We went with our friends, Bill & Susan, and left from their house on Wednesday about 6:30 p.m. We drove to Sealy, just west of Houston, and stopped for the night. On Thursday morning we watched some of the Thanksgiving parade and headed out about 11:00 a.m.
Reached New Orleans around 5:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. We stayed in the French Quarter in a beautiful old hotel that has been acquired by Holiday Inn Express. We thought we had reservations but when we called to confirm, there was no answer. We checked with the concierge and were told that there were only two places that were not sold out -- both were buffets which didn't excite us. Then the security man said he had a cousin who was in Food Service at the Ritz Carlton and thought he could get us in. That didn't work out but then he had another relative who worked in Food Service at Brennan's and he got us in at 9:00 p.m. We had an amazingly wonderful dinner for an obscene price, but now I've eaten at Brennan's!
Friday it rained almost all day but didn't slow us down a bit! We did a jazz brunch at The Court of Two Sisters which was FABULOUS and the 4 of us would do it again in a heartbeat! We found a wonderful yarn shop, I got some amazing gray suede boots for $40, we enjoyed some female street musicians, and had some wonderful regional food at a hole in the wall close to our hotel.
Saturday dawned beautiful: we found a wonderful place for breakfast and then got on the trolley to the Garden District. Found another wonderful yarn store, lingered at a sidewalk cafe and visited with other customers, and bought a wonderful long sweater vest. Had Travelzoo.com coupons for dinner in the restaurant at the Bourbon on Orleans hotel -- FABULOUS!
Left for home about 9:30 a.m.; arrived home about 8:00 p.m.
We would definitely do Thanksgiving in New Orleans again!
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