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<\/a>Yelp!<\/em> <\/a> recommended a \u00a0restaurant just a few steps away called Zesty Creole<\/em>, and we decided to get right into trying creole food. We noticed that we were the only tourists in the restaurant, and the decor and the menu were different from any we had ever experienced. \u00a0Nick and I shared Crab Cake Eggs Benedict, while Carla ordered an oyster sandwich <\/a>called a po’boy. We were off to a delicious start!<\/p>\n13,373 steps<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is rare that the ride from Westport to JFK Airport is \u00a0described as enjoyable, but there was so little traffic that we arrived \u00a0in sixty-four minutes, the shortest time ever for us. The drawback was that in order to arrive at the airport for an 8 a.m. flight, \u00a0we were on the road at … Continue reading New Orleans Family Trip, Day 1 \u2014 October 12th, 2025<\/span> <\/a>Stepping out from the restaurant and into the French Quarter, we followed the self-guided tour that was in our guide book. Nick was taking photos of everything, and he \u00a0began falling in love with the <\/a>fun shops, the art galleries, the variety of restaurants, and the street musicians. \u00a0One musician asked Nick to send him the photos of himself playing the saxophone.<\/p>\n<\/a>One of the stops \u00a0on the self guided tour was a praline shop. \u00a0New Orleans is known for \u00a0pralines, \u00a0sweet discs that contain \u00a0granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, milk or cream, \u00a0and \u00a0lots of pecans, and there are many shops throughout the city that feature them.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a>Our friends Mari and Tony had asked us to stop in at an antiques dealer called \u00a0M.S. Rau.<\/em> We reached it to find that it is closed on Sundays. After more exploring, we returned to retrieve our luggage. Suddenly huge groups of people were walking in the opposite direction from us. It was easy to see that they had attended a football game at \u00a0the Superdome, because they were wearing Saints tee shirts. They were walking without joy or excitement, so we concluded that the Saints had lost the game.<\/p>\n<\/a>We took an Uber to our Airbnb, located a few streets from the Garden District, an area that is known for its variety of historic homes, lavish gardens, and stunning Live Oaks, some with Spanish moss hanging from their branches. Our Airbnb was the first floor of a two family, three bedroom house \u00a0that was very \u00a0comfortable and very quiet. We were ready for dinner, and I found a nearby restaurant called Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen<\/em> that sounded just right, and it was. Again, we were the only tourists eating there. Carla ordered shrimp and grits, and Nick and I shared a stuffed flounder. Back at home, my friend Cathy had told me that shrimp and grits in New Orleans was incredibly good, so I tasted Carla’s dinner. Cathy was so right! I knew that I’d be ordering it for my own main course very soon.<\/p>\n