The weather on Saturday morning in New Orleans was in high contrast to the previous day when I took the photo of Cafe DuMonde shown here. It was warm, bright, sunny and just plain beautiful on Saturday. Sunday started out drizzly, damp and cool and the weather went downhill from there.
But, the cool weather was perfect for coffee and beignets at Cafe DuMonde. After our treat, my daughter and I wiped the confectioner’s sugar off our faces and headed out to do more shopping.
We scored points with the locals when we told them that we saved our Christmas shopping for the Big Easy. “I wish there were more people like you,” one shop owner said. “We’re not dead! Let everyone know that the Crescent City is hoppin’,” another resident stated. More and more people opened up to us to tell us about shops that were failing, restaurants that might not make it (Antoine’s for one), and disasters that befell others (Brennan’s lost their entire wine cellar during Katrina - a huge loss).
Ok folks - we’re doing our bit to let you know that New Orleans isn’t dead - but it sure looks it at times. We actually viewed Bourbon Street without a soul on it at one point (Granted, that was Christmas morning, but wow - the bars were open). New Orleans needs your dollars and your soles! Get down here and spend a few bucks at the hotels, the restaurants, and at the shops. We didn’t spend much, but we helped a few wait staff pay their telephone bills this month, and we gave the retailers and restaurant owners every last spending dollar that we had. And, we had a great time!
Posted by beanybabe at 11:23 PM PST
