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I just shouted FRANCE when La Vie en Rose began to play at the bar

Absinthe allll gone

The green fairy!

When I learned that the wormwood properties of absinthe had been restored in 2007 I said, “set me up.”

Required experiences: eating at Antonines (sort of) and Pat O’Brian (sort of), watching someone vomit on the street, ghost tour, Farmers / French market, bread pudding, Cana cakes, continued search for chicken and waffles. Gary woke up feeling like he was catching a cold. After a breakfast of Cana cakes and ham, we came came…

Required experiences: jambalaya, oysters, street theater, shrimp and grits, second line again, coffee, seamy side of bourbon street, voodoo We slept in because, I forgot to mention, we stayed up and watched Austenland on the hotel pay per view. We didn’t make it to Stanley for breakfast until noon. Eggs Benedict with oysters this time.…

Required experiences: food, beignets, street theater, second line, jazz We went to the jazz brunch at Court of Two Sisters and had spectacular Eggs Benedict (not offered at our hotel, oddly), jambalaya, ham, shrimp, apple cobbler, bread pudding, curry, bacon, sausage, grits, cornbread, and braised lamb. You know. As you do. (I should apologize to…

First evening: New Orleans experiences: bourbon street, ghosts We got in at midnight, but I was hungry, so we found fried chicken around the corner on Bourbon street. On the way to the chicken we saw two tough guys with ferocious dogs. The dog peed in the street, and I wondered if some human would…