Every great city has great food, music, festivals and culture. It’s the same in New Orleans, only better, richer and sweeter.
Return to New Orleans, if you carry her – the Jewel of the South; the Queen of Dixie – in your heart.
Return to New Orleans, if you love to celebrate the world’s biggest party by raising your hands high in the air shouting “throw me something mister; it’s Mardi Gras!”
Return to New Orleans, if you love to listen to blues, jazz or zydeco, and allow yourself to be transported into a magical moment where time is no more.
Return to New Orleans, and gaze upon the city’s beauty – her French, Spanish and Creole architecture; her southern strength and nobility – where her graceful wrought iron designs whisper her culture.
Return to New Orleans, and tantalize your taste buds with mouth watering seafood, richly spiced dishes, and beignets.
Return to New Orleans, and you will refer to everyone as “cher,” where everything is “precious,” where young people acknowledge their elders by first name, preceded with a polite “Mr.” or “Ms,” where no one gossips but “catches up,” and where everyone says “bless your heart,” and means it, in every conversation.
Return to New Orleans. Visit when you can and stay awhile. New Orleans… a city that truly knows how to embrace life in a lagniappe (a little something extra) way. It’s what the city is all about, a city that wants to share its joy with others.
by Anne Dale
