28/01: Graveyards and Parks
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
One of the photos you see for sale when you walk around New Orleans is a photo of the Weeping Angel. We missed seeing it when we visited the Metairie Cemetery, so today we went looking for it.
One of the people selling the photo told us that the doors were added more than 25 years ago after a vandal put paint on the statue. Now you have to take your photos through the grate in the door.
Nearby was another cemetery that has a few all metal tombs. Some have not been maintained and are rusty others have been painted and look really nice.
A couple of miles away is St. Louis Cemetery Number 3. The last cemetery for today. The guide book lists one photographer (that we didn't know) as being buried here but describes the cemetery as scenic so we thought it was worth a visit. The three tombs in the center of the photo are skinnier than most and have tiles (or tile look) on the sides. of the tomb. The larger tomb on the left is the same as the three small tombs, just larger.
Again, an unusual looking tomb. This one is owned by the Hellenic Orthodox Community.
Not far from St. Louis Cemetery 3 is the Bayou St. John. We took Zaph for a walk around the Moss Road neighborhood. A pedestrian bridge across the bayou.
Birdsill Holly patented this short, cast iron, pot-bellied hydrant Sept 13, 1869. It was the first model Holly Manufacturing produced in Lockport, NY. Ed found a geocache at this antique located near Bayou St. John and is the last known example in New Orleans. Not sure why they do it but this neighborhood puts pottery items around posts.
The cemetery and the bayou are across the road from City Park. Cafe au Lait, coffee with chicory and beignets called to us so we went to Morning Call. It was a perfect day to sit on the patio and enjoy the near perfect weather. We confirmed that their coffee is better than Cafe du Monde but the beignets are not as good. We had a very nice waiter who brought Zaph a bowl of water.
Walking around the park we found this video taping in progress.
Not sure on the timing but when the geese were half way across the road they started honking --- think they were warning the approaching car.
Zaph and his dad.
Zaph found this fountain as we were walking down the sidewalk.
Leaving the park we drove along Bayou St. John then ended up at Lake Pontchartrain and followed the lake back to Metairie.
There are some beautiful homes backing on the bayou. This interesting art was on someone's backyard deck.
Following the Vietnam War, thousands of South Vietnamese fled to the US, settling in Southern California, Boston, the Washington, DC area and New Orleans. Many of the refugees were Catholics and the New Orleans Catholic community was helping to direct refugee resettlement. This building is attached to a Vietnamese Catholic Church.
Sailing lesson in progress.
After reading that New Orleans had a large Vietnamese community I decided that this was a good opportunity to try Vietnamese food. This is Pho Shrimp and it was really good.
One of the people selling the photo told us that the doors were added more than 25 years ago after a vandal put paint on the statue. Now you have to take your photos through the grate in the door.
Nearby was another cemetery that has a few all metal tombs. Some have not been maintained and are rusty others have been painted and look really nice.
A couple of miles away is St. Louis Cemetery Number 3. The last cemetery for today. The guide book lists one photographer (that we didn't know) as being buried here but describes the cemetery as scenic so we thought it was worth a visit. The three tombs in the center of the photo are skinnier than most and have tiles (or tile look) on the sides. of the tomb. The larger tomb on the left is the same as the three small tombs, just larger.
Again, an unusual looking tomb. This one is owned by the Hellenic Orthodox Community.
Not far from St. Louis Cemetery 3 is the Bayou St. John. We took Zaph for a walk around the Moss Road neighborhood. A pedestrian bridge across the bayou.
Birdsill Holly patented this short, cast iron, pot-bellied hydrant Sept 13, 1869. It was the first model Holly Manufacturing produced in Lockport, NY. Ed found a geocache at this antique located near Bayou St. John and is the last known example in New Orleans. Not sure why they do it but this neighborhood puts pottery items around posts.
The cemetery and the bayou are across the road from City Park. Cafe au Lait, coffee with chicory and beignets called to us so we went to Morning Call. It was a perfect day to sit on the patio and enjoy the near perfect weather. We confirmed that their coffee is better than Cafe du Monde but the beignets are not as good. We had a very nice waiter who brought Zaph a bowl of water.
Walking around the park we found this video taping in progress.
Not sure on the timing but when the geese were half way across the road they started honking --- think they were warning the approaching car.
Zaph and his dad.
Zaph found this fountain as we were walking down the sidewalk.
Leaving the park we drove along Bayou St. John then ended up at Lake Pontchartrain and followed the lake back to Metairie.
There are some beautiful homes backing on the bayou. This interesting art was on someone's backyard deck.
Following the Vietnam War, thousands of South Vietnamese fled to the US, settling in Southern California, Boston, the Washington, DC area and New Orleans. Many of the refugees were Catholics and the New Orleans Catholic community was helping to direct refugee resettlement. This building is attached to a Vietnamese Catholic Church.
Sailing lesson in progress.
After reading that New Orleans had a large Vietnamese community I decided that this was a good opportunity to try Vietnamese food. This is Pho Shrimp and it was really good.