tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post8212178653555583945..comments2023-11-05T06:57:26.677-05:00Comments on The Weather in the Streets: New Orleans, Louisiana: Saint Louis Cemetery Number OneLeahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-46205661072599121712009-07-24T19:09:34.524-04:002009-07-24T19:09:34.524-04:00Kat, I had no idea~now I must see if my obsessed s...Kat, I had no idea~now I must see if my obsessed sis knows that fact!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-75335807292547670652009-07-24T18:55:30.424-04:002009-07-24T18:55:30.424-04:00Leah, did you know it was Toni Basil of "Hey ...Leah, did you know it was Toni Basil of "Hey Mickey" fame who was the actress in those cemetery scenes?<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-14974116351225080282009-07-24T02:04:48.026-04:002009-07-24T02:04:48.026-04:00OH MY GOD, YOU'RE HOME!!! THANK GOD! Baby cu...OH MY GOD, YOU'RE HOME!!! THANK GOD! Baby cuz you're never gonna believe this one. I just won something. I know, hard to believe, but true. I won tickets to the Bach Festival in Carmel. Hedgie...Aunt Suzy just won tickets to the freakin' Bach festival in Carmel!!! Someone better play a damn violin because I deserve it. No really, bust a gut.<br /><br />XO<br /><br />P.S. Welcome home darling.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111045716713716292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-48365936887955306132009-07-24T00:52:47.165-04:002009-07-24T00:52:47.165-04:00Wow! Leah, you having a great trip.. I love to tra...Wow! Leah, you having a great trip.. I love to travel.. but not now..<br />are you back in NY? <br />I am sorry, i got busy with my life..but i loved that mariachi music and photos of graveyard. <br /><br />♥ & ((hugs))<br />bindibindhiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04455334787064872255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-74759466252895243612009-07-23T23:19:43.466-04:002009-07-23T23:19:43.466-04:00Kat--my sis especially was thrilled to discover it...<b>Kat</b>--my sis especially was thrilled to discover it was the Easy Rider cemetery! I can't recommend it highly enough as a fascinating experience.<br /><br /><b>Betsy</b>--I manfully intended to do my "shoe" post but then petered out and fell asleep...but thanks for stopping by!<br /><br /><b>nick</b>--yes, that's a poignant and interesting way of looking at it. You're right.<br /><br /><b>supernana</b>--ha! your comment made me giggle. And did you read that we were in San Antonio at the same time? I think we were even on the Riverwalk the same night...but I had a crappy dinner, oh well...<br /><br /><b>Cinnamon</b>--I do love visiting graveyards--not even just the one in which my loved ones are buried (although I do like to wander there too and look at some of the older graves).<br /><br /><b>California Girl</b>--it was Cafe du Monde--my goodness, the beignets there are INCREDIBLE. They must be eaten piping hot though.<br /><br /><b>Suzy</b>--my dear friend, my hair is OUTTA CONTROL. I'm back in Bklyn tonight, and the wildness shows no sign whatsoever of abating. HELP!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><b>sub</b>--my sis told me about that ordinance--very interesting indeed. I'm glad you came along for some of the walk!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-47607050725526475642009-07-23T21:58:53.136-04:002009-07-23T21:58:53.136-04:00Leah, what AuntieDG said about NO being below sea ...Leah, what AuntieDG said about NO being below sea level, accounts for the literal "City of the Dead", above ground. I think it's a city ordnance...interesting walking along with you( scratches head wondering if any ancestors are buried there... )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-37335128257999945732009-07-23T18:40:19.053-04:002009-07-23T18:40:19.053-04:00I want a photo of the "fro."
Those of y...I want a photo of the "fro."<br /><br />Those of you who don't know, Leah and I have been blogging friends a long, long time. She's a rascal. She puts up with all my crap and forgives one hell of a lot of shit. That's what blogging friends are for!!! Here's what you don't know. She has really curly hair. Really curly. She's in the South with lots and lots of humidity. What? You don't think that's funny? She at the point where she could play basketball for the Celtics with that fro.<br /><br />XOSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111045716713716292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-29195485091180346442009-07-23T18:24:40.631-04:002009-07-23T18:24:40.631-04:00New Orleans is one of our favorite cities. It'...New Orleans is one of our favorite cities. It's been so long since we visited now. Nice to read about it. I LOVE beignets and chicory coffee. Did you have them at Cafe du Monde? (I think that's the correct name of the most famous beignet place).<br /><br />My husband would also love the cemetery now that he's a photographer. I love the jazz cafes, the food (oh the food!) and the Garden District. Oh, I guess I love it all.California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-38990551108237649872009-07-23T17:57:10.672-04:002009-07-23T17:57:10.672-04:00Mmmmm...never thought of 'visiting' gravey...Mmmmm...never thought of 'visiting' graveyards. It certainly looks atmospheric, but i don't think I would have stayed longer than an hour there either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-81062824753390395682009-07-23T12:57:51.261-04:002009-07-23T12:57:51.261-04:00Great photos! I remember being in a certain NOLA c...Great photos! I remember being in a certain NOLA cemetery and taking pictures only to be stopped by a crazy thunderstorm. A certain Mommy got very scared after that and did not want o go into the Voodooo museum. It is an amazing city. Enjoy.supernanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09691142195492554268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-3589696600776308802009-07-23T10:36:00.554-04:002009-07-23T10:36:00.554-04:00Oh, graveyards don't scare me at all, they mak...Oh, graveyards don't scare me at all, they make me feel very peaceful. I think it's because so many of those people may have had difficult and tragic lives and the graves mean their struggles are now over. It's sad though to see the graves of children and those who've died prematurely.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-67301744052528497582009-07-23T10:31:22.166-04:002009-07-23T10:31:22.166-04:00Is there a 'shoe' in here somewhere? :)Is there a 'shoe' in here somewhere? :)Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-167211066199679572009-07-23T10:28:10.232-04:002009-07-23T10:28:10.232-04:00I can't read about this cemetery without think...I can't read about this cemetery without thinking about the movie, "Easy Rider". It must be amazing to be in such a place.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-56455540603240803122009-07-23T10:03:32.207-04:002009-07-23T10:03:32.207-04:00Megan--it was SO EXCELLENT!!!!
Abi--I always get ...<b>Megan</b>--it was SO EXCELLENT!!!!<br /><br /><b>Abi</b>--I always get a little funny too when I see child graves--and there were so very very many of them in the 18th and 19th centuries, which seemed to be the general time period of many of the family tombs.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-86676718338360285962009-07-23T04:23:05.263-04:002009-07-23T04:23:05.263-04:00I would absolutely love to visit New Orleans..
No...I would absolutely love to visit New Orleans..<br /><br />Now I will have that song in my head all day 'There was...a house...in New Orleans....' :D<br /><br />I absolutely adore cemeteries, until I see child graves and then I feel a bit tearful (I'm so soppy) I should take some pictures of our local ones, we have some really ornate places nearby. Nothing like that one though! Above ground! Wow....like a maze, a maze through the dead. *shudders delightfully*Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842694982070697810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-75958056168435949912009-07-23T02:54:03.197-04:002009-07-23T02:54:03.197-04:00Excellent. Just excellent. That's all.Excellent. Just excellent. That's all.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-56914212059398561052009-07-23T01:37:16.626-04:002009-07-23T01:37:16.626-04:00I believe she could become my favorite as well.I believe she could become my favorite as well.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-46697956209801295192009-07-23T01:25:02.039-04:002009-07-23T01:25:02.039-04:00I've been to almost every one of New Orleans&#...I've been to almost every one of New Orleans' "Cities of the Dead" and oh the many cups of chicory coffee and beignets I've ingested too.<br /><br />I could go on and on and on...<br /><br />She's my favourite city.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-40566982348843690822009-07-23T01:18:27.743-04:002009-07-23T01:18:27.743-04:00Suzy--I didn't mean that I was pregnant (re: e...<b>Suzy</b>--I didn't mean that I was pregnant (re: eating for two), I just meant that I was eating for me and you--haha--just wanted to clarify--Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-88246758671841515792009-07-23T01:17:27.634-04:002009-07-23T01:17:27.634-04:00Holly--yes, so many unanswered questions. I guess...<b>Holly</b>--yes, so many unanswered questions. I guess that is part of the thrill and mystery of it!<br /><br /><b>mago</b>--thank you for tagging me for the best ever meme, I will have it up quite soon!<br /><br /><b>Mme DeF</b>--I believe Anne Rice had to move from New Orleans because the unwanted fan attention got to be too much! Now it is untainted...<br /><br /><b>Baino</b>--the Brooklyn cemeteries are immense, but with their own rowdy charm. My grandparents are buried in one of the more famous Jewish ones, and it is always very interesting to visit.<br /><br /><b>Suzy</b>--thanks for the compliment, sweetie! This cemetery was more emotionally claustrophobic than literally. The tombs were all crowded together, but it had a strange open feeling over all, as they are rather short and the sky is so wide and bright overhead--that's part of the curious feel of it, I think.<br /><br />And yes, I'm eating for two~I shall have to return to starvation rations of tiny yogurts and lettuce leaves after this adventure...<br /><br /><b>Tom</b>--The beignets were sublime! And I did so want to see an alligator, but wasn't able to coordinate with my own inertia...more's the pity! Maybe next time, and there will, I'm sure, be a next time!<br /><br /><b>Karen</b>--you must, if--when--you get the chance. Old cemeteries in general, I agree, are wonderful and strangely enlivening!<br /><br /><b>Auntie</b>--I'd forgotten that strange fact that it is below sea level! I guess that was a great deal of the problem during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, compounding everything else that went wrong.<br /><br /><b>Ronda</b>--yes! that was the very cemetery in that movie, we were so excited to discover that! I love that movie.<br /><br />But you're right--I did inhale the beignets~ ; )Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-55816662452861267382009-07-23T01:03:43.806-04:002009-07-23T01:03:43.806-04:00nick--I have no convincing reason either--I guess ...<b>nick</b>--I have no convincing reason either--I guess I just like to commune with the dead, even if it makes shivery. Sometimes being a little scared like that makes me feel <i>more</i> alive, if that makes sense...<br /><br /><b>Candie</b>--I would LOVE to see some of the really really old cemeteries in Europe. That's my next stop on my graveyard tour!<br /><br /><b>Mr LS</b>--I would love a link to that! I wouldn't consider it spamming at all, link away!<br /><br /><b>Pat</b>--yes, my sis says Pere La Chaise is absolutely haunting--I cannot wait to see it myself.<br /><br /><b>Brian</b>--oh yes, just a visit...I did have to hurry away...<br /><br /><b>Kylie</b>--don't worry about being quiet, it's nice to hear from you, but never any pressure among friends! And yes, I always wonder and dream about the stories there.<br /><br /><b>savannah</b>--It would have been amazing to meet you! Our stay was rather brief, alas. Next time! And I am planning to take Sarge to New Orleans--in all his many travels, he's actually never been there! And I'd like to hang out there for more than an hour...<br /><br /><b>merelyme</b>--we have been safe...but I'll admit that the last two hours hurtling at high rates of speed down dark Virginia highway with nothing but forest on either side...not my favorite way to spend an evening...my sis and I took turns scaring each other in order to keep me awake!!!<br /><br /><b>Bob</b>--hi Bob!<br /><br /><b>Scarlet</b>--yes, very atmospheric! I've never seen that film, but it was also the very cemetery from "Easy Rider," which if you haven't seen, you should!<br /><br /><b>JGH</b>--thank you! And I bought a pound of that chicory coffee to take home and recreate the really delicious cafe au lait. Yay!<br /><br /><b>map</b>--thank goodness, I arrive home tomorrow! Road tripping is fun but utterly exhausting and a wee tad disorienting. I do hope you'll post the graveyard pictures, I would love that!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-87213543035153630382009-07-23T00:38:22.140-04:002009-07-23T00:38:22.140-04:00I have wanted to go to this cemetary ever since I ...I have wanted to go to this cemetary ever since I first saw the movie "Easy Rider" in the 60's. I am so glad to hear about it.<br /><br />About the beignets and powder sugar on your nose, little one, you are supposed to eat them not snort them. Cheers.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-64408911755960542562009-07-22T22:20:58.733-04:002009-07-22T22:20:58.733-04:00ooooooh!
You had coffee at the Cafe du Monde!!!
Ne...ooooooh!<br />You had coffee at the Cafe du Monde!!!<br />New Orleans is a fab place to visit. Did you know that it is actually below sea-level?<br /><br />The French Quarter is fine, but the cemetaries are awesome! <br />Cool pics.CocoDivaDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18035161325287156919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-84550637793645590532009-07-22T21:26:07.802-04:002009-07-22T21:26:07.802-04:00Absolutely FANTASTIC!! If I ever visit New Orleans...Absolutely FANTASTIC!! If I ever visit New Orleans, I always planned on seeing those old graveyards and cemeteries. I'm fascinated by them. I visited a very old one on Block Island last year and it was equally compelling. <br /><br />Great post Leah! Great pictures, too!Karen ^..^https://www.blogger.com/profile/05197114237324824217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-68428455107417748672009-07-22T20:32:58.725-04:002009-07-22T20:32:58.725-04:00We walked thru a graveyard just like this 18 years...We walked thru a graveyard just like this 18 years ago in N.O. My favorite memories of the place? The Beignets and streetcar, which we rode every day for a week! And i still dream about the alligators we saw up close and personal in the swamps! Frightening.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948978798395906663noreply@blogger.com