New York has Central Park and San Francisco has the Golden Gate Park. But did you know that New Orleans has one of the oldest urban parks in the United States? Most tourists don’t make it past Bourdon Street or Saint Charles Street. I don’t blame them because the food and music could keep me there for days as well. …
Walking in the Footsteps of the Vanderbilts – The Newport Mansions Tour
Imagine this… You put on your fancy new fringed dress to match your “marcelled” hair that you spent hours perfecting. You walk down your fancy marble staircase to meet your husband dressed in coat-tails and a bow tie and take his arm. You arrive in the Grand Ballroom where your colorful guests are dancing the Charleston and sipping on Champagne and …
Horsing Around with Newport Polo
Newport, Rhode Island is a classic New England summer resort town of the rich and famous. Some of the wealthiest families in America owned summer “cottages” in Newport in the early 1900s. It was once known as the city of “Summer White Houses” during the administrations of Presidents Dwight D Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. In 1953, John F. Kennedy …
Exploring the French Quarter of New Orleans
I think John Goodman said it right in 2010: “If I could put my finger on it, I’d bottle it and sell it. I came down here originally in 1972 with some drunken fraternity guys and had never seen anything like it — the climate, the smells. It’s the cradle of music; it just flipped me. Someone suggested that there’s …
10 Things To Do in Kennebunkport, Maine
Kennebunkport, Maine is a quintessential seaside town in southern Maine. Thousands of tourists flock to the small coastal town to eat lobster and get a glimpse of the Bush family. After all, Kennebunkport is only about 90 minutes north of Boston and 30 minutes south of Portland. The town is more than just Presidential sightings and lobster though. There is …
Green Animals Topiary Garden – Newport, RI
The Green Animals Topiary Garden house is located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island not far from the mega-mansions of Newport. The Green Animal estate is nothing like the historical marble homes of the Vanderbilts and Astors, but offers something unique – the lust and colorful gardens. The small estate overlooking Narragansett Bay was purchased by Thomas E. Brayton in 1877. The estate contained a …
Exploring the “City of the Dead” at New Orleans’ Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
New Orleans is home to many cemeteries, 42 of them to be exact! After all, it is a very old city. The above ground vaults have given New Orleans’ cemeteries the nickname of “cities of the dead.” The oldest cemeteries in New Orleans are known as the Saint Louis Cemeteries. There are three of them and they are creatively called St. …
Stepping Back in Time at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine
Kennebunkport, Maine is a quaint seaside town where President George H. W. Bush calls home part of the year on Walker’s Point. Thousands of tourists flock to Kennebunkport every year to get a glimpse of the former President and enjoy a little taste of Maine, or perhaps just a lobster roll! While the village area of Kennebunkport is a cute …