My wife and I will be visiting New Orleans at the end of this month with our almost 1-year old son. Having the baby with us has required two contingencies: we are renting a car, and our days will have to end by 6:30 or 7 pm-ish (although they do start at 6:30-7am). We will also need to find a quiet place for him to nap during the day, or else sit in the car/return to our lodging for an hour or so. I am hoping he'll nap in the stroller as we wander the city, but can't take this for granted. Given this, and the fact that we only have two days (Friday-22 and Monday-25, the weekend is taken up by the wedding we are travelling for) how best to organize our time? Any advice on travelling with an infant?
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posted by arcticwoman
on Mar 13, 2013 -
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I would like to take a two day trip less than 4 hours from New Orleans on public transportation. Where should I go?
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posted by unbearablylight
on Aug 25, 2012 -
13 answers
Can anyone comment on the "Behind the Lines" tour at the National WWII Museum? And also, we'll be there on Final Four weekend, but care nothing for basketball; any ideas for what to do and what
not to try to do?
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posted by wenestvedt
on Mar 19, 2012 -
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I am going to New Orleans on business. I will be on the edge of the French Quarter and am looking for restaurants that serve at least one vegetarian dish, preferably in or near the French Quarter. Cheap is not required and in fact for many meals higher end would be preferable.
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posted by rednikki
on Jul 14, 2011 -
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My wife is traveling to New Orleans this weekend, and I'd like her to pick me up a (vinyl) record or two. The place she's staying is on the edge of the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny. Can anyone recommend some cool record stores in that general vicinity where she could pick up N.O. jazz/blues vinyl? I've done a bit of searching, but most of the places I've found seem to stock mostly CDs.
posted by The Card Cheat
on Nov 2, 2010 -
4 answers
What should I do this weekend in New Orleans? I'm taking my girlfriend this weekend for her 30th birthday. We land tonight at about 6pm and depart on Sunday at about 6pm.
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posted by ben242
on Oct 22, 2010 -
18 answers
What is Stephen Fry filming in New Orleans this weekend? He tweeted twice about coming here, first saying he will be filming all day and again two hours ago that he is off to the airport.
posted by Anitanola
on Aug 21, 2010 -
2 answers
Astronomers: how to best determine the exact time to take a photograph of the full moon where the moon is situated between two earthly objects?
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posted by komara
on Jul 20, 2010 -
14 answers
On saturday, the family of a friend of mine
was killed by a hit and run driver on I-55 outside of New Orleans. My question is; Do you have any ideas how we can raise awareness of this accident, locally, so we might find the hit and run driver?
posted by razorian
on Apr 12, 2010 -
8 answers
I'm in New Orleans the week of the 13th-20th and have very few plans for what to do during the day (by myself) or at night (with a friend). I'm looking for suggestions for places to go, preferably that we can get to by streetcar. Note: I've never spent this much time in a city with a big river before and have no idea what to do with that.
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posted by NoraReed
on Feb 27, 2010 -
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Suggestions for acoustic music venues in New Orleans? I'll be visiting NOLA in a couple of weeks and would appreciate some advice about likely spots to hear live music. My tastes run to acoustic Americana, a touch of twang okay, bluesy too, and I already have a basic notion of the more touristy Dixieland scene from previous visits (all of them pre-Katrina). As examples of my interests I would mention the Nawlins-based musicians
Mary Gauthier and
Anders Osborne (or at least his folkier side). Thanks!
posted by Rain Man
on Nov 7, 2009 -
8 answers
My friends and I trying to plan New Year's Eve. Help us figure out if New Orleans or Miami would be better...
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posted by unexpected
on Aug 31, 2009 -
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My erstwhile traveling companion and I are going to visit The Big Easy in the dead of August, specifically the 13th - 18th. What would be some activities we could do during the daylight hours to keep cool and out of the sun and are there still any Goth nights or the like to entertain us after dark? We are pale, Gothy types who have been to NOLA a few times but never this time of year.
posted by extraheavymarcellus
on Jul 24, 2009 -
4 answers
I have swarming formosan termites in between my kitchen window and the screen. I duct-taped the most obvious openings for them, and turned out the lights. What else should I do before the exterminator arrives tomorrow?
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posted by umbú
on May 25, 2009 -
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I'm staying with a friend who has no cable in New Orleans. This Friday is the last episode of my beloved Battlestar Galactica. Is there anywhere in this city that would show the episode?
Bars, coffee shops, gaming stores - I am not fussy, just nerdy.
posted by palindromic
on Mar 17, 2009 -
12 answers
Help me distill these ten cities/regions into a giftable essence:
Boston, Maui, San Francisco, New Orleans, NYC/Hoboken, Ann Arbor, Toronto, Outer Banks NC, Central PA (Dutch Country), Columbus OH.
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posted by librarianamy
on Feb 23, 2009 -
32 answers
Does anyone have any experience with book it . com ? More specifically their travel packages to New Orleans?
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posted by iamabot
on Feb 15, 2009 -
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