New Orleans - Part 2

Neal and I got to explore a bit of New Orleans together as well, though not as much as we had hoped.  The case he was working settled and we ended up coming home sooner than expected. We were grateful for the chance to be there even for a little while. New Orleans is a really neat city, one that we would both not mind visiting again.

On Sunday night Neal and I went exploring around the

French Quarter.  Some of the lighting along the streets

and on the buildings was really beautiful.

One of the most unique characteristics of this city is the

presence of gas lamps near almost every door.  Neal likes

them so much he wants to get one for our front door.

As we were walking down this street, we were a little startled to 

see a giant image of Jesus reflected on the wall of this church.  We

noticed that whoever had created this effect had brilliantly placed 

the lighting on the smaller statue in front of the church to create the 

image of Jesus with its shadow.  We'd never seen anything quite like 

this before - it was really cool.

There's something magical about a beautiful house all lit up 

at night.  There were so many neat ones along the streets of 

the French Quarter, I just had to capture one on camera.

We also stopped by Brad and Angelina's house, though I didn't 

want to take my camera out for a picture because there was

a suspicious looking character eyeing us.

After exploring part of the town, we stopped

at Cafe Du Monde, an old cafe open 24 hours, for their

famous beignets.  They are covered in powdered sugar at 

least an inch high and are sooo good!  Just don't breathe 

anywhere near them, lest the powdered sugar go flying 

everywhere (not that I would know anything about that :-).

View from the roof of our hotel

Lunch on Monday with Tim.  He is a fellow employee and

 friend that Neal worked with in the D.C. office.

Our first day exploring New Orleans together.

Here we are taking the trolley through town.

In front of Jackson Square

Hanging out at the Tropical Isle on Bourbon Street, getting 

our drinks "to go."  The drinking laws in the French Quarter are 

pretty lax and it's tradition to walk around the streets with 

your alcoholic beverage in a plastic cup.  Since we were trying 

to fit in with the locals, we had to participate in the tradition.  :-)

This drink is called a "Hand Grenade"  It's a

melon flavored drink that is supposed to be

one of the best in New Orleans.

Having dinner with the team on our last night in town