And this year the prize for First With The Photos goes to Rick Mikula! Thanks Rick, especially for all of your hard work with the captions! (So you know who to blame...)
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Breaker dancers in the French Quarter
Carriages in the French Quarter
Hotel decorating for the Holidays
River's Edge's Restaurant
Blind Willie Boy Thomas claimed his wallet was missing shortly after this picture was taken! Annie bought drinks for the rest of the night!
Kim and Jeremy Trafton with The King
My favorite picture. Me and Chip
Ralph Ritchie reacts to finding that Rick really did know what he was talking about
Rene, my gut is sucked in
Corrianne Brons NOT touching the butterflies
Even the tables at the Insect Cafe had live insect inside them
IBBA members line up for lunch at the Insect Cafe
Insect Cafe munchies
Just one of the many interesting cemeteries around NOLA
As shown by the number of name on the face plate, enitre families were buried inside the same tomb
Be careful before you buy yourself a little fixer upper in a quite New Orleans neighbor. It just may actually become your retirement home
Don't you hate it when you neighbor buys something just because you did
I know that I am usually in a hurry but I found it curious that they had Valet Parking at the Lafayette Cemetery.
If Valet parking wasn't enough, not only was someone a UPS package but in front of the truck is a pizza delivery person. Now that's one cemetery that knows how to live
The rows of tombs form little cities of their own
My new home if this butterfly thing doesn't work out for me
Where does the flower begin and the butterfly end?
Great egg fly at Insectarium
Garden District Balcony
Garden District Gate
My new home, I wish
Typical Garden District Driveway
Garden District charmer
Home of Jefferson Davis
Rock explaining it
First house in NOLA to have indoor plumbing
Downtown Tolley
John Goodman takes groceries from his car before refusing to have his picture taken
Thai Ridgeback was two tones of blue
There was beautiful architecture everywhere
And we thought he was crazy
Elvis does his thing
Crazy like a fox
Hitch hiking Owl
If you couldn't find the type of music that you like , you weren't looking
If you see these Don't Drink them. They make you Canadian
Living the Blues
One of many bands tucked away in every crevice
Bourbon St just starting to warm up
Photos sent in by Melanie McCarthy
(Photographer Linda Rogers)
Melanie McCarthy and live critter (guess?) during Gloria Brons' presentation, "The Good, the Bad, and the (B)ugly. Photo by Linda Rogers
"Kissy, Kissy", photo by Linda Rogers
Jazz Musician outside Cafe Du mond,
serving world renowed coffee and Beignets -
photo by Linda Rogers
Melanie and Linda enjoying the sights
Meeting "Padre Pio"
A big "thank-you" to René Boutin for these pictures
