This poster on a French Quarter wall was my first introduction to New Orleans hip-hop artist Lyriqs Da Lyraciss (@UnderdogCentral), whose new album “The Nobody’s Monologues 2” is available for free download here http://www.underdogcentral.net/ (and worth downloading). Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/underdogcentral or like him on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/underdogcentral.
The Marriott Hotel on Canal Street in New Orleans has some really amazing art work in the lobby and elsewhere.
Walking around the French Quarter in New Orleans, July 4, 2012
The Ruby Slipper has been a great Mid-City place to get breakfast in New Orleans, and it now has a location in the downtown, one block southwest of Canal Street in the Pelham Hotel. Unfortunately, they decided to be closed on the Fourth, so I had to walk up to the Camellia Grill, another New Orleans institution that has opened a French Quarter location. Thankfully, they were open.
In some ways, New Orleans is the quintessential American city, a blending of many different cultures, and a most appropriate place to celebrate the Fourth of July.
To Be Continued (TBC) Brass Band at their regular Wednesday gig at Hot East Daiquiris, 7/4/12 (Taken with Instagram at Hot East Daiquiris)
To Be Continued Brass Band performing on Bourbon Street at Canal, New Orleans, 7/4/12 (Taken with Instagram at Bourbon St. & Canal)
5th Annual Orange Mound Block Party for Peace, Melrose Stadium, 7/28/12 $2 admission with canned goods, $5 without
