Today we started out with the New Orleans Movie Tour. (Where does Patrice find these things?) We met our guide, Jonathan Ray, at 10AM, for a tour around the city hearing information about the movie industry and other interesting facts about New Orleans. Apparently due to tax breaks more movies and TV shows were filmed in New Orleans last year than either NYC or LA. Jonathan had one other couple signed up for today’s tour but they didn’t show up. So just like our Memphis BBQ tour we had our own personal chauffeur and guide today. The tour was excellent. We would stop at a site and then watch a clip from a movie that was shot from the very location where we were parked. Jonathan was hilarious. Again an activity that made me cringe when Patrice told me about it turned out to be a blast. See the brief video below.
After the tour we had to have the obligatory stop at Cafe du Monde for Cafe Au Lait and Beignets.
We then took the ferry across the Mississippi River to Algiers Point. Our guide, Jonathan talked about the place and said there wasn’t much there. We should have taken his word and gone to the pool instead. When we got there we asked a local person to tell us about things to do and see in Algiers Point. She told us she was not from around here and didn’t know where the “hysterical” sights were located. She did introduce us to a local woman who worked at a day care. The day care worker told us about 3 bars and the court house. Hmmm, made me glad my grandsons don’t go to that day care. Note the sign below that explains the hours of operation of Bobby D’s store on Algiers Point. Need I say more?
Dinner was at Irene’s. Last year we tried to get into this restaurant but without a reservation they said the wait was close to two hours. We took a pass last year and made sure we had reservations this year. As many of the readers of this blog know, my mother’s name is Irene. And the meal was just like she prepared it herself. We started out with Crab Gratin and Escargot for appetizers. We then had Crawfish Bisque. Our main courses were Soft-Shell Crab and Lasagna (calling it lasagna is an understatement. This dish was spectacular). For dessert we had bread pudding (also an understatement). Foodies, check out the photos below.
After dinner we went to Preservation Hall, a jazz icon of the city. We waited on line for 30 minutes to get in so we could stand up for a 50 minute show. It was well worth the standing and waiting. I had long wanted to go to this place and in spite of the wait, standing and lack of A/C I am happy to cross that off my “To Do” list.
Robert
Link to video of our Movie Tour Guide
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