New Orleans-Here and About

Some favorite spots 

in a recent trip to New Orleans.

Hotel Monteleone is a family-owned

 and operated hotel

located at 214 Royal Street

in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Hotel includes the only high-rise building

 in the interior French Quarter.

Built in 1886 in the Beauz-Arts architectural style

with an eclectic flair, 

Hotel Monteleone is a historic landmark,

and a member of the Historic Hotels of America.

Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge

 is the only revolving bar in New Orleans. 

The 25-seat carousel bar turns on 2,000 large steel rollers,

 pulled by a chain powered by a one-quarter horsepower motor

 at a constant rate of one revolution every 15 minutes.

. The Carousel Bar celebrated its 60th anniversary in July 2009,

 having been originally installed in 1949.

Iconic Jackson Square

The Cathedral of St. Louis-

 is the seat of the 

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans 

and is the oldest cathedral in the United States. 

The first church on the site was built in 1718; 

the third, built in 1789,

 was raised to cathedral rank in 1793. 

The cathedral was expanded 

and largely rebuilt in 1850, 

with little of the 1789 structure remaining.

The Bible of St. Louis, the King of France,

 belonged to him between 1226 and 1234.

Life in the Middle Ages is revealed 

through the images presented in this codex.

Because of its unique properties

 it was allowed to be copied in 2000.

The original is in Spain.

 In the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel
 on Canal Street is the Rodrigue Steinway.

New Orleans artist George Rodrigue

 is best known for his blue dog series.

After sharing the piano photo on Instagram

I was surprised with the above - Thank you-

 from the hotel.

A wonderful view from the hotel 

and the Mississippi River boat traffic.

( I love how this photo captured

husband John's image in the window.)

The #1 tourist site in New Orleans is the 

World War II museum.

The beginning of the story....

the idea was to have a D-Day museum.

That opened in the summer of 2000.

In 2004, an Act of Congress 

changed it to the World War II museum

 in order to tell a fuller story of this time in history.

My friend Pat, 

resting for a moment with FDR.

The movie is worth the time to watch.

We spent about 4 hours at the museum.

An overwhelming amount of information

 at the museum

 truly highlights the gift of living here

 in the Untied States.

And we pray that the world 

will never experience 

anything like that ever again.