A little over a year ago, Mark surprised me with a weekend trip to New Orleans.
Sorry it’s taken so long to share the trip with you, but I thought I had lost my camera’s memory card, but fortunately, I found it the other day, so I thought I’d share some of the images we shot and tell you a little about our trip.
We were there for only a few days but we packed in quite a bit.
We stayed in this incredibly lovely bed & breakfast on St. Charles Avenue, just steps from the trolley line. (We always like to stay in historic homes when we travel without our dogs!)
And, yes, we did ride the trolley line the entire way, and I shot a few images of two ornate buildings near downtown.
The first full day we went on a several-hour bike tour.
We explored downtown, the seashore, neighborhoods, and parks.
We stopped briefly in one of the neighborhoods, and Mark captured these two photos of a lovely old Victorian.
Afterwards, Mark and I walked through some downtown streets. Despite it being January, the streets were wall-to-wall people and since neither of us likes crowds or drinking, nor did we feel like shopping, we didn’t stay very long.
After that, we got in our car and drove through neighborhoods looking at houses (a favorite pastime of ours).
The thing that I most wanted to see were the corbels (since I seem to be addicted to them), and the numerous shots we took do seem to confirm that diagnosis.
(My favorites are the second and third images below. What are yours?)
The next day, we went by an architectural salvage retail store (and, sorry, I didn’t take any photos). I won’t tell you which one, but I have to say it was a disappointment. I was hoping to find a treasure or two to take home.
We also explored some of the very old and crumbling cemeteries near downtown.
We read many of the monuments and admired the iron fences.
Graveyards always seem to have the prettiest fences.
After eating another tasty meal, it was time to head for home.
All in all, we had a really good time, and we’re looking forward to another trip there.
Those are great photos! I’ve never been to NOLA but, like you, I suspect we would not enjoy the bustle of the crowded streets and drinking pastime which so many go there for. Those corbels! And I would love to have some of those spikes for window ledges. I’d probably use them along my grass curbs that so many inconsiderate people like to drive and park along my property. >:-|
Rita, I did not mention the smell of downtown NO. It smelled of stale beer and mold. Yuck. I so wanted to come home with a corbel or two, but the reclamation shop we visited did not have any with their original paint (which I love). Instead, they bathed all of their products in some sort of chemical bath and removed the paint. I can see why they do that, but it wasn’t what I was looking for. If I ever see spikes for sale at the antique shops and shows I frequent, I’ll be sure and let you know. 🙂
Hi Kim….Talk about timing!!! I would love to pick your brain as the hubster and I leave for Nola next week…4 1/2 days worth of touring and eating. (You saved him from the salvage stores, lol!) Your photos are amazing…mine are going to appear amateurish in comparison . I would love to pick our brain re: tours and restaurants 🙂 Would you be able to email me????
I bet you were salivating over all the architectural details on the homes there. I have been to NO, and there is a sadness that permeates it now and I have no desire to go back again. I use to visit relatives in the 70’s, but so much has changed, it is not the NO of my youth.