NOLA walking, tall ships, French Market, Harrahs, Frenchmen St Finale
We all played a lot last night so morning movement was a bit slow going. Once we were upright, we headed out to venture the city. We made it down to Bourbon St where we swung by a couple of shops and then stopped on a sunshine filled balcony tabletop overlooking Bourbon to have a cocktail. A stupidly expensive cocktail, but it was pretty tasty and had an admirable amount of alcohol in it, so... almost worth it! Next up we wandered Bourbon St and meandered towards the French Market and waterfront. It’s fleet week and they had tall ships docked
- but we missed out on the free
tours as they had just shut up shop. Still super cool to see! We wandered around The River walk, down towards the Riverplace Park, and into the French Market.
Frenchman Street Band |

It’s a daily open air market that's got a little bit of everything TA sty from local flavors and fare. We grabbed lunch, bummed a bit, and hit up the adult smoothie line ;) w, while we were waiting in line I noticed a police officer putting up crime scene tape all front of a store across the street. By the time we got the smoothies and walked over to see what's happening they were already taking down the tape. Our own unsolved mystery, I guess. We then saw a guy in his 20’s with two black eyes and sores on his arms who was literally folded in half IN a random street garbage can as his friends were laughing and having casual convo with him. Definitely not a guy I'd want to see in the streets at night walk-in on my own! We kept on walking through Jackson square and then up to Harrah’s for a drink and a pee break. Bellied up to the bar, we scored a discount on drinks from the super sweet bartender. Hung out there for over an hour bs’ing with our new friend. We had to laugh at the payphones in the casino- I wonder how many people have no idea what they are or how they work... we were the dorks who then took pics with the 2 phones.. and suddenly felt pretty darn old! Ha!
What happens when you ask for water in NOLA. You get 5 drops. |
Pay phone!
Harrahs friend
Slap Yo Mama
Patio Drinks
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