Spanish Plaza, French Quarter, New Orleans
Creole Queen Cruise Ship, French Quarter, New Orleans
Crescent City Connection, French Quarter, New Orleans
Riverwalk Marketplace, French Quarter, New Orleans
Riverwalk Marketplace, French Quarter, New Orleans
After my cooking class I shopped a bit on Decatur St. and then strolled around Woldenberg Riverfront Park. I also walked a bit around the Spanish Plaza, which features a large fountain surrounded by seals of the provinces of Spain. It was dedicated to New Orleans by Spain in 1976. I saw a lot of steamboats, ferries and cruise ships (I saw the Creole Queen docked & boarding) in the Mississippi River and admired the Crescent City Connection bridges. It was a really warm day and I was just happy to be outside. Finally, I walked through Riverwalk Marketplace, but didn’t stay there long because blech. It’s just a mall. I did see all these fuckin’ hot sauces and coffees there, though. When my legs were starting to give out, I rested by watching an IMAX movie called Hurricane on the Bayou. It was actually a pretty great film about the Louisiana bayous and how threatened they are. It was told from the point of view of some local musicians, and so, as you may have guessed, it has a great soundtrack.
I don’t know if you’re back, but if you are and have plans to go back to New Orleans, you probably would like the Crescent City Farmers Market. We wandered around there a bit when visiting in 2001. It’s a great public market and also had other non-food items of interest.
Julia – Thanks for the tip. I’m still here, but we’re leaving today so I don’t know if I’ll get a chance to go to the market. At my cooking class they told us about another one and how good the strawberries and other things are right now. I had the strawberries grown locally on a salad the other night and it was so good. I might have to make sure hitting a market is on the list for next time. It would have been nice this time, though, since we’re staying at the Homewood Suites and we have a fridge and kitchen and everything.
reminds me of bone suckin sauce & my trip to see you in nyc.
More evidence of the crappification of American society…
So “fuck” and its derivatives has now made it onto American product labels.
OK, I GIVE UP.
The fucking word is fucking now fucking un-a-fucking voidable….
http://www.forgotten-ny.com