New Orleans Secrets

Mosquito King

September in New Orleans!  Finally!  Autumn has arrived.  The mosquitos have gone south for the winter.  It is still 90 degrees and humid, but it feels like October is right around the corner.  October is most people's favorite time of year.  

Men who are visiting New Orleans for a wedding should not expect to get a haircut on Sundays or Mondays.  Barbershops are closed.  That's why I get my hair cut on Wednesdays.

For as long as I'm able, I like to have a barber who is older than I am.  Jimmie told me he has been at Golden Shears at 6008 Magazine Street for almost 50 years.  He took over the shop from his uncle who had it for 40 years before him.  Before the uncle, the barber shop had belonged to another man for 25 years.  

So, this building is over a hundred years old?

"Yes," Jimmie said.  "Just look around.  All the houses are over a hundred years old."  He was right.  It's that way all over town.

On the way home, I passed a statue that you see all over the city.  

He looks like he's hailing a bus

The statues aren't hailing a cab.  They are not waving hello as you approach.  They are not waving goodbye when you look over their shoulder.  They are not reaching to catch Mardi Gras beads.  They are all the same and they all have the same purpose.  It isn't a secret, but I don't think it is something the city likes to publicize to the tourist trade.  That is really all I can say about it now, but we'll tell you if you really need to know.

If you are well-groomed man visiting New Orleans for a wedding, we can tell you were to get your hair cut, but you'll have to go to Supercuts in the mall on Sundays and Mondays.  Any other day of the week, there's Jimmy, except he doesn't work Fridays, either.  On Fridays, we recommend Aiden Gill at 2026 Magazine Street. 

A votre santé,
La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast.