Is New Orleans America's Best City?

Life is good in New Orleans

You never know who you'll run into on Esplanade Avenue.  Luck is always a lady in New Orleans, unless it's Luck's brother.  You meet the friendliest people in New Orleans.

Governor Derbigny

I was talking with a couple visiting from Australia who used to live in the States.  Now they're touring the rest of America.  I mentioned that New Orleans is like no where else in Louisiana.  I ventured so far as to say that it is like no where else in America. 

"We heard that where we used to live, too," the lady said.  Where did they used to live?  Salt Lake City.  All I could say was, "Touche."  The pot never called the kettle white.

La belle de l'Avenue d'Esplanade

They were driving from Utah to Philadelphia by way of New Orleans.  "We stayed at a Motel 6 in Lafayette last night," the lady's companion told me.  "It's been all Quality Inn and Day's Inn and Holiday Inn and a string of no-tell motels and HoJos.  For New Orleans, we thought we should make it special."  Good choice.  The best New Orleans bed and breakfasts are on Esplanade Avenue.  I can recommend one in particular.  

There is magic in a New Orleans rain the way there is magic in New Orleans sunshine and New Orleans shade.  There is just something about New Orleans.  Je ne sais quoi.  

Les Fleurs Suite bedroom

I showed them their bedroom.  "C'est magnifique." the lady said, swept up in the romance of the suite.

"I thought you were Australian?" I said.

She was caught up in the moment.  When in New Orleans, do as New Orleanians do.  Laissez les bon temps rouler.

St. Joan of Arc

This particular city is an ideal setting, but it is the people that make New Orleans America's best city.  Both the people who live here and all of the other people who love it.  Be a New Orleanian, wherever you are.  

When you are in New Orleans, think about staying at La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast.

A votre sante.