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New Orleans - Fun Stuff
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Cajun 101
Few cities deliver the same swath of native dishes as New Orleans. Unless you plan on visiting the New Orleans School of Cooking, don’t plan on replicating the local culinary experience. The interactive two-hour cooking lessons come in handy long past your visit and guarantee you’ll graduate with a hearty lunch at the end. Be sure to stock up on the pralines in the gift shop — they’re simply the best in town.
524 St. Louis St.
(800) 237-4841
www.nosoc.com |
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Pirates' Booty
Are 18th-century treasures still buried beneath Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop? Brothers Jean and Pierre Lafitte — a pair of actual pirates — once used this building as a hiding place for the booty they looted from the Gulf of Mexico. Maybe the stories are true, but the real treasure at this cozy French Quarter bar is more overt: A candlelit room, rollicking piano, exposed-brick walls, and wooden floors. Locals say it’s the oldest building in America serving alcohol inside its walls. What could be more valuable?
941 Bourbon St.
(504) 593-9761 |
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Mardi Gras Glam
Mardi Gras girls become Mardi Gras queens, window-shopping blossoms into an art form, and razzle-dazzle glam is on the dance card at Fifi Mahony’s. Hands down, this is the shopping destination for anyone looking to dive head first into the New Orleans spirit — literally. Consider the aesthetic palate of wigs, makeup, and accessories to adorn you. Not comfy in a faux do? Ask for help. The staff knows their wigs.
934 Royal St.
(504) 525-4343
www.fifi-mahony.com |
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A Day's Worth of D-Day
To the Free World’s great relief, one of the artifacts now contained in the fascinating National World War II Museum was never executed: Allied Expeditionary Force Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower’s speech in case the Allied forces had failed in their June 6, 1944 bid to take the beaches of Normandy. Ike’s speech is one of the hidden treasures to be found on the six-acre campus — the result of a recent $300-million capital expansion project whose finished product requires a full day to explore. Among the most visible treasures: the volunteer veterans whose first-hand accounts bring history to life.
945 Magazine St.
(504) 428-1944
www.nationalww2museum.org |
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