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Wondering About New Orleans

By | February 8, 2010

Several of you have asked why I did not like New Orleans. I will start off by saying that there were parts of New Orleans that I did enjoy, but, overall, I wasn’t very fond of it.  Here is why: I tend to get a feeling about things, a sixth sense or something like that.  [...]

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Lake Pontchartrain & The Lower Ninth Ward

By | February 6, 2010

Lake Pontchartain is the longest bridge over water in the world. It wasn’t a very exciting trip, but we did get a beautiful view of New Orleans. We also drove through the Lower Ninth Ward, which is the area that was hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina. It was so sad to see how these people [...]

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The Garden District and Nicholas Cage

By | February 5, 2010

We spent some time one afternoon walking around the beautiful Garden District. After dinner, we went to Sucre on Magazine Street and as we were about to leave, guess who dropped in: Nicolas Cage. He is filming The Hungry Rabbit Jumps in New Orleans, and we were lucky enough to watch a part of it [...]

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The French Quarter

By | February 4, 2010

We enjoyed the French Quarter, especially the food.  We spent a couple of days walking around this part of New Orleans, but made the mistake of heading down Bourbon Street one night.  I can tell you that I won’t be doing that ever again; and I don’t think we will go back to New Orleans [...]

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Swamp Tour in Louisiana

By | February 3, 2010

Since I had never really been to an area with a swamp, I urged my husband to go on a Swamp Tour.  He ended up really enjoying it, and with a coupon, I was able to save some money, too. The tour took us through Honey Island Swamp, near Slidell, LA. We saw several interesting [...]

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