17/01: French Quarter on a Saturday
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We decided to take a second pass at the French Quarter today and once again we drove to the last Canal Street street car stop and rode the street car down to the French Quarter. The first thing we noticed was the French Quarter was much busier than it had been on Monday. Not only were the crowds larger but there was a lot more entertainment on the streets. As we hadn't walked on Royal Street on Monday we decided to walk down it today. Several blocks were closed for street performers.
There were many human statues around town today posed in many different positions. I thought this guy did a great job. Don't think I could stand still for a minute let alone 5 or 10 minutes like these people do.
This band was really good, especially the clarinet player. There was another fellow playing the trombone and one on the tuba.
Are you familiar with the transformer toy? Here's a real life one.
It's always nice seeing an old "folkie".
There were also a lots of artists, taro card readers and magicians.
Antoines is a famous restaurant in the very expensive category --- decided we wanted something a little more affordable for lunch. We saw O'Brien's and headed in to try one of their famous Hurricanes. Ed and I split a hurricane and an order of Debris fries, French fries with pieces of pot roast, gravy and cheese. Both were very good. As lunch had been light, we thought we might stop at Cafe du Monde for a begnets but decided we didn't need one bad enough to wait in a long line. We'll stop by another day.
After the non-visit to Cafe du Monde, we decided to walk back to Canal Street along Bourbon Street. Now that was an experience. At 3:30 in the afternoon the party was already in full swing. A few cars tried to drive along the street but the crowds were getting large enough that they were spilling out onto the road. Bars were hopping and several of the balconies looking down on the street were packed. "To Go" cups of all descriptions could be seen every where.
John decided that one of his friends would appreciate a photo of this "young lady", so he gave her a tip and took her photo. The jacket was open on the front revealing nipple flowers. There are several Gentleman's Clubs on Bourbon Street and each club had ladies in various stages of undress standing in the doorways to entice people into the club. This definitely isn't something we see on the streets in Walkerton.
New Orlean's is the city of walking but if you get tired there are a couple of alternate modes of transportation.
The sign was on Bourbon Street and the drink is the famous O'Brien's hurricane.
The street car we rode on is a normal run of the mill street car like the ones we see in Toronto. The street cars on the St. Charles line are the old green ones. We still need to take a ride of one of these.
There were many human statues around town today posed in many different positions. I thought this guy did a great job. Don't think I could stand still for a minute let alone 5 or 10 minutes like these people do.
This band was really good, especially the clarinet player. There was another fellow playing the trombone and one on the tuba.
Are you familiar with the transformer toy? Here's a real life one.
It's always nice seeing an old "folkie".
There were also a lots of artists, taro card readers and magicians.
Antoines is a famous restaurant in the very expensive category --- decided we wanted something a little more affordable for lunch. We saw O'Brien's and headed in to try one of their famous Hurricanes. Ed and I split a hurricane and an order of Debris fries, French fries with pieces of pot roast, gravy and cheese. Both were very good. As lunch had been light, we thought we might stop at Cafe du Monde for a begnets but decided we didn't need one bad enough to wait in a long line. We'll stop by another day.
After the non-visit to Cafe du Monde, we decided to walk back to Canal Street along Bourbon Street. Now that was an experience. At 3:30 in the afternoon the party was already in full swing. A few cars tried to drive along the street but the crowds were getting large enough that they were spilling out onto the road. Bars were hopping and several of the balconies looking down on the street were packed. "To Go" cups of all descriptions could be seen every where.
John decided that one of his friends would appreciate a photo of this "young lady", so he gave her a tip and took her photo. The jacket was open on the front revealing nipple flowers. There are several Gentleman's Clubs on Bourbon Street and each club had ladies in various stages of undress standing in the doorways to entice people into the club. This definitely isn't something we see on the streets in Walkerton.
New Orlean's is the city of walking but if you get tired there are a couple of alternate modes of transportation.
The sign was on Bourbon Street and the drink is the famous O'Brien's hurricane.
The street car we rode on is a normal run of the mill street car like the ones we see in Toronto. The street cars on the St. Charles line are the old green ones. We still need to take a ride of one of these.