I’ll keep the words to a minimum because this is a picture heavy post. I’m sharing some of the houses that caught my eye in the Garden District.

One of the larger homes. Beautiful.

Most houses are decorated for Halloween.

Interesting roof ornament, don’t you think?

These details make my heart beat faster. So lovely.

I’m especially drawn to the smaller houses.

Just stop. Look at this place! Could it be any more charming? Blue ceiling. Gorgeous front door. And I’m particularly taken by the shutters that are in sections, allowing light in at the top yet still providing privacy. Or, in this case, shutting the top section and opening the lower sections of the shutters.

Sidewalks are brick.

Trees are large and the roots often pull up portions of the sidewalks. Walking requires constant vigilance!

This one’s for sale. Any takers? The doors – though you can’t tell from this photo – are gorgeous.

These shutters are opened/closed in interesting combinations.

These are opened at the top.

Oh my heavens.

Check out that ceiling. Isn’t this house adorable?

I love this one. The houses that tend to be narrow usually extend far back as this one does.

See? It goes way back and has a private garden behind the brick wall.

The blue shutters, the wreaths, and the white rockers. Sigh.

There are so many more but I had to stop. The streets are tree lined and charming. I ran into several dog walkers and had some lovely chats as I wended my way through the Garden District.

Now I’m off to look at real estate prices. Because wouldn’t you be curious, as well?

Happy Thursday.

 

 

Since I had some problems with my server yesterday, I didn’t get the post up until after 11:00. I noticed the email versions of the post didn’t go out yesterday and the late posting might be the reason – or it may be a glitch with Feedburner. I don’t know. But hey, if you only rely on receiving a copy of the post in your email, you’re sort of on the wrong track anyway.

I’ve said this before. 99% of the time, I post every day. So if you don’t get an email, it’s so easy to just come to the blog via your browser and see if there’s a post up. Don’t just rely on the email. If you do, you’ll sometimes miss a post, because I have no control over servers or Feedburner.

End of (loving) lecture.

We had the best dinner last night; a mixture of Puerto Rican and Brazilian food and I’m still thinking about it. Our waiter was from Puerto Rico and he’s busy raising money for Puerto Rican hurricane relief. What an amazing young man he is. He’s doing everything he can for his native country. His family still does not have electricity and may not have it for months. Are you listening, Washington, DC?

Yesterday, I climbed on the St. Charles streetcar (what fun!) and traveled to the Garden District and Lafayette Cemetery. Love the drivers, who are charming and call you “Dawlin'” and are so helpful.

First stop was the famous Lafayette Cemetery. It’s stunningly beautiful. Most of you probably know this, but because of the low sea level to below sea level here, everyone is buried above ground. (I also read something that said the above ground burial is a Catholic tradition – so who knows?) It’s a truly moving and powerful place to visit. I’ll simply post the photos below.

I only hope that Don has a smidgen of free time, so I can bring him here. He’s really working long hours.

I then walked many of the streets of the Garden District. Took lots of house pictures and I’ll share them with you tomorrow. But here’s a sneak peek:

And my favorite little cottage. Can I move in?

Please?

A beautiful day, with the humidity gone and a slight breeze. Couldn’t have been better.

Happy Wednesday.

The WiFi connection here at the hotel – or my server – is awfully slow today and I have to shower and get breakfast, so I’ll make this post rather concise. We had a lovely day off together yesterday, just taking it slow. Don is very, very tired – as is the rest of the cast – so we went for a mellow and easy-going Monday.

(I had to stop writing this post for a while to wait for the server to be fixed.)

I had no sooner read a comment from Martha recommending The Old Coffee Pot for breakfast when, I’m not kidding you, Don said, “Here’s a place where we should eat breakfast this morning. It’s called The Old Coffee Pot.”

There you have it. We had to go.

Let me be frank – this may have been the best breakfast I’ve ever had.

Eggs Sardou. Eggs on an English muffin, hollandaise sauce and herbed spinach. As I said on Instagram, close to orgasmic. And the potatoes – oh my god.

Then we had Calas, which Martha also recommended. Made with leftover rice and cinnamon and other things, topped – of course – with powdered sugar. Oh my heavens! Delicious!

We kept moaning out loud because everything was so good.

The fireplace in the restaurant. Shiplap everywhere. It’s lovely.

Then we walked around the French Quarter. I took Don to Faulkner House Books and he was almost as entranced as I. The owner was there and he and Don had a great chat and he signed a book for Don. The owner has a rare book collection – many of which are first editions – and we talked about what happens when you buy your first rare book. He said that he said to himself : “I guess I’m a book collector!”

Anyway. I’ve been there 3 times now! And I’ll probably go back one more time. I cannot say enough about this bookshop.

The interior of St. Louis Cathedral on Jackson Square. It’s simply stunning.

And the interior of the Saenger theater.

The gorgeous chandeliers mixed with Margaritaville paper lanterns.

From my seat in the house the other night, pre-show.

Don has already been recognized on the street. And he ran into a bar the other day to use the bathroom and a guy was talking about having seen the show the night before and how much he liked the character J.D. and it took him a few moments to realized that Don was J. D. Then he asked Don to lead them in a song from the show and Don, never shy, did.

This morning, as we were having breakfast, the waitress brought a guy over to the table. He and his wife had flown down to New Orleans from New York to see the show before it moved to Broadway. He said he’ll see it on Broadway as well.

These are the earrings I bought the other day. The woman who designs these bases them on architectural elements she sees in the city. Right below the earrings is a picture of the design she adapted. I love these earrings and I’ve had them on ever since!

Okay. I flew back up to the room to see if the server issues were fixed and I guess they are because I’m getting this out just under the wire.

Happy Tuesday.