Happy Birthday to me.....!!!!!

  

Wayne needed to go on a work trip to New Orleans

over my Birthday so of course I went too....

We had two nights in the Marriott on Sasol.

(thank you for the Birthday present!!!) 

Unfortunately, it rained most of the time we were there but 

we had a fabulous time. 

 Only in New Orleans would you see

red chandeliers, they were awesome...

so of course I had to take a picture of them...

  

We arrived about 7:30 in the evening so we just 

checked out around our hotel before

calling it a night....

Harrah's casino was right across the street so we went in

to check out the night life.

 Loved the large Marti Gras masks in the 

Marti Gras room....

we didn't stay long...it was kind of smoky.

 Wayne had to go to work the next morning,

so I walked to the Riverwalk

to do some shopping...

it was too rainy to do much else.

  

Tried out the Beignets 

(fried bread...fabulous!!!)

at the famous Cafe Du Monde... I saved some for Wayne

beacuse I didn't know if we would get back there

or not... but they are much better hot!!!

 

And some very hot and spicy, seafood Gumbo for lunch...

it made my nose run...but I loved it!!!

 Then I watched the paddle boats on the

Mississippi...

  

This picture is out of sequence but oh well,

we did go back to Cafe Du Monde...

 ....and a ferry.

Then Wayne arrived back at the hotel earlier than he thought...

because of the rain...so we walked to the French Quarter...

Love the cute balconies...

  

We went into the "House of Voodoo" just for fun.

The floor was cool and completely tiled with broken

tiles.

 Do you love the skeleton mirror?

...and, of course, Wayne!!!

Then we continued our walk to Jackson square and went inside
 St. Louis Cathedral. 

Everything was in French....

This is on the inside above the front door.

We took a couple pictures of random things...

ljke this horse post which was cool...

...and the gas lights that they have lit even in the daytime.

We got stopped by a train...even though we were walking... 

it was a long train...it took forever.

That night we ate at the Palace Cafe... a really nice restaurant

just next to our hotel...

We had the chicken....mine was rotisserie grilled

on top of truffled potatoes with argula lettuce on top.

It was fabulous!!!

Waynes had pesto on top of the chichen

and layered on tomatoes and grilled potatoes.

Then we walked around a bit more and saw the trollies...

The famous blue dogs on the side of some building...

...and the insecterium...but just from the outside.

...and Wayne surprised me with a bracelet from

one of my favorite stores.

I love it!!!

The next day we had to come home but we 

 stopped at Wayne's work first and then we

took a ferry across the Mississippi.

And came home...it was a great trip and a really
fun birthday!!!