans, Louisiana

This playground has palm trees, docks for boaters to visit the Lighthouse Bar & Grill at the Pavilion, and shoreline villas.  Tim and I moved into the RV park and went to see Lady Day at the on-site Emerson’s Bar & Grill with Sharon Martin as Billie Holiday.  

 Oyster Vendor at the MARKET

Jewelry by Oscar..there he is!
 

 




We met friends of singer Sharon Martin.  They told us it was Sharon’s birthday today and her mother was in the audience.  They also told us their personal story of the loss from the 2005 Katrina Hurricane.  Much of the businesses in New Orleans are ‘mom and pop’ owned so there was no corporate cushion nor seed money to re-start their businesses.   Professionals were out of 
work.  Doctors could not open their offices and there were no patients and out of work with attempts toward survival and forming a forward plan.
  
The show at the EMERSON at Pontchartrain Landing RV Resort was a script, along with the songs, telling of the life of jazz musician and singer and songwriter: Billie Holiday.




The flood control pumps are enormous and run along the freeway to ensure safety.

We met up with Karen and Larry.  Shared our stories from the last 5 days.  We’ve made with them to go to coffee at the famous:
Café Du Monde, known for au laits, chicory coffee (Tim has this coffee shipped to us now!) and beignets since 1862.
The Coffee Experience was delightful as nearly 100 people are served and the line to the restroom is entertaining as it forms on the other side of the glass wall to the kitchen.

Beignets (famous as the coffee) 

with powdered sugar piled on top!