Southern Attitude made in New Orleans

This isn't Cinderella's castle

Some people say they don't want the Disney-fied version of New Orleans.  I can't blame them.  Disneyland is a smaller, simpler version Walt Disney World.  There is no place in the world like New Orleans.  

I like to go to the Enterprise Rent-a-Car office at 1939 Canal Street.  If I need to rent a car, that's where I go.  I am not trying to give them a free plug, it is just where I get the maps we give out to our guests.  This isn't a paid endorsement.  One time, I went into the Avis office at 1317 Canal Street.  Everyone at Enterprise is crisp and professional.

On the maps that the folks at Enterprise Rent-a-Car are so kind to give me (Hi, Janice!), The City of New Orleans is colored yellow. Everywhere else is colored white except The City of Gretna, which is colored pink for some reason.  If you need to find a Best Buy or a Sears, go to the white part of the map.

We were at a Walgreen's in Jefferson Parish recently.  They were selling tee shirts on one of the end caps.

I went to school for graphic design

What kind of southern attitude do they make in New Orleans?

New Orleans ladies from Bourbon St. to Esplande; a flair for life, love, and laughter

The Walgreens was on Jefferson Highway across the street from Jefferson Feed.  You'll never go there.  The goldfish in our fountain come from Jefferson Feed.  As I remember it, we stopped at Walgreens for a roll of Mentos.  It was after we had lunch at Dot's Diner.  It wasn't for a tee shirt.

Pretty to look at, fun to hold, real New Orleans girls wear black and gold.

There are plenty of tee shirt shops in the French Quarter.  There aren't any in our neighborhood, but there are plenty of stores around us.  They do sell white tee shirts at Discount Variety two blocks away from our house, but those are for wearing under a work shirt.  A lot of waiters, lawyers, chefs, doctors, carpenters, bookkeepers, housekeepers, actors, short order cooks, and dental hygienists live close by.

Midnight Hurricanes: a New Orleans Tradition

We've lived in New Orleans for three years.  I have a Cafe du Monde shirt that I like to wear around the house.  I've worn it to Commander's Palace under a jacket.  It is probably cooler to wear a Cafe du Monde shirt somewhere else, like in Boston or Houston or Cleveland.  It can be a conversation starter.  Nobody cares much if you wear a Cafe du Monde shirt in New Orleans, or if you wear a shirt from Juan's Flying Burrito, or Elizabeth's, or the Ruby Slipper.  Come as you are.

I'm sexy and I know it!  Bourbon Street, New Orleans

If you are in the French Quarter and your friend says he'll buy a shirt that says Drunk 1 if you buy the one that says Drunk 2.  I wouldn't recommend you were them around town, either in New Orleans at home.  

Y'at-itude is different from attitude

We spend a lot of time in Saint Bernard Parish.  That's where we get our jellies and pickles.  When we are in the area, we go to Rocky and Carlo's, which you probably won't have a chance to visit, either.  We don't go to Jefferson Parish too often, unless we need to go to Walmart or the movies.  Sometimes we go to Gretna.  We buy Amato's wine at the farmers' market next to the statue of Mel Ott.  

When they are in season, we pick up a bushel of satsumas to serve at breakfast.  Satsumas are in season at the end of August.  We might see you then.

A votre sante,
La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast.