Cincinnati’s Over-The-Rhine Community
Cincinnati’s Over-The-Rhine neighborhood, despite its historic architecture, has been a troubled place for much of the city’s recent history. In fact, it was the focal …
Travel
Treme On A Sunday Morning Before the Second-Line
Before Treme was a TV show, Treme was a neighborhood, named for Claude Treme, the owner of the plantation back of New Orleans’ ramparts, which …
The French Quarter Revisited
While the French Quarter is New Orleans’ most tourist-intensive district, there is still much that is unique and beautiful about it, particularly on the quieter …
Evening on @FrenchmenStreet in New Orleans
Frenchmen Street is attractive by day, and downright exciting at night, when street performers come out, and the clubs open up, featuring every kind of …
Pirate’s Lair: Visiting Lafitte, Louisiana
Friday evening, May 24th, I decided to drive out to the towns of Jean Lafitte and Lafitte south of Harvey and Gretna on the West …
Walking Around the French Market
The French Market is New Orleans’ oldest public market and the only one that is currently open and in decent shape. Under its pavilion can …
A Taste of the Caribbean on New Orleans’ Frenchmen Street
If New Orleans is America’s most Caribbean city, then Frenchmen Street is New Orleans’ most Caribbean street, with its brightly-painted buildings and palm trees. The …
From the 9th Ward to the Bywater
After my visit to the House of Dance and Feathers museum, I stopped and took some photographs of interesting houses and businesses as I worked …
Celebrating the Lower 9th Ward at the House of Dance and Feathers
A few years ago, when I visited the Backstreet Cultural Museum in Treme, I was unaware of the existence of another museum dedicated to the …
New Orleans City Scape
A morning view of the Central Business District from the pool deck of the Hilton Garden Inn on Gravier Street in New Orleans