Hope you've all had a great Halloween and lots of cute kiddies and costumes to share your treats with!!!
We've had a very fun last day here in New Orleans starting with laundry....ugh! But the little brown building is very close to Daisy and we were up bright 'n early. Got 2 loads done, fixed sausage and eggs for breakfast and by 9:45, we were on our way downtown to ride the 10:20 "Hop-on, Hop-off" bus taking us to 18 different stops around the city and learning so much about NOLA. And, today, no issues with the parking meters. $5 for 10 hours - can't beat that!
It was a perfect day to ride on top the double decker bus and just a delightful 1.5 hour trip. We got off at the Flea Market and walked around, then to the French Market and finally onto the Central Grocery where Mark wanted another muffuletta sandwich like Sunday. So we shared another delicious sandwich - salami, ham, mortadella, cheeses (provolone and mozzarella) and that good olive spread on their round Sicilian sesame bread. This sandwich originated right here at Central Grocery in 1906. Along with the muffuletta, the po boy are the 2 signature sandwiches of
New Orleans.
We walked around the French Quarter and a much more pleasant experience today with fewer crowds and picture-perfect weather. We walked into St. Louis Cathedral about 1/2 way thru the noon mass. What a beautiful church and so glad we got to see it.
Onto the Hotel Monteleone where we saw the most interesting and beautiful carousel bar that actually turned. Super neat and glad Jackie told us about this.
Beautiful revolving carousel bar
Last stop was LaFittes Blacksmith Shop, built in 1711 and operating as a bar since 1772, the oldest continually operating bar in the USA. It was so packed Sunday, but today we could get a table, enjoy the OLD and Halloween décor and a beer (Mark) and hurricane (me.)
Enjoying drinks at oldest bar in the USA
Beautiful ferns around lovely cast-iron balconies
(I stand corrected as yesterday I called them wrought iron).
Walked back to Daisy - what a fun, interesting, delicious day again in NOLA. We stopped at Winn Dixie for a few groceries for Mark these next 10 days or so and then rested a bit before off to 4:00 Mass at Our Lady of Divine Providence for tomorrow's feast of All Saints Day.
What a fun evening with our New Orleans friends.....Jackie was my Tiger Cruise roommate on the USS Stennis in March, 2012. She and her friend Darryl met us at New Orleans Food and Spirits for a final yummy dinner and so fun to catch up. After dinner we went to Brocato's for gelato and little cookies. What a neat place full of "my favorite things"!
Very enjoyable evening!!!
Jackie and Darryl
Tomorrow I'm flying from New Orleans to Chicago and Mark will continue on with Daisy heading east to Florida. We won't be together till the 12th. UGH! I'm looking forward to hanging out with Liam and Connor while Anne is away and Patrick is doing his music, visiting family and friends and Sisters' Weekend.
So thankful for friends, Claire, Nadine and Kathy, Blue Angel Tyler and native Jackie for giving us so many awesome suggestions of what to do and where to eat while here!!! It's been a super stay in New Orleans. Visiting the southwest this past month has been so memorable and fun!!!
New Orleans will celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018. WOW....they are planning a huge celebration. I can only imagine!
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