All tagged New Orleans

Living Large in New Orleans

Living Large in New Orleans

Lucas Aykroyd
Featured, Music, Play, Travel

Sandwiched between other spectators on a wooden bench, I nod my head enthusiastically to the six-piece jazz band tearing it up at New Orleans’ Preservation Hall. New Orleans celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2018, and I’m in Louisiana’s largest and most diverse city to fight my obsessive need to associate everything with 1980’s pop music. (Especially Van Halen.) If I can’t broaden my historical knowledge and musical appreciation in the Mississippi River mecca for everything from Cajun and Creole cuisine to Mardi Gras partying, there really is no hope for me.

Music, Marvelous Meals, and Museums in New Orleans

Music, Marvelous Meals, and Museums in New Orleans

Victor Block
Travel

Quick quiz:  Think swinging jazz and soulful blues played in music clubs and by street musicians outside.   Picture sidewalks crowded with people sipping beverages from plastic cups as they stroll along.

If you guess that describes New Orleans, you’re right – but there’s more.

Now see yourself visiting museums whose focus ranges from food and  festivals to history and mystery.   Where?  New Orleans again.