Bayou Boogaloo Review

New Orleans hydrangea

I was taking some pictures of the hydrangea behind our inn the other morning.  It was after I had picked up the day's muffalettas and crawfish pies. I had some time to kill because we weren't expecting anyone to be awake for another half hour.  It turned out two of our guests are early risers.

They had been to the Mid- City Bayou Boogaloo the day before.  We didn't go this year, but we have been before.  It's like a smaller version of Jazz Fest on Bayou Saint John.  We've always thought of it as only attracting people from the area, but we know two people who flew in from The Beehive City. 

This isn't the place

It is also known as The Hardware City.

This is the place

I asked them if they enjoyed their day.  Was it worth flying from out-of-state to go to this year's Bayou Boogaloo?  "It was everything we expected," they enthused.  They said they had a great time.  "We got their early and stayed until closing.  It's like nothing we have back home," they said.

It is their first time in New Orleans.  "You're in the perfect location," they told me.  They've been to the Quarter.  They've been to Frenchman Street.  They had dinner at The Three Muses the night before.  They were at the Bayou Boogaloo all day yesterday, then they had dinner at Cafe Degas, up the street. "We haven't taken a taxi yet," they said.

What were their plans for today?  They are going to walk up to City Park.  Then, they are taking the Canal Street streetcar to the ferry.  Then, they are going to shop for artwork in Jackson Square.   

"We know where we're going to vacation next year," they told me. They've fallen in love with New Orleans.  "It's the opposite here from where we come from," they said.  

Frau Schmitt and your humble narrator moved here from Boston.  We know what they mean.

Sicut Patribus Sit Deus Nobis 

They are definitely committing to coming to the 2014 Bayou Boogaloo.  They are thinking about coming to next year's Jazz Fest.  They asked how far we are from the Fair Grounds.  It's a twelve-minute walk up Bayou Road, across the street, to the Jazz Fest front gate.  "You really are in the perfect location," they said.

Fairgrounds Racetrack gate

 I was talking to Larry a few weeks ago.  He deals with surveys.  "Studies show that there is only one question on a survey that means anything," he told me.  "Would you recommend us to a friend?"

"We'll be telling everybody how great the Bayou Boogaloo was.  We'll be telling everyone how great New Orleans is," our guests told me.

Laissez les bon temps rouler

A votre sante,
La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast.