Where has all the good food gone?

We're in New Orleans now, our first time since 1993, when were newly engaged.

On the way from Shreveport, we saw a LOT of roadkill along the way, including 2 armadillos. Obviously, the armadillo's armor can't protect them against an automobile.

The weather has been very hot & steamy, which is not the weather we're used to, having lived in the Bay Area for so many years. In many ways it adds to the feeling of the Big Easy, but it is very draining & uncomfortable for us.

It's good to see so many tourists here again after Katrina & the oil spill. Let's hope they continue to come. The French Quarter is fairly crowded, especially around Jackson Square. The St. Louis Cathedral is beautiful, & the parishioners have been praying for the 97-year-old former Archbishop, who passed away today.

 

We're staying in a great B&B (The Burgundy Inn) in a neighborhood called the Marigny. The Marigny has been gentrified fairly recently, & has a feel all its own. The houses are beautifully restored & the people in the Marigny are amazingly friendlly. Everyone says hello when you walk by.

There is one fairly big disappointment here, though....Where has all the good food gone? New Orleans has always been a city of wonderful food, but we have had a hard time finding it. It seems that every menu has mostly fried food...very little blackened fish or simple buckets of boiled seafood, or raw oysters. When you do see them, the prices are sky-high. Could the lack of good seafood be a result of Hurricane Katrina & the oil spill? We will go in search of a good dinner for our last night here.