New Orleans is a fascinating city with outstanding music, fabulous cuisine, and unique shopping. If you choose wisely, there are lots of worthwhile things to do here. But first, a nice long visit with Frank's cousins was in order.
We have stayed at the Chambliss shop a couple of times before so by now we are getting to know our way around the city.
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| on Tchoupitoulas . . . |
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| . . . about a half-mile to the bridge over the Mississippi |
Linda drove over the above bridge to the Verizon store to --finally-- turn on the Samsung touchscreen phone that Chanda had given her back in San Diego (when Chanda upgraded to a new, better, faster, bigger, Samsung). But Linda loved her old Blackberry-type phone, even with the sticky keys, lethargic response, and tiny screen. But in the laid-back atmosphere of New Orleans, Linda took on the challenge of relearning a cell phone. And it was good.
And Jeff and Derrick (their father and Frank's father were brothers) were frequent visitors to Pooh.
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| Our gracious hosts |
We also visited Jeff's house to see the post-Katrina rebuilding progress.
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| Most of the outside repairs have been made |
He says it has been exasperating dealing with insurance, government red tape, and the scarcity of contractors. He had hoped to have the repairs completed by now. The inside of his house had to be completed gutted and is now being rebuilt.
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| The water came half-way up the door opening |
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| It is closer to completion than you might think |
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| Jeff is living in the Airstream during construction |
Soon we were anxious to get out and about see venture into the art and culture of New Orleans.
Come back and see what we found.
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