Tag: new orleans

  • picking pretties in the Big Easy

    The street car trundled along behind my teenage granddaughter’s back as she perched in a tree on St. Charles Street in New Orleans untangling Mardi Gras beads left there after last winter’s parades. I waved cheerfully at the passengers – and fellow tourists. A pile of harvested beads at his feet, my husband waited beneath…

  • New Orleans difference in mindset

    New Orleans offers much for tourists wanting to peruse how citizens work together to address problems. During a recent visit, my husband and I visited the National World War II Museum and did a drive-by tour of the city’s post-Hurricane Katrina recovery. We spent several hours at the museum studying the displays and watching documentaries…