Back in February, I spent a long weekend in New Orleans with my parents. They had been there a while back and wanted me to see it too.
We stayed in the W, which are known to be trendy. Here are some examples:
- Bellhops that look like SoHo maitre D’s
- The Housekeeping staff use Radio Flyer wagons for carting their stuff around.
- “Good morning” and “Good evening” mats at the elevators
- Disco ball in the covered driveway. It must turn into a very drafty dance club at night.
In room amenities:
- high-speed net access, plus access via TV.
- VCR/VCP (what, no DVD player?)
- CD player, for which you can order CDs from the W’s catalog
- cordless phone (that’s a hotel first that I’ve seen)
- Magazines including Wired
Down in the French Quarter, we saw several street artists: psychics, caricaturists, and those guys/gals who stand in various frozen positions. But there was a great quartet of acapella singers that my mom remembers from last time. There was also a marionette puppeteer whose puppets played instruments. They bent their knees under apparent strain as they blew hard notes on the sax, and grabbed the mic as they sang the blues, all in between peeking in the money trunk.
The restaurants we ate in were all in capital letters in Zagat (that means really good); they’re legends. We also visited Mardi Gras World, which is the home of the company that makes most of the Mardi Gras Parade floats.
It had occurred to me on that Friday I was in NoLA that Alltel probably had a presence down there. They’re the only ones with the Kyocera 7135, so I thought I’d see if I could find one there. I had to call one of their bigger stores on Monday to see if they get a phone there from another store. They did, and I got it!!!!!