Let The Good Times Roll – New Orleans

Spring Trip April 28-30

We certainly rolled…

What a wonderful time we had in New Orleans. And what happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans! We can tell you that 38 GCH ladies had a full schedule from the moment we landed and we were so lucky that the weather turned for the better on our first stop to the New Orleans Botanical Gardens that offers 10 acres of beautiful gardens located at City Park. A quick stop at Café Du Monde for their well-known beignets for our afternoon treat before touring three lovely homes and gardens in Metairie and three more in Uptown. We had very gracious ladies from both garden clubs in New Orleans helping with the tours. We ended our afternoon at New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute with specialty cocktails & treats made especially for GCH. Our busy day finale was dinner at Calcasieu in the warehouse district. The next morning, we toured the St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 which is New Orleans’ most famous above-ground tombs and learned about the burial practices dating back 300 years. We shopped and lunched on Magazine Street and then were dropped off in the garden district. We toured four private homes and gardens that were stunning inside and out. At our fifth and final home we were treated to an amazing cocktail party with several members of both New Orleans clubs attending. It was fun making new friends and we all enjoyed their hospitality. Our dinner was at Arnauds’s in the French Quarter. Early Thursday morning we headed to Oak Alley Plantation, named for its distinguishing alley of southern live oak trees. We toured the Main house, the gardens and had a fabulous Cajun lunch. By the time we departed from NOLA , everyone had “pass a good time” or left with a little “Lagniappe”.