New Orleans

Romance on the Riverboat City of New Orleans

You can’t know New Orleans, really understand her, unless you’ve seen her from the river. On The Riverboat City of New Orleans, one of Old Man River’s newest queens, you’ll discover the energy, excitement, charm, hospitality and sheer romance that make this city roll. The first steamboat, aptly named The New Orleans, traveled from Pittsburgh to the Big Easy between 1811 and 1812 with Teddy Roosevelt’s 4th great grandfather Nicholas Roosevelt… Read More »

The Big Easy’s Easier on a Hop-On Hop-Off Bus

  You can travel to New Orleans in books, movies, and in your dreams but, if you ask us, the best way to get around once you’re truly here is on a big red Hop-On Hop-Off New Orleans double decker bus. Why rent a car or pay for Ubers when you can tour the city’s charming neighborhoods in air-conditioned comfort with a guide pointing out not just what you’re seeing,… Read More »

Now Playing at Le Petit Theatre

Moving. Mind-opening. Amusing.     Some people go to the theater to have fun. Some go to be moved and inspired. And some go to get a deeper understanding of people and even themselves. If you go for all the reasons above, you’ll love The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, playing through June 4th at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré.   On the surface, a play about… Read More »

Take the Official Jazz Fest Express

Gray Line Gets You Closer to the Music.   Follow the second line to Gray Line’s Official Jazz Fest Shuttle. It’s the only shuttle that takes you inside the Fairground's gates! Air-conditioned buses offer round-trip transportation and run continuously until the last festival-goer leaves. What’s more, they enter through an exclusive entrance reserved just for the Official Jazz Fest Shuttle buses! Uber and Lyft have zones that require drop-off and… Read More »

Something for Everybunny this Easter

New Orleans celebrates Easter every year with egg hunts, jazz cruises, parades, and, of course, church services. Don’t spend Easter morning with your head in your Easter basket. Here are some eggcellent ideas (if we do say so ourselves). Easter at St. Louis Cathedral St. Louis Cathedral certainly isn’t the only place you can celebrate Easter Mass but, if you’ve never been, make this the year. Click here for the… Read More »

Fun Has Sprung at Destrehan Plantation

  Join the Easter Bunny at the Spring Garden Festival. In Partnership with LSU Ag Center and Louisiana Master Gardeners, Destrehan is holding its 2023 Spring Garden Festival, showcasing plant nurseries and vendors who focus on the porch, patio, yard and garden. The festival will also live entertainment by the Louis Pettinelli Jazz Quintet and the Nola Dukes Jazz Quartet, arts & crafts, educational seminars and exhibits in the mule… Read More »

Tennessee Williams’ “Cat” Gets Another Life

When the Hollywood version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof came out, playwright Tennessee Williams told people waiting in line to see the film, "This movie will set the industry back 50 years. Go home!" One reason he was upset was because, in the screen version, they revised the 3rd act, taking out much of Brick's confusion over the death of his friend Skipper and including a reconciliation between Brick and… Read More »

Le Petit Theatre Continues 107th Season with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

New Orleans, LA (February 23, 2023) — Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré brings the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to the stage March 9 - 26, 2023, with Tennessee Wiliiams’ original third act. Set on the Pollitt's’ plantation home in the Mississippi Delta, this iconic story is told in three acts with no lapse in time between them. Maggie (Mona Nasrawi), a young ambitious in-law, is… Read More »

Why Is New Orleans Called the Big Easy?

The Crescent City. NOLA. N'Awlins, New Orleeeens. The Queen City of the South has many names and one that seems to have stuck–even though it makes locals cringe–is the Big Easy.  Believe it or not, the Big Easy moniker didn't start with the 1986 Dennis Quaid movie or even the 1970 James Conway crime novel the film was based on. Some say, it all began in the 1960s in a… Read More »

Discover Destrehan Plantation’s Unheard Voices Tour

Learn the Whole Story of Plantation Life with An Unheard Voices Tour. There are so many fascinating plantation homes to discover on the Great River Road but, if you’re like most people, you only have time for one or two. When we have friends or family in town, we always make sure they visit Destrehan Plantation. Not only is it the closest to the French Quarter (only a 30 minute… Read More »