The first time I got a weekend off, my friends Dan and Daniele came down to spend the weekend with us, which was so much fun!
We partook of two classic New Orleans tours: a ghost tour,
and a swamp tour. Both were excellent! The French
Quarter Phantoms ghost tour guide basically just told us freaky ghost
stories outside of the supposedly haunted houses and buildings. I was hoping to
see something, but I didn’t. There was one that was so haunted that the tour
guide didn’t really want to be there, he said locals won’t walk on the side of
the street with this one house, and there have been multiple reports of people
being chased down the street by “something.” Ack!
The Cajun Adventures
Swamp Tour was beautiful – not nearly as scary as I was expecting. We drove
out to the middle of nowhere, got on a boat with ten or so other people, and
drove around the swamps looking at all kinds of interesting plants and animals,
including a couple of giant alligators. It’s hard to tell in these pictures,
but he said if you measure from their eyes to the end of their snout, whatever
that is in inches is about how big they are in feet. We were estimating that
the ones we saw were close to 15 feet! He said they’re much more active in the
spring, so I’m thinking about going back when it’s a little nicer.
We got to dine at two of my favorite places in New Orleans,
Three Muses and Acme Oyster. Acme Oyster
is a divey oyster bar whose specialty is these chargrilled oysters that are to
die for! Cheesy and garlicky with puddles of butter just waiting to be sopped
up by fresh bread… mmm. There’s always a massive line out the door – that crazy
weekend we waited a good hour to get in there. Totally worth it. Three Muses is on Frenchman St., which
for those who don’t know of it, blows Bourbon St. out of the water. It’s
basically where all the jazz is, if you’re into that. This particular little
gem is a tiny space that’s always packed – fun music, amazing food and a
specialty cocktail menu to be proud of.
Great weekend, great friends, and refreshed enough to carry
on.
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