I'm going to stick with my favourite things which I admit is quite a bit.
We walked all over New Orleans and meandered into many dusty old book shops. Peter found some lovely old Engineering books at the Arcadian books & prints. In the Beckham's book shop I found an old typography book.
We met up with Peter's friend David and he lived in this amazing apartment complex in the warehouse district. It looked like a regular warehouse from the outside but once inside it was a little wonderland. He took us to Cochon Dining near his place. DELICIOUS! Afterwards we walked around the Marigny and French Quarter looking at the madness of the city.
The next day we kept a sleepy pace walking around all over the city. Our first stop was Hey! Cafe is a small indie (Yes I'm using the word, Indie) coffee shop off Magazine street. Look at their website and you'll pretty much get the vibe of the cafe ;) We met up with David again at Sylvain. I had a in-house made ginger ale-amazing. Went to the Carousel bar afterwards which is a carousel inside a hotel that (yes you guessed it) turns round and round.
Our last night in New Orleans we stopped by Creole Creamery I had the Watermelon sorbet and Peter had the Bourbon Butter pecan. Both extremely delicious and perfect for the relentlessly hot days in Nola.
There is an insane amount of amazing food in this city!
The Boudin Shop which is located in Hendersen, LA on your way in and out of New Orleans. I tried crawfish etouffe for the first time ever-amazing.
2 comments:
mmmmmmmmmm! if you ever go back, it's a bit far out, but the farmers market - and eat the grapes - SO GOOD.
happy you had such a great time :)
:-) definitely want to go back. I looked up the farmer's market but it was such a limited trip. now all I can think about is grapes.
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