new orleans

More fun in the Big Easy today and the weather was milder to that made it even better. .Lots of walking and went back to the knitting shop in French Quarter. Tonight was the holiday lighting ceremony in Jackson square with music, fireworks and Ellen DeGeneres( ? spelling)


Miss my pugs !

New Orleans

Not as cold here today- thank goodness. I was about to wear the winter hat I just knit last night is was so windy and cold yesterday walking around. Husband went fishing so I did some knitting and shopped in the River Mall which was so dead and deserted. Half the stores are not opened. I spent a few $$ in Chicos.
I was here a week before Katrina and is such a drastic change . People in the stores talk about not being able to keep it up unless things improve. One good thing is that the cruises started to come back which will help businesses.. Our time share is very quiet with hardly any people. The only place really with a lot of people seems to be the Casino.

New Orleans

so after being held up in Chicago( snow storm) we made it here one day late. Obviously,this place has such a different atmosphere since the last visit we had. Most of the same business and places still running but with less people. The airport was so quiet and empty. Homeless people on the streets sleeping right on the street.
We walked Bourbon Street area this afternoon. Stopped a wonderful knitting store called the Quarter Stitch. I will have to go back without the husband!
More later.