First thing to do in the hotel room is test the bed.
The view of the courtyard from our window.
Voodoo!
Softshell Crab, hush puppies, and a fried catfish po-boy.
We didn't stop in, so we don't know if this was truth in advertising.
A better, daylight picture of the view from our room.
A corkscrew / beer opener screwed into the door jamb of our bathroom. We didn't use it, but thought it was awesome.
The hotel provided stationary, very cool.
French Quarter
More French Quarter
Even More French Quarter
Even More French Quarter Than Before
Brunch at Stanley came highly recommended
Fried Oyster Eggs Benedict and Boudin Eggs Benedict. This was really really good.
Cool Graffiti. We saw this pattern a couple of times.
Cafe Du Monde. Of course.
Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral
A cool art gallery we happened to walk by.
Babies in buckets = Art!
More cool graffiti
This was an interesting part of town, looked run down, but it was full of art galleries and restaurants.
WWII Half-track
Sherman Tank
Machine gun
Side view of the LCVP
SBD Dauntless dive bomber
Susie got busted for using a flash for this picture!
Thompson Machine Gun (Tommy Gun)
German and American soldier uniforms and gear.
German rfiles and sub-machine guns
Rupert, a dummy paratrooper
"Over paid, over sexed and over here": classic!
A giant photo of a bombed out Cologne, Germany
This was an animated summary of the Pacific Theater of WWII. The picture didn't come out, but it was so cool, we included it anyways.
Samurai sword and officer's revolver
Book our trip to the South Pacific!
American BDU for the Pacific Theater
Japanese grenades and pistol
Mile marker from St. Mere Eglise, Normandy, France. "Kilometer 0 on the road to liberty"
A very old-school walgreens
We saw many pay phones in New Orleans.
We stumbled upon Emeril's HQ on our way to lunch. We didn't check it out though.
Abandonded warehouse from 1841.
More Graffiti
Cochon Butcher. Amazing food.
Heaven. On Earth.
Gambino (salami) and Smoked turkey sandwiches,
Walking back to the French Quarter.
St. Charles streetcar.
More Bourbon Street
More truth in advertising?
Drunk on Bourbon Street at 4 PM on Friday. Go you.
Susie was in Oyster Heaven. Of 6 meals, 5 had oysters in them.
More Bourbon Street.
Live music on Bourbon Street. Music was good, but the bartender sucked.
More jazz band.
Crazy hotel pattern #1
Crazy hotel pattern #2
Crazy hotel pattern #3
Crazy hotel pattern #4 and #5
The heater in our room made noise. But that was about it.
Crawfish Etoufee
The Praline Connection on Frenchmen's street. Highly recommended.
Cool Wrought Iron Fence in the French Quarter
Cafe Du Monde
Beignets and Cafe Au Lait.
Headed to the Audobon Aquarium
They really love Saints Football in New Orleans. Who Dat!
Moray Eel
Macaw posing for us
Pirahnas!
Discus
Penguins taking quite an active interest in us.
Lionfish
Frogs
The best of 3 attempts to capture the white alligator (not actually an albino as it's eyes are dark)
Getting ready to leave the aquarium
Crescent City Brewery
Softshell Crab in a cream sauce with Artichoke hearts. And Pasta Jambalaya. And a really good beer.
Yes, Even More French Quarter
Final shot of the French Quarter!
Looking down an LCVP (D-Day landing craft)
The M3 Grease Gun
Bourbon Street
Cool artwork that was all over the brewery.
