Summer in the city
mshollie and I had a nice day on the town yesterday. We took the streetcar downtown and had lunch at The Green Goddess Restaurant in the French Quarter. Delicious! Then to the Historic New Orleans Collection to see exhibits first at the Chartres Street Research Center, then at the Royal Street Museum. We walked around a bit, then went to the Roosevelt Hotel right as it officially reopened to the public. One of the city's grand old hotels, it had been closed since Katrina. Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans Wikipedia article. Drinks at the Sazerac bar!
Green Goddess location on Exchange Alley
H. had the ploughman's lunch, I had the luau Cuban sandwich, we split an order of duck fat homefries. Good unusual juice drinks. Everything was excellent.
After a generation as "The New Orleans Fairmont" before Katrina, the hotel reopened with its historic name restored, adding a sense of time-travel to the excitement.
"Mystery Lady" 19th century figure clock in the Roosevelt's main lobby.
At the Roosevelt's Sazerac bar, what to order to celebrate the return of this New Orleans institution other than the namesake? Best Sazerac I've ever had. Hollie asked the bartender if he could make a Ramos gin fizz to which the bar tender said "of course" (can you get cafe au lait at Cafe du Monde?). Also excellent. A very happy day.
Some more pix on on my Flickr account.
Nothing so eventful today, though we did stop by the Mid-City Green Market, taste some wines at Cork & Bottle, and ate po-boys at Parkway Bakery, so no complaints about today either.
Green Goddess location on Exchange Alley
H. had the ploughman's lunch, I had the luau Cuban sandwich, we split an order of duck fat homefries. Good unusual juice drinks. Everything was excellent.
After a generation as "The New Orleans Fairmont" before Katrina, the hotel reopened with its historic name restored, adding a sense of time-travel to the excitement.
"Mystery Lady" 19th century figure clock in the Roosevelt's main lobby.
At the Roosevelt's Sazerac bar, what to order to celebrate the return of this New Orleans institution other than the namesake? Best Sazerac I've ever had. Hollie asked the bartender if he could make a Ramos gin fizz to which the bar tender said "of course" (can you get cafe au lait at Cafe du Monde?). Also excellent. A very happy day.
Some more pix on on my Flickr account.
Nothing so eventful today, though we did stop by the Mid-City Green Market, taste some wines at Cork & Bottle, and ate po-boys at Parkway Bakery, so no complaints about today either.