Greetings, y’all~ I meant to post this sooner!
Recently returned from New Orleans to celebrate the Loyola University New Orleans School of Nursing graduation and commencement activities, including induction into Sigma Theta Tau, Nursing Honor Society. New Orleans is known for beauty (and fun), but touring the environs after viewing the oil spill from the air makes visitors and locals alike shudder.
However, New Orleans did not disappoint, despite the frustration, the heat, and the mess on the shores. Before I left the Bay Area, a friend whose father used to live in N.O. recommended a few grrrreat places to eat. One was closed up for good, but the others continued to make the south a new fave destination stop. Notable were Cochon (great pulled pork and all things carnivore), GW Finn’s (sea food magnifique), and the Gumbo Shop.
Three showers a day notwithstanding, New Orleans deserves to be on your “to do” list. Tame the humidity by strolling down to the ol’ Mississippi, which flows through the south curve of the area, and take a slushy drink with you.
Another Adventure used to be the Swamp Tour. Now it’s no fun.
God bless those who are working so hard to clean up the mess, and please, somebody…put the cap back on.
