A Late-Night Portrait near Bourbon Street, Featuring a Straw Hat
August 3rd, 2009 | published in Out and About.
New Orleans, Louisiana. August 1, 2009.
In New Orleans, the tourist mecca is the French Quarter, home of epicurean French and Creole cuisine, where hibiscus bloom among wrought-iron grilles. The area is rich in antique shops, Dixieland jazz and picturesque garden patios. At night, Bourbon Street swings and a string of night spots cater to the prurient at heart. Beautiful antebellum mansions line wide, shady boulevards in this city rich in American history. New Orleans is southern hospitality at its best.
Excerpted from ‘Fly and Fish,’ appearing in the January 1978 issue of Ebony.