NEW ORLEANS - THE FRENCH QUARTER

This statue of Joan of Arc was presented to the city in 1959 by France. Eight years later, when funding was donated, it was erected at the foot of Canal Street. When Harrah's Casino was built in 1999, the statue was moved next to the French Market on Decatur Street

Croissant d'Or is a favorite bakery/cafe in the French Quarter. We started our day with breakfast and coffee. http://www.croissantdornola.com/

Does just being in a bakery make us look fat?

It must be excellent if they let the cat make himself at home.

Yes, the French Quarter is old, but every street, sidewalk and parking lot was uneven, rough and potholed. It is a city deteriorating faster than the repairs can be made. We were watchful when walking, especially Carole who did not want a repeat of her earlier fall.

An attempt to protect plants from the recent freeze.

No Carnival Parades are permitted in the French Quarter but the season is still vigorously celebrated there. Costumed revelers pack the streets on Mardi Gras.

In 1972, with fresh degrees in hand, Linda and Sally moved to the New Orleans area. They both worked for The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, headquartered in the courthouse on Royal Street. It was disappointing to return, forty years later, to find that the courthouse had been added on to and the offices had moved.

"I think our office was there."

There are street musicians on every block and they're consistently good.

Linda's new motto.

Royal Street, closed to traffic on Saturday.

French Quarter buildings are frequently built around a courtyard. 

Preservation Hall, founded in 1961 to protect and honor New Orleans Jazz.

There is a major gay presence in the French Quarter and "Gay Mardi Gras" is over Labor Day Weekend.

Local open container laws in the French Quarter allow drinking alcoholic beverages in the street.

Just to panhandle in the Quarter you need some sort of shtick.