Just last weekend we hosted French Quarter Festival to record breaking numbers and we did it almost flawlessly! The pictures here show the crowds! Now, without even a weekend in between we are now hosting 2 weekends of Jazzfest! With Stevie Nicks, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lionel Ritchie, and so many more musical acts, it is sure to please the audience! It’s been 3 years, thanks to Covid, but here we are! Can we pull this off without incident too? I say we can! With so much negativity in the world, let’s fest and have some fun for a while. “The two-weekend production draws tens of thousands to the city's Fair Grounds Race Course, where as many as 80 musical acts perform daily on more than a dozen stages, complemented by art and craft exhibits and an array of booths featuring foods from Louisiana and beyond.” #jazzfest #knowyournola #onetimeinnola #neworleanslife #neworleans #music #neworleanstourism #festival #festivalseason (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc75MySLNXT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In #nyc 50 years ago, many brave individuals started the fight for the right to do what I had the honor of doing today. Those heroes paved the way for equal rights for the #lgbtq community. I will continue to fight for love. I will continue to fight for them. I will continue to fight for the future. I can’t believe I had the pleasure of asking this beautiful girl to marry me in the middle of 5th Avenue while hundreds of people cheered us on. It’s unfathomable that this is real life! WE’RE ENGAGED!! 🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🌈 #stonewall #loveislove #nycpride #pride #neworleanstourism #girlswholikegirls #gaypride (at Madison Square Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzXL094HQcrqPWDfU7_S1jpElmmEe9CY-P9eSY0/?igshid=j1q7x8dme8dq

Now Booking: The Ritz Carlton, New Orleans. Lowest Prices Guaranteed. #neworleans #ritzcarlton #america #neworleanstourism #visitlosangeles #visitusa #globaltravelexperts #lowestprices #personalisedservice #travel #holidayspecialists #travelagent https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv3qUznniO4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tbj2z6prevki

Flambeaux are my favorite part of Mardi Gras night parades! Originally they would walk the parade route lighting the path for the floats and bands before street lights. Traditionally, you're supposed to toss coins into the street so they can collect the money to pay for their fuel. All Hail Hermes! #kreweofhermes #allhailhermes #mardigras #flambeaux #mardigrasfloat #mardigrasparades #neworleansmardigras #neworleanstravel #neworleans #neworleanstourism #nola #travel #travels #travelblog #travelblogger #travelblogs #tgif #friday #fridaynight #fridayfunday #louisiana #louisianalife #louisianahistory #louisianatravel #louisianatourism #ilovenola #ilovemardigras #ilovelouisiana #adventure #bucketlist #thebucketlistproject #bucketlistproject #bucketlist✔️ #bucketlistcheck (at Krewe of Hermes, D'Etat, Morpheus)

New Orleans Ghost Tour

Enter the world of the undead as our licensed guides take you on an unforgettable New Orleans Ghost Tour. Join us for a spooky tour!

#Repost @piratesofthequarter ・・・ Every time. #PiratesoftheQuarter #Piratetour #FrenchQuarter #Tourguidelife #Neworleanstours #Followyournola #VisitNewOrleans #onlyinNola #discovernola #BeATouristnola #Nolalife #onlyinneworleans #Nola300 #exploreneworleans #experienceneworleans #bucketlistnola #onetimeinnola #ShowMeYourNOLA #CBneworleans #igersnola https://www.instagram.com/p/B1cSzDMjTFR/?igshid=1e4cjxelb3ss6

#Repost @pocastnolapodcast with @make_repost ・・・ Join - Trey and E.Y. - as we discuss the depiction of #neworleans in film, television and other media! Get a locals perspective on what Hollywood gets wrong & right about the Big Easy. Check us out on @spotifypodcasts @stitcherpodcasts @pocketcasts @anchor.fm or your favorite podcasting app! We're expanding every day. . . . #nola #thebigeasy #visitnola #visitneworleans #visitjeffersonparish #visitkenner #visitbatonrouge #neworleanstourism #neworleansfilm #louisiana #louisianafilm #visitlouisiana #podcast https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfVzGAji_-/?igshid=uo6b5u16l0bb

#LoViral Turistas recrean visita de #LosSimpsons a Nueva Orleans 😂 . . . #CECS #VideoViral #viralvideos #videosderisa #lossimpsons #thesimpsons #neworleans #viralvids #instavideo #instasimpsons #simpsons #videos #videomarketing #neworleansfood #neworleanstour #viaje #travelers (en Mexico City, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B25cnNonGur/?igshid=w9g1lvfxkf5x

Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is a must-see for anyone interested in the history of New Orleans. Its' crypts and graves tell the story of Old, as well as present-day, New Orleans, starting in 1833 and continuing on until now, as it is still an active burial site. An interesting aspect of Lafayette Cemetery is that the inscriptions on the grave sites often will tell how the people died. We read of deaths from Yellow Fever, cholera, drowning, and the Civil War. It's also known as the "Most-filmed" cemetery in New Orleans, having been featured in several movies and TV shows. Among those are the movie, "Double Jeopardy", and the TV shows, "NCIS: New Orleans", and, "The Originals". It has also been featured in a book by author Anne Rice, "Interview With The Vampire". The cemetery is undergoing constant repairs to the tombs, conducted for the most part by the local, "Save Our Cemetaries", organization. This is a very big undertaking, so as you walk around, don't be surprised if you see some tombs/crypts in different stages of disrepair. The Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 may not be something that everyone will want to see, but we found it a very interesting, historical, and sobering experience.

Touring New Orleans this week. #studenttravel #studenttours #grouptravel #historic #fieldtrips #schoolfieldtrips #rotcfieldtrips #DCtours #neworleanstours #oscursions #younameittours #besttours #toptentourguides #travelplanner (at Lac Pontchartrain)

Caught it myself! Well, maybe not. Super soft, not what I was expecting! #graylinetours #neworleans #neworleanstour #swampandbayoutour #alligator #livegator #babygator #louisiana #vacay #vacation #birthdaytrip #birthday #igers #iphonesia #instagood #instamood #photooftheday #picoftheday #prettykawaiiforawhiteguy #kawaii #kawaiiguy #kawaiiwolf

Everywhere else, it's just Tuesday. All Hail the King of Mardi Gras! All Hail Rex!! Happy Mardi Gras! #mardigras #fattuesday #neworleansmardigras #neworleanstravel #neworleans #louisiana #louisianalife #nola #louisianatourism #neworleanstourism #travel #travels #travelblogs #travelblogger #travelblogger #travelbloggers #thebucketlistproject #bucketlist #bucketlist✔️ #bucketlistcheck #traveltuesday #tuesday (at Krewe of Zulu & Rex, King of Carnival parades)

Voodoo is a mysterious force that interferes the human activities. Most religious people believe that Voodoo exists. With New Orleans ghost adventure, you can take Voodoo Tour New Orleans. We don't charge a high price for tours. We have set different standards in a ghost adventure tour. If you book tickets with your family or friends, you can get a discount on them. Get in touch with us. 

#Repost @piratesofthequarter ・・・ Good luck! I got Pirate, Pirate and Pirate. -The Captain.☠️ #PiratesoftheQuarter #Piratetour #FrenchQuarter #Piratelife #Neworleanstours #Followyournola #VisitNewOrleans #onlyinNola #discovernola #BeATouristnola #Nolalife #onlyinneworleans #Nola300 #exploreneworleans #experienceneworleans #bucketlistnola #onetimeinnola #ShowMeYourNOLA #Pirate #pirates #mutineerbay https://www.instagram.com/p/B1XIlc-jJ--/?igshid=17szu9qsael8s

Living like a Tourist in Your Own Town

New Orleans currently has an advertising campaign that is designed to get locals to start acting like tourists – eat out at those fancy restaurants, go walk around the French Quarter and see the World War II Museum!!  Little did they know, no campaign is necessary when you are the constant tour guide to your friends from around the world, and frequent friend and navigator to lost tourists. 

But instead of teaching us how to be tourists, why don’t they tell us how to deal with them?  Below are a few questions we have for New Orleans (BTW, we’ll be acting as the Tourism Board in this faux Dear Abby column… if haven’t already figured that out).

Dear NOLA, we love the attention from the cuties here on vaca.  But how do we let them know that we are not going to be the interesting story they tell when they get home?

Good question 2G1S!  It is hard when our city is a frequent destination to bachelors looking to have a good time before the “big day.”  We still want you to go out on Frenchman, but suggest that those gentlemen visit the more tawdry locales on Bourbon Street versus them trying to take you back to their hotel.  Also remind them that the rumor that you can have sex in the street is not necessarily true, and the rules for that type of behavior are too long to mention in this post.   But c’mon girls, do you really mind it that much? ;)

Dear NOLA, we have frequently run into visitors that want us to sit calmly and watch the amazing live music our city has to offer.  2G1S loves to shake our booties and isn’t that the way you should experience the music?

I completely agree!!  It sounds like you may have experienced this at Jazz Fest or The Spotted Cat, where locals frequently complain about being reprimanded for having a good time and tourists frequently complain about being crammed and sweaty. Keep shaking that groove thang but do it politely, behind their seated chairs.   And if the mood strikes, invite them to join!

Oh we do, Dear NOLA, we do!  We frequently start the dance party at BMC and find it amusing to take the hand of the most awkward looking wallflower and twirl them around until a smile spreads across their face and a dance party ensues.

Great job girls!  Way to help the tourists really experience the local flavor of the city.  They need to remember that they will never be judged down here for having fun!  Do they not see the random assortment of characters our city has to offer?  Trannies, dirty hipsters, homeless by choice musicians, gypsies, old women with pink hair and their preppy daughters – we have it all.  And like the Mardi Gras song says “Do whatchu wanna!” 

Dear NOLA, we find it oddly confusing that many of our guests turn a bright shade of red while here.  Are we not providing the tourists with enough opportunities in which to buy sunscreen? 

That is a frequent health issue we have in the Quarter.  Be a role model ladies.  Stop going to the Country Club and thinking you have a base tan and therefore don’t need an extra layer of protection either.  We see that dark shade of red.  Maybe we need more CVSs.  We’ll take it up with the city developers.

Dear NOLA, we love that you’re reminding visitors of all the great local establishments we have in N’awlins.  But how can we help them quickly learn the ropes of said establishments? 

Yes, those lines at Café du Monde are annoying (don’t they know there is no hostess and they should just sit down??) and taking pictures of the sandwich board at Stein’s is not helping the line go any faster.  And yes, those gay men are naked at the Country Club, they should learn to hide their shocked expressions.  Our suggestion, tell them to put down the Hurricane, sober up a bit and start paying attention.  They won’t get offended.  They are already drunk.

Dear NOLA, it can be hard when people visiting this city make general comments about the locals and the “way we live here.”  How do we hold our tongue and not bite their heads off?

WHO DAT MAKIN’ DEM COMMENTS?!?  Best city in the world.  OUT!