29/01: Cemetery and Shopping
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Today we are visiting the last cemetery on our "must visit" cemetery list. It is St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, just north of the French Quarter. It was opened in 1789, replacing the city's older St. Peter Cemetery (no longer in existance) as the main burial ground when the city was redesigned after a fire 1788.
One of the many guides that are available to give you a tour. We wandered the cemetery on our own but starting in March the only way you'll be able to see the cemetery is with a guide.
This cemetery seems a lot more crowded than the other cemeteries we've visited and the placement of the vaults not as orderly. A number of famous New Orleanians are buried the cemetery.
One of which is the renowned Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau.
This pyramid shaped tomb is owned by Nicolas Cage for his final resting place.
The photo on the left is the tomb used in the Easy Rider film. On the right: This family tomb now also acts a the New Orleans Musician's Tomb. A iron cross with a blue glass note was added.
Probably the Oldest Extant Wall Vaults, a type of burial facility singular to New Orleans.
Leaving the cemetery we drive down to Magazine Street where we spend a few hours wandering around the shops. I found a couple of things I thought about buying but everyone agreed that the items were over priced. Using the "if it's busy it's probably good" theory we stopped at a Caribbean style restaurant called The Rum House. The menu is eclectic --- nachos with pulled pork, tacos with brisket, fried oysters, pork mole,seared scallops, chopped shrimp and more. Ed and I split a Rum House Salad (Spinach, roasted sweet potato, toasted pecans, beets, goat cheese crumbles, shaved red onions, and a curry vinaigrette), a taco with jerk chicken and a taco with lamb vindaloo. Everything was delicious.
One of the many guides that are available to give you a tour. We wandered the cemetery on our own but starting in March the only way you'll be able to see the cemetery is with a guide.
This cemetery seems a lot more crowded than the other cemeteries we've visited and the placement of the vaults not as orderly. A number of famous New Orleanians are buried the cemetery.
One of which is the renowned Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau.
This pyramid shaped tomb is owned by Nicolas Cage for his final resting place.
The photo on the left is the tomb used in the Easy Rider film. On the right: This family tomb now also acts a the New Orleans Musician's Tomb. A iron cross with a blue glass note was added.
Probably the Oldest Extant Wall Vaults, a type of burial facility singular to New Orleans.
Leaving the cemetery we drive down to Magazine Street where we spend a few hours wandering around the shops. I found a couple of things I thought about buying but everyone agreed that the items were over priced. Using the "if it's busy it's probably good" theory we stopped at a Caribbean style restaurant called The Rum House. The menu is eclectic --- nachos with pulled pork, tacos with brisket, fried oysters, pork mole,seared scallops, chopped shrimp and more. Ed and I split a Rum House Salad (Spinach, roasted sweet potato, toasted pecans, beets, goat cheese crumbles, shaved red onions, and a curry vinaigrette), a taco with jerk chicken and a taco with lamb vindaloo. Everything was delicious.