NOLA
On a slightly lighter tone than my last blog … we experienced New Orleans, (Nola) another first for me and we arrived just in time for Mardi Gras! I was looking forward to it with equal parts excitement and trepidation … but with complete anticipation. As most of you know, I'm not a big fan of crowds, or noise or smells or bright flashing lights … all of which I thought could be quite likely at the parades, et.al. But I was very much looking forward to seeing the architecture and the iron work, art and history, the balconies, houses, parks, streets and alleys. I also wanted to experience the music and Jackson Square, Preservation Hall, the great Mississippi River, beignets … This blog will mostly be pics, because I think that's the best way to experience Nola. If you can't be there in person, do it through pics! To the pics: Nola. Street views Nola is such an interesting city, a juxtaposition of the old (it was founded in