Big Easy

[pseudotheist]

So, going to New Orleans for a week soon.   What to do?

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[thewronghands]

Eat at Coop's on Decatur -- they're great for local cuisine. Or the Parkway Bakery and Tavern for po'boys. (Best in the city. Seriously.) Don't go to the cemeteries without either several people or a tour group... they're a popular place for muggings of the solo.

Is there anything you were particularly looking for?

[pseudotheist]

Thanks for the reply! I'm particularly looking for anything really. I'd been saying for YEARS I'm gonna go go New Orleans one of these days, and now that I'm going I'm lik, "so what do you do there?" I think our current activity list is:
WWII museum
Oak Alley/Plantation tour

So that leaves a few more days to fill up.

[examorata]

Take me with you, because I haven't been there since I was 15?

Coffee (or hot chocolate) and beignets at Cafe du Monde, definitely.

[neonnova]

When Alton Brown went through New Orleans for "Feasting on Asphalt", he went to:

Luzianne Factory -- www.luzianne.com
Mulate's -- www.mulates.com
Cafe du Monde -- www.cafedumonde.com
La Divina Gelateria -- www.ladivinagelateria.com
Big Fisherman Seafood -- www.bigfishermanseasfood.com

I have no firsthand experience with these.

[cheetahmaster]

My source finally got back to me:

"That Tiki Zipline place was pretty swell. French Quarter is a must - but the locals all listen to music on Frenchman Street. If they like graveyards, Metairie is lousy with them. Oh, and the plantations are brilliant - Oak Alley was really gorgeous."