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New Orleans Lucky Dog

Lucky Dogs

Riverfront Streetcar line

You too can board the New Orleans Streetcar at Canal Street Ferry terminal

Passengers board the Riverfront streetcar bound for excitement at every stop! Stops along the Riverfront streetcar line include the Riverwalk Market Place(shopping and eating) * Canal Street ferry terminal(cross the Mississippi River) * Aquarium of the Americas(lots of neat fish n things)* IMAX theatre(great movie) * Waldenburg Park(picnics, relaxing, and river view) * Moonwalk and Café’ Du Monde(coffee and beignets) * New Orleans French Market(shopping and flee market) * The Shops at Canal Place(more shopping and eating) * Cruise Ship Terminal * The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Cruise ship in New Orleans

I recommend that you take a Caribbean cruises from New Orleans

The cruise ship Norwegian Spirit sailing down the Mississippi River past my neighborhood as she heads for the Gulf of Mexico and ultimately the Western Caribbean. If you are planning to take a cruise there is no better place to start then in New Orleans. From November through April Norwegian Cruise Lines offers a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise out of New Orleans. Carnival Cruise Lines offers 4, 5 and 7 day cruises year round aboard the cruise ship Triumph. So when you come plan to arrive several days early and make New Orleans your first port of call. Stay in a French Quarter Hotel and explore New Orleans and the French Quarter. On board this ship on this paricular Sunday evening were my friends from Gamma Software, Inc. out of Oregon.
French Quarter Street Vendor

French Quarter Street Vendors

This is a street vendor selling refreshing cold drinks, water, and ice cream sandwiches on Royal and St Louis Street. While you are exploring the French Quarter do not worry about getting thirsty or hungry. Besides and abundant selection of restaurants in the French Quarter there are also many convenience stores scattered through out the neighborhood and it's usually not difficult to find a friendly street vendor selling cold drinks, hot dogs, as well as other snacks. At times it can get down right hot in New Orleans. So be a big spender and treat the family to some ice cream and cold drinks.
Lawrence and Blake serving up New Orleans boilded crabs

Enjoy some New Orleans boiled crabs

Whether you buy your crabs or catch them yourself, nothing beats a New Orleans crab boil. A crab boil is part of every day life in New Orleans just as a barbeque is in other parts of the country. The ingredients for a perfect crab boil are friends and family, Louisiana Blue Crabs, Zatarain’s (pronounced ZAT-uh-rans) crab boil, corn, onions, whole potatoes, garlic, and sausage. Everyone has their own personal recipe for boiling crabs and there are numerous recipes available on the web so I will not give you my two cents worth here. But I will tell you that in New Orleans they tend to be a little hotter and tastier so when in New Orleans do as the New Orleanians do and find yourself some boiled crabs and enjoy. Nothing beats the sweet taste of a perfectly boiled crab like these my son just cooked up for us.
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