Days 65-66: Apollo Comments on the Big Easy

Once Joanne and Mitch got settled into the dog friendly La Quinta Hotel, they immediately high-tailed it with me in tow over to the French Quarter. Let me just say that people can be pretty wild and crazy. I know a few dogs who can be wild in the streets, but I never saw hundreds of people acting so bizarre. Some people were wearing costumes and one girl who was dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz had a bare butt which, of course being a dog, I liked. I think Mitch did too. It was Sunday and so Mitch and Joanne stopped for brunch at a nice outdoor cafe at the Music Legends Park on Bourbon Street which had a great duo. People were doing a lot of drinking and dancing and Joanne did a turn with me. The people loved it. I always get the crowd.

After brunch we walked the Quarter from end to end enjoying talented musicians, artists, puppeteers, acrobats, and mimes. I love good music. What made me very happy was the amazing number of very talented people performing in the streets.

Toward evening the drinking got even heavier and I could not resist going into a few bars. This is where I got into trouble. Everyone wanted to buy me a drink and by now you know my problem. When we get home, and I gather that will be soon, Mitch and Joanne are going to deal with my problem. Apparently no more bars for me.

From my perspective, New Orleans is a very friendly city. People often stopped to pet me and to talk to me.

It is also a very pretty place with beautiful wrought iron work on many of the buildings. Mind you, we only visited the French Quarter and the Garden District.

The second night Mitch and Joanne left me in the hotel room and took off for Preservation Hall on St. Peter St. to hear some vintage Dixieland Jazz. It must have been great because they came home raving about the performance. I gather they also stopped at the famous Acme Oyster Bar for more oysters, gumbo and crab which I could smell on their fingers.