New Orleans memories.

Good morning, Matthew and Melanie!

One of the nice things about our job is that we never know who we're going to meet.  It is always somebody nice, somebody with a story to tell, somebody who shares a smidgeon of happiness that only they can share.  Sometimes, it's an novelist.  Sometimes, it's a teacher.  Sometimes, it's a salesman.  Sometimes it's a retired gardener.  Someday, it might be you.  That will be nice, too.

From an innkeeper's point of view, the best part of staying in a bed and breakfast is the breakfast.  That's the part when we really get to know our guests, and we get to share what we know about New Orleans.

At La Belle Esplanade, breakfast is usually between 8:30AM and 9:30AM.  As I always say, we don't kick anyone out at 9:30, but we ask everyone to come down by then.  We don't kick anyone out until there is nothing left to discuss.  That can take awhile and we aren't usually in any kind of a rush.

Shotgun Temple, New Orleans

A lot of people want to know more about our neighborhood.  We're happy to tell them about it.  Shotgun Temple is a sculpture in a little triangular park between Bayou Road and Bell Street, between North Dorgenois and North Rocheblave, about two blocks from our house.  It was built by Robert Tannen, an artist and urban planner who lives close by.
  
There are enough interesting things in our neighborhood to keep someone occupied for a lifetime.  Ask anyone who lives here.

An anonymous stranger

Frau Schmitt was talking with a dapper anonymous stranger in Audubon Park the other day.  He said that while he liked Audubon Park, he prefers City Park, at the end of Esplanade Avenue.  "New Orleans is nice Uptown," he said, "but it's even nicer Downtown."  He's right.  Smart man.
  



We never know who is visiting us, but we do know who will fall in love with New Orleans.  That's everybody who visits.  Good memories are made on Esplanade Avenue.

A votre santé,
La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast.