The Secret New Orleans Bed and Breakfast Club

Our clubhouse

Wanna get in on a secret?

We've got a secret bed and breakfast club.  It's not like this kind of breakfast club:


Well, wait a minute, let me clarify, it kind of is like that.  This New Orleans bed and breakfast club is made up of people who are different from each other, but they've all grown to like and respect each other despite their differences.

There is a member who's a brain, there is a member who is a beauty, there is a jock, a rebel, and a member who is shy.  There is a dapper chap and there is a streetwise lady.  There is a down-on-his luck hoser and a up-and-coming chippie.  There is a Barry Manilow impersonator, there are two Elvis impersonators (one from Nashville, one from Las Vegas), there is a Bing Crosby impersonator, there is also a Cher impersonator, and there is a a buttoned-down accountant who is comfortable in his own skin.  There are members from all walks of life and they learn about each other and they bond over their shared love of New Orleans.

You don't have to stay at a New Orleans bed and breakfast to be a member of this club.  In fact, most B&B owners don't even know this club exists.  While most B&B owners know a lot about New Orleans, most of them don't have an inkling about this club.  Did I mention it's a secret?  You can get in on the ground floor and be amongst the founding member, but it isn't going to be easy.  Nothing worth doing is easy, is it?

Our clubhouse

It's not really a bed and breakfast club, we just call it that because members tend to stay at La Belle Esplanade when they are visiting New Orleans, but this is not required.  Most club members feel La Belle Esplanade, New Orleans' #1 B&B and the club's official HQ, is the most convivial of all their lodging options and this is why they stay here.  For the purposes of this article, we are calling it a B&B club but it's more than that.  It's a lot more than that.

So, if it's not really called the Secret New Orleans Bed and Breakfast Club, what is the club really called?  That's a secret.  

What are the membership benefits?  Those are secret, too.  

How does a person qualify for membership?  That's a secret.  

Why does this club exist?  What's its mission?  What do the members do, exactly?  Secret, secret, secret.

What's the secret password?  It's a secret.  Ditto the secret handshake.

If you want to know more, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with a letter of inquiry to: 

New Orleans Secret Bed and Breakfast Club
c/o La Belle Esplanade

2216 Esplanade Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70119

United States of America

Prospective initiates need send no money now, but enclosing $5.00 U.S. (cash preferred over checks) will expedite a response and help cover administrative expenses.  You'll get all the introductory enticing details of what it's like to be a member of New Orleans newest and most exciting secret society.

Are you lame or are you game?  You have to love New Orleans.  If you haven't been to New Orleans yet, you have to think you are going to love New Orleans when you finally do get here.  What are you waiting for?  If you aren't sure you are going to love New Orleans, trust me, and trust the other club members when we all shout out in unison, loudly, proudly and with oomph: "You are going to love New Orleans!"

They've heard the call.

What else do you need to know?  Send off that SASE today.  Your spouse will thank you for it.  Your friends will be envious.  But, remember, all of this is secret.  Keep it under your hat.

À votre santé,
Your pals at La Belle Esplanade
...where the rest comes easy.