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familyoffive
LIF Toddler
Member since 6/10 483 total posts
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Candice
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New Orleans Recommendations
So DH and I are going to New Orleans in two weeks for our first ever adults only vacation!! So excited!!!!!  We will be there over superbowl weekend and the week after. Because of the superbowl most of the Mardi Gras activities have been postponed. For those of you who have been there what are your can't miss things to do. TIA
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Posted 1/20/13 1:44 PM  |
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NAK729
LIF Infant
Member since 9/11 113 total posts
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Nancy
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Re: New Orleans Recommendations
My husband and I went there at the end of july for our first anniversary. In my opinion, you have to do all the touristy things...here are some of the things that we did:
Cemetary tours (see the Voodoo Queen's tomb) & ghost tours
Eat a Muffaletta at Central Grocery Co. (get half and share it...they're huge)
Eat beingets at Cafe Du Monde (kinda like zeppoli's)
I loved the zoo, the insectarium (try chocolate cricket cookies) and the aquarium
Do a garden district tour
If you leave New Orleans, you can do a plantation tour
Stay in the French Quarter...we stood a block off of Bourbon St (Hotel Monteleone) and i'm so glad we did
Eat po'boys...we went to a little shop in the garden district that was featured on Diners Drive-ins and Dives
Walk from bar to bar on Burbon St...get a pic with the Huge Ass Beers sign
Horse (really donkeys or mules) and carriage ride from Jackson Square
Try all sorts of Louisana food
Go to City Park to see the storybook section
Harrah's is there if you like casinos
If you're a Manning fan, their dad has a restaurant behind Harrah's (not a bad restaurant)
We also went through the Hurrican Katrina museum which also housed many costumes and props used in the Mardi Gras paradaes
There's also the Mardi Gras museum
Off the top of my head, those are some things that we did. Let me know if you have any questions!
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| Posted 1/20/13 8:12 PM |
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familyoffive
LIF Toddler
Member since 6/10 483 total posts
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Candice
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Re: New Orleans Recommendations
Thank you so much. That was very helpful. 
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| Posted 1/20/13 10:17 PM |
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LotsaLuv
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Member since 6/10 4094 total posts
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F
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New Orleans Recommendations
Do a swamp tour, it was awesome!!
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| Posted 1/20/13 10:36 PM |
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charon54
My two boys!
Member since 5/05 7279 total posts
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Rebecca
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Re: New Orleans Recommendations
We really enjoyed the plantation tour, the city tour on Greyhound, the Mardi Gras museum, and the beignets. Harrahs has a location downtown for something indoors to do.
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| Posted 1/21/13 8:34 PM |
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toniV
LIF Adolescent
Member since 10/11 586 total posts
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Re: New Orleans Recommendations
I went in 2005 so I don't know if they still do this.. but it was a "haunted house" tour. We stopped at a couple of bars along the way too. It was pretty cool.
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| Posted 1/22/13 5:14 PM |
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familyoffive
LIF Toddler
Member since 6/10 483 total posts
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Candice
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New Orleans Recommendations
Thanks again everyone for all the replies. Definitely doing a haunted tour. Going to run all the recommendations by DH and see what he thinks. Thanks again!
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| Posted 1/22/13 5:27 PM |
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alli3131
Peanut is here!!!!!!
Member since 5/09 18388 total posts
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Allison
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New Orleans Recommendations
Parades start back up a few days after the Superbowl so I would def catch them. Also The french quarter will get crazy as you get closer to Fat Tuesday....I would try and do French Qauter things and then other areas as it gets closer to Fat Tuesday.
I went in my college days and it wasn't fun in the crowds then....I do not thinkI could handle it as an adult.
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| Posted 1/23/13 1:43 PM |
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Mushesgirl
Too blessed to be stressed
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Re: New Orleans Recommendations
My friend went to a 'spirit reader' intersting...
Emeril's restaurant is great
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| Posted 1/23/13 9:45 PM |
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