French Quarter
April 21 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 72 °FWe had time to kill before our flight so spent a little time in the French Quarter.
We had time to kill before our flight so spent a little time in the French Quarter.
We drove more than 20 miles across Lake Pontchartrain ! Bill was a little nervous at first but then relaxed. Pretty cool to see New Orleans and the Super Dome grow on the horizon across the water.Read more
Lovely drive to Abita Springs to a brewery that turned out to be quite lovely.
Just a little poking around Gulfport to say we were here.
The Lazy Magnolia was very much that. The chicks sat outside smoking for a good 15 minutes while we tried to find someone to wait on us.
Brick and Spoon for a good southern breakfast. The build your own Bloody Mary’s were no joke. And neither was the $3 pancake that was as big as a pan! Dawn had the Southener with biscuits, sausage,Read more
The Crawfish Music Festival was not a complete bust because Charley Crockett was really good but it was disappointing. The crawfish was meh - very little flavor and only one corn and grey sausage. TheRead more
It was a little hokey but also a lovely breeze, friendly service and an amazing view. We had the famous “smoked tuna dip” which was pretty good though Bill would have preferred crostini to theRead more
The Beau Rivage is the MS version of the Las Vegas Bellagio. It was pretty but on 1/10th of the scale. Still fun to walk in for a minute. The hydrangea were lovely.
A brewery. Typical lots of IPA’s and sours. Not much to write home about but fun logo.
The Ohr-Okeefe museum is designed by Frank Gehry and highlights George Ohr, also known as The Mad Pot-Ohr. It was interesting from an architecture perspective but a lot of wasted space.
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