Some Lagniappe from New Orleans
According to current travel guides and statistics, New Orleans is one of the top ten most visited cities in the United States. According to the “Rae on the Road” travel guide, New Orleans is THE top city to visit in the United States. Granted, Rae on the Road hasn’t been everywhere (yet), so you can [...]
Tunes and Tombs: Solo Sammy Goes to New Orleans
“Let the good times roll,” indeed! As the play closed, I had one week of spring break left and ran off to New Orleans for four days. It was not restful, but it was a different type of necessary. “It’s a small town, but it’s a busy city,” said one of my very clever [...]
Travel Haunts
“Cemeteries are fascinating, they’re a living representation of the culture, the history, the passion of the civilization that deposits its dead there; they’re a spiritual link to the past.” -John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil For both the living and the dead, cemeteries can be the most peaceful of [...]
Jazz Time
It’s spring break 2010 and I’m cruising around New Orleans in a big white van full of friends. “And I think that was our turn that we just passed…” I yell as we whiz by a modest looking side street. This isn’t just any spring break trip. We may hit up Bourbon Street at night [...]



