2019.12.16

My "first half/second half" galleries of our NOLA trip had more of an eye for the photos that worked well visually... these are photos that didn't make the cut but help tell the story of a lovely week, a story we might want to refresh our memories of later.

Open Photo Gallery

Jet Blue was a pretty nice choice.

First afternoon, down by the riverside... we were approached by a young guy who said he liked my shoes... we were a little too uptight and wary so we didn't engage, later I learned it was probably the setup for a busking joke where he'd bet me he could tell me where I got 'em...

Fanciest Walgreens I've seen. Plus, palm trees - I know it's small-minded of me but I'm always surprised by palm trees outside of like Hawaii and L.A.

Melissa stretching, waiting for the bus... it's the "French Quarter" but the architecture is heavily Spanish influenced, which might explains why it reminded me of Mexico (specifically Mérida) especially on the smaller streets.

The Whitney Plantation does the best job of telling the stories of the enslaved peoples brought to the area, and has statues of young residents of the place.

Mahony's had some loaned Ford GT40s on display.

Riffing with the Young Fellaz on Frenchmen Street.

Signage.

1955 statue of the guy who picked a sub-sea-level location to build a city on...

City tour guide Butch at St Louis Cemetary #3

St Louis Cemetary #3 above-ground tomb.

Melissa peeking up through an aquatic exhibit at the Insectarium.

Melissa's bright yellow shirt attracted the butterflies.

At the Pharmacy Museum, this is the kind of stuff that inspired "Love Potion Number Nine"...

Line for Preservation Hall on a rainy night.

Some roughed-up sidewalk in the Garden District... I'd seen broken up sidewalk before, but never quite this way.

Tried to capture The Ohio State University flag in front of one of the homes.

The National WW2 museum - tried to be even handed in someways, but definitely the nationalist perspective.

Striking diorama about D-Day

Always love these.

KIRK! Rufus Kirk was an F4F "Wildcat" pilot, this is his B-$ "Mae West" life preserver.

Our seats at Snug Harbor weren't great but they cleverly put up a big mirror across from the balcony...

617 represent!

I sorta dug the Crescent City's police logo. This type of barrier was often used to block off traffic during street-party times. Which is a lot of the time.