Deanie’s Seafood, for years a legendary restaurant in the Bucktown neighborhood of Metairie, has now opened a second location in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I’ve never eaten at the original location in Bucktown, but the fried shrimp in the Quarter location is truly amazing.
French Quarter, New Orleans, 7/4/12
Bourbon Street can occasionally be serene and beautiful in its own way, 7/4/12
After the TBC Brass Band performed, an all-star band made up of members from various young New Orleans brass bands performed at the corner of Canal and Bourbon Streets, 7/4/12
French Quarter, New Orleans, 7/4/12
One of the best places to catch authentic brass band music is the corner of Canal and Bourbon Streets beside the Foot Locker. Despite being in the French Quarter, this corner is close to the Iberville Projects, and here the brass bands play as much for their friends and relatives as they do for the tourists. There’s always a friendly vibe, good crowd interaction and some amazing dancing and/or second-lining. It’s also free, although the bands will pass the box around for donations. This is also the ground where many young bands get their start, from the To Be Continued to the Young Pinstripes. 7/4/12
The Marriott Hotel on Canal Street, New Orleans, 7/4/12
The bass drum is like the foundation of brass band music. If you see somebody with a bass drum in New Orleans, that’s a really good sign. Follow him and see where he’s going, because there’s probably about to be some really good music going on.
Canal Street, Afternoon,New Orleans, 7/4/12
Noted artist George Rodrigue is from Lafayette, but his trademark blue dogs are everywhere in New Orleans, including on the front of the Sheraton Hotel on Canal Street!
