Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #201 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I’m going with the big pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted August 24, 2019 #202 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) I wish I had known about this Frenchman Street when I cruised the Breakaway out of New Orleans earlier this year... (Sadly, Greg, you were absent during the review... You even missed the part where I urinated on a topless woman's foot in Cozumel...) Looking forward to another evening of food and beverage pictures... Edited August 24, 2019 by sid_9169 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #205 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I don’t even know who those people were. But they’re having a good time. I thank the red and white wearing, plastic bat wielding skaters for bringing a crepe breakfast to my front door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #206 Share Posted August 24, 2019 The lighthouse for the blind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #207 Share Posted August 24, 2019 This is St. Patrick’s Church. It was built by the Irish to have an English speaking alternative to the St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square which was built by the French. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #208 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Fifth circuit court of appeals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #209 Share Posted August 24, 2019 This is Lafayette Square. That’s Gallier Hall which served as city hall for the 1850s-1950s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #210 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Gallier Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #211 Share Posted August 24, 2019 John McDonough bust in front of Gallier Hall. He was a real estate tycoon with some questionable business practices. He would buy a property and turn it into a brothel to drive down home values. After he bought the surrounding homes at a discount, he would shut down the brothel, and sell all of the properties for a substantial profit. He was a slave owner. But he educated his slaves, paid them one day per week, and allowed them to buy their freedom. I guess that’s good enough to allow his statue to stay. He was big on education in this area. There are a slew of schools around here named McDonough with a number after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #212 Share Posted August 24, 2019 The Henry Clay Statue in the middle of Lafayette Square I don’t know the significance of the William Henry Clay statue in the middle. I know it was originally smack dab in the middle of canal street and there was a statue of Benjamin Franklin here. They relocated the Clay statue here and the Ben Franklin statue is now at Benjamin Franklin High School. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #213 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I found a picture from when that statue was on canal street...now I didn’t take this picture. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #215 Share Posted August 24, 2019 As I said the Ben Franklin statue that used to be in the square is now a Ben Franklin high school. This replica of the Ben Franklin statue from Lincoln Park on Chicago was added later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #216 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, sid_9169 said: I wish I had known about this Frenchman Street when I cruised the Breakaway out of New Orleans earlier this year... (Sadly, Greg, you were absent during the review... You even missed the part where I urinated on a topless woman's foot in Cozumel...) Looking forward to another evening of food and beverage pictures... That just means you have to come back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #217 Share Posted August 24, 2019 St. Charles Street... this is the Hilton St. Charles. It used to be the Louisiana Masonic Temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #218 Share Posted August 24, 2019 This is One Shell Square. It’s the tallest building in the state of Louisiana at 700 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #219 Share Posted August 24, 2019 After Katrina there were signs a few blocks back for the future home of Trump International Hotel & Tower. That was going to be the new tallest building in the state at 850 feet. That project was canceled in 2011 and as you can imagine, a lot of people around here held a grudge in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #220 Share Posted August 24, 2019 If you’re interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #221 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Le Pavillon. A historic hotel. They say it’s haunted. I believe the bar area has been used in several movies. They have a tradition of a peanut butter and Jelly and hot chocolate buffet at night that was started by a guest a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #222 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Johnny Sanchez Johnny Sánchez. If you watch Master Chef, this is Aarón Sanchez’s restaurant. John Besh was the co-owner but he was a casualty of the “me too movement” and is no longer associated with this or any of his other restaurants. I was disappointed with that situation because when most celebrity chefs open restaurants all over the country, he focused his in New Orleans. I liked that. Off the top of my head I think he had a steakhouse in Harrah’s. He had Borgne in Hyatt Regency. Luke in the Hilton on St. Charles. Willa Jean on Girod Street....and Johnny Sanchez on Poydras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #223 Share Posted August 24, 2019 This is Walk Ons sports bar. You see those three mirrors to the right? Those are the urinals in the men’s room. One of those you can see out but not in deals. Walk Ons was started by a couple of former LSU basketball players that were...walk ons. It’s a sports bar but with better food than most sports bars. A few years back Drew Brees invested heavily in Walk Ons and said they were going nationwide. So keep an eye out for one near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted August 24, 2019 #224 Share Posted August 24, 2019 4 hours ago, Saint Greg said: Embarkation is tomorrow. More New Orleans is happening today. Have a good cruise tomorrow! Apparently I still haven’t mastered reading a calendar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted August 24, 2019 Author #225 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I have old pictures from inside that walk Ons bathroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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