La Belle Esplanade

03/24/2026

New Orleans is calling you. Pick up the phone.

Once a year, the New Orleans Museum of Art hosts Art in Bloom, a flower arranging show amid the paintings and sculpture in the galleries. Mrs. King, who is the better half of this operation, and I went the first hour that the show opened. The museum was full of garden club ladies, the kind […]

02/15/2026

One room still open for the first weekend of Jazz Fest. Close to Fairgrounds. Close to the Quarter. Close to Frenchmen Street. LaBelleEsplanade.com

07/16/2025

You belong in New Orleans. You should take the bus when you are here. We live in a city with more facets than a diamond. You should discover them on your own.

Parades roll. This is what we say in New Orleans. We don’t say they march, we don’t say they pass; we say they roll. That is how New Olreans rolls. This is why we love it so. If you see a city bus this time of year (summer 2025) you will see advertisements on the […]

06/30/2025

You may not have what it takes to be the Zulu King, but you can roll in his parade. If you don't want to make that commitment, there are plenty of other things to do on a New Orleans day.

Every day may not be Mardi Gras, but every day is magical in New Orleans.

Something has been going on outside Zulu headquarters for three weekends in a row.

06/16/2025

It is nice to see that everybody is employable. There is a job for everyone.

I was at the mall recently.

06/15/2025

Improving on Bob Dylan's preferences, everything is better with monkeys?

Hard at work.

05/01/2025

Art as expression, not as market campaigns will surely fire our imaginations. Given the state of the world, you belong in New Orleans.

The Sidney and Wanda Besthoss Sculpture Garden is in City Park, at the end of Esplanade Avenue. It is a short, picturesque stroll from La Belle Esplanade. The work is world class. There are artists that you’ve heard of. A visit to the sculpture garden is a nice way to wile away a morning or […]

03/25/2025

New Orleans is calling you. There is more than meets the eye. Get your good self down here. Stay at La Belle Esplanade. Let's talk about it.

The Blue Plate Building has aged well in its zip code, 70125.

03/13/2025

I walked over to Flour Moon Bagels this morning. They are playing Phillip Glass on the radio. It is another beautiful New Orleans day. That cloud looks like a pony.

When something is Uptown, there is its equivalent Downtown.

02/28/2025

What's your favorite city in the world? For me, there is only one New Orleans.

The perennial question: What is New Orleans, exactly? It is hard to put into words. It is best experienced to be known. New Orleans is a kaleidoscope of color and sound, flavor and scent, sense and sensibility. New Orleans is a city where good memories get made every day. Sit on a bench. Sit in […...

02/26/2025

New Orleans is its own world. Is there room during the happiest time of the year for the dark dreams of childhood? Mardi Gras in New Orleans is the greatest free show on earth. You should visit.

01/20/2025

Why aren't you visiting New Orleans? You know you belong here....

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