noelleprice (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} noelleprice) wrote,@ 2006-12-23 23:37:00 |
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Playing Tourist
A funny thing happens when you get a lot of visitors... you do more stuff and you have less time to talk about it. From late September through the end of November I had guests almost two-thirds of the time. Then I left on my trip to California for the holidays, from whence I am now making an attempt at catching up this almost inexcusably outdated journal.
On the bright side, it was a lot of fun sharing the joys of my Louisiana life with friends and family. And also, I got to play tourist, which I don't do much on my own. I am bad about taking pictures, especially when I'm with other people, so some of my friends' visits went undocumented, photographically speaking. But here are a smattering of pics...
Mom and I took a tour of Honey Island Swamp, where the Pirate LaFitte used to hide out.
Typical French Quarter balcony.
St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square
Mom at the botannical gardens in City Park. The gardens were decimated by Katrina, but are recovering through a lot of hard work.
Pool at botannical gardens
New Orleans Connector bridge and skyline, as seen from the Mississippi
My friend Darcy's son Joseph at the Louisiana Children's Museum
And lest we forget about that whole hurricane thing: the abandoned Six Flags park with which Darcy was enthralled, and an eerily overgrown sign for the area known as New Orleans East which is still struggling to survive.
By the same token, lest we forget there are places outside the hurricane zone, here's a pic from Avery Island, birthplace and ongoing mecca of Tabasco Sauce.
A funny thing happens when you get a lot of visitors... you do more stuff and you have less time to talk about it. From late September through the end of November I had guests almost two-thirds of the time. Then I left on my trip to California for the holidays, from whence I am now making an attempt at catching up this almost inexcusably outdated journal.
On the bright side, it was a lot of fun sharing the joys of my Louisiana life with friends and family. And also, I got to play tourist, which I don't do much on my own. I am bad about taking pictures, especially when I'm with other people, so some of my friends' visits went undocumented, photographically speaking. But here are a smattering of pics...
Mom and I took a tour of Honey Island Swamp, where the Pirate LaFitte used to hide out.
Typical French Quarter balcony.
St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square
Mom at the botannical gardens in City Park. The gardens were decimated by Katrina, but are recovering through a lot of hard work.
Pool at botannical gardens
New Orleans Connector bridge and skyline, as seen from the Mississippi
My friend Darcy's son Joseph at the Louisiana Children's Museum
And lest we forget about that whole hurricane thing: the abandoned Six Flags park with which Darcy was enthralled, and an eerily overgrown sign for the area known as New Orleans East which is still struggling to survive.
By the same token, lest we forget there are places outside the hurricane zone, here's a pic from Avery Island, birthplace and ongoing mecca of Tabasco Sauce.
