New Orleans

F220

I am going to be in New Orleans for a conference next week, and after a search on this topic, have not found a good thread with some locations for shooting.

Any ideas/suggestions would be great - I have about a day and a half, and a few evenings free to go out and shoot.

One place I want to visit in particular is the WW2 museum. I'm sure there are some good cemeterys, etc as well.

Thanx in advance for any info.

PS - also any restaurant recommendations would be awesome. Unfortunately I will be alone (wife couldn't come to this one), and will be on a budget for meals.

Jim

schmoo

Hi Jim, I'm moving this to the Locations forum for you to get more eyes.

I just got back from NOLA this afternoon actually, so I hope the good weather holds out for you on your trip!

I wish I could give advice but the way I do trips is very laissez-faire and doubtfully won't get you much for a day and a half. The WW2 museum sounds like a good destination. There are lots of cemetery walking tours available, as well as voodoo history walking tours and famous people's houses walking tours....

Now someone who knows more about the city can chime in.

JasonL

New orleans

schmoo wrote:

Hi Jim, I'm moving this to the Locations forum for you to get more eyes.

I just got back from NOLA this afternoon actually, so I hope the good weather holds out for you on your trip!

I wish I could give advice but the way I do trips is very laissez-faire and doubtfully won't get you much for a day and a half. The WW2 museum sounds like a good destination. There are lots of cemetery walking tours available, as well as voodoo history walking tours and famous people's houses walking tours....

Now someone who knows more about the city can chime in.

Ok I go to NOLA alot and have alot of Family there. I do suggest if youcan take a tour. They offer them in a van and they are great. They will take you to some cementarys< the garden district< where you can see the Mannings house and ann rice's house i believe. You have to get a Hurricane at PAT O'Briens on Burbon Street. An excellent restrurant is The Bourban House. It is also located on Bourban street. Comanders Palace is excellet restrurant, but rather pricey. If you want to hit a non tourist Local place for some good catfish and gumbo there is a place in Meterie which is very close called R&O's. (my fav place) The WW2 museum is really cool, and if you want to get some awsome colors, go the the Mardi Grais Museum, all the floats and stuuf is in a huge warehouse. The New orleans zoo is also a terrific place, have a great reptile area and some sweet Komodo Drangons. If you have any questions at all, please PM me, will be happy to help you out and I am way Jealous, I want to go !!!!

vgeek

There is tons of architecture that is really cool all over downtown, then you can get on the St. Charles streetcars and head uptown to see all of the nice houses and some of the huge churches. Audobon Zoo has tons of different birds to photograph as well.

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Eating on a budget, real New Orleans food and not tourist traps? That's easy (big easy ). Without a doubt I would not miss:

Mother's, 401 Poydras, for a roast beef po'boy with debris. Make sure you ask for the debris, it's the best part. Second choice is a shrimp po'boy...my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Central Grocery , 923 Decatur, if you want to experience a real New Orleans muffuletta. Central Grocery is the original. Pronounce it muffa-lotta and you'll fit right in.

For sheer tourist sake (heck, I would ALWAYS stop even though I lived there) you also should grab some coffee (with chicory) and beignets (the filled ones are great) at Cafe du Monde on Decatur Street. Hang at a table outside and people watch, there's always someone playing great live music. Make sure you bring home some Aunt Sally's praline's for your wife (as long as she's not a diabetic).

I lived there (on the North Shore actually) for a few years not that long ago and had been going back at least once a year since I left until Katrina. :cry I'm not sure what the condition of things are today as far as sightseeing. Some of my favorite things to shoot were the street musicians and performers that are everywhere in the quarter, and absolutely the cemetaries but make sure you check on the hours because they're not always open when you'd expect them to be. The voodoo queen Marie Laveaux is buried in St. Louis No.1 and that seems to be the most popular. And I'll second the Garden District, too.

St. Louis Cathedral on Dauphine St. is the oldest cathedral in North America and is absolutely beautiful.

F220

Thanx to all - those were some great ideas, I'm off first thing tomorrow morning and will post some pics after I return.

Jim