MARY'S VISIT, NEW ORLEANS, LA

Mary and Johnny B. Leaving
The Courtyard Of Our Apartment

Johnny B. and Mary Outside Our
Apartment On Madison Street

Johnny B. and Mary at Clover Grill

St. Louis Cathedral
French Quarter, New Orleans

St. Louis Cathedral

Rocky and Mary on The Streetcar

Mary at The Dauphine Orleans Hotel

Mary With a Round of Beers

Mary and Rocky with The Oak Alley
Plantation Owner's 1920('s?) Model A's
Rocky and Mary
Rocky and Mary
Mary and Rocky Behind the Mansion
Mary Just Outside The Plantation
Oak Alley Plantation Mansion
The Oak Alley From the Second Floor Balcony
View From the Second Floor
Johnny B
Mary
Mary
Mary Again
Rocky and Mary in Front of the Mansion
Johnny B and Mary
Another Front Yard Shot
Mary (hidden) and Johnny B.
Doing Shots at a Bourbon Street Bar
Mary and a Bourbon Street Band
Johnny B. and Mary
Mary and a Local Lunatic
Mary on the Balcony of a Bourbon Street Bar
Mary With Her Fake Friends
Mary on Bourbon Street
Guess Where Mary Is?
Dueling Pianos at Pat O'Brien's Pub
Mary at Pat O'Brien's
Mary and Johnny B. at Pat O'Brien's
Mary on Bourbon Street
Johnny B. and Mary
Rocky Took Some Freaky Pictures
At a French Quarter Shop
Another Freaky Pic

Local Art in The French Quarter

More Local Art

French Quarter Shop

Aquarium Of The Americas

Some Very Very Cool Creatures on Display

Crab Hangin' Out

This Suit Enables Divers To
Go Much Deeper Than Before

Lots Of Jellyfish Here

Another Jelly

Yet Another Jelly

And Another

And So On

And So On

And So On

And On

And On

SHARK!

Looking Mean

Showing Off

Ready For Lunch

He Was Checking Us Out

More Sea Creatures

Nurse Shark

Stingray

Huge Turtle

Another Stingray

Long Necked Turtle

Can You Spot The Owl?

A Few Giant Jellyfish Got Loose
And Terrorized The Museum Crowd

Another Jelly

More Jellies

Mary Petting A Stingray

Clownfish and Anemone

Another Crab

Mary Fell Into One Of The Display Tanks

Not Really An Albino Alligator
Because It Has Pink Eyes

More Coolness

Moray Eel

Moray Eel

Otters Hanging Out

Reproduction Of Sunken Oil Platform Reef

Sea Dragon or ALIEN?

Freaky

Eerie

SeaHorse

I Forget What Kind of Fish This Is

More SeaHorses

SeaHorse

Another SeaHorse

Pregnant Male SeaHorse

Bird

Siamese Fish (Just Kidding)

PENGUINS!

Johnny B. and Mary In Facsimile of
Ancient Monster Shark Jaws

Rocky Strapped a T-Bone Steak
To His Forehead and Climbed into the
Tank For This Shot (It's Actually a Picture
Of a Picture on The Wall)

More Pretty Fish

Stingray in Orbit Above Earth

Very Cool Display

EEL!

Mary In The Canopy

Mary Before Boarding
The Steamboat Natchez

Aboard The Natchez For
The Jazz Harbor Cruise

Activity on The Mississippi River

This Is The Actual Ferry They
Blew Up In The Movie "Deja Vu"

Rocky and Mary At The Paddlewheel

Sculpture Garden
City Park, New Orleans

"Sacrifice III"

Sculpture Garden

Violin Spire In The Water

"Monkeys"

Mary With Her Catch Of The Day

Mary and The Giant Safety Pin
(Coming Soon to a Theater Near You)

Rocky and His New Friend

Johnny B. Got Attacked
After Straying Off The Path

Rocky And His Alter Ego

Johnny B. and Mary at
St. Louis Cemetery Number One

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is Right Across
The Street From The French Quarter

Johnny B. and Mary in The Cemetery

Guess Where This Was Taken?

Empty Crypt

Rocky and Mary
Honey Island Swamp Tour

Our Tour Guide Lured The Alligators
To The Boat With Marshmallows

Cypress Tree That Will Not
Rot or Get Eaten By Termites

Newly Spotted Local 12+ Foot Gator

Rocky and Mary on The Swamp Tour

June 12-16, 2007. Our longtime friend, Mary, flew down for vacation. We crammed in quite the itinerary. Rocky and I took her to a few of our favorite restaurants in the French Quarter, including Masperos, Deja Vu and Clover Grill. Unfortunately, Barrack's Street Cafe was under construction (she would've liked the vegetarian menu there). We also enjoyed the 4-course special at The Gumbo House. Our guide from the swamp tour recommended Mulate's in the CBD (Central Business District; downtown) so we ate there for our final dinner together.

The Honey Island swamp tour was very cool. We saw several alligators, including a 12+ footer that our guide had never seen before. Mary named him Big Jerry, after the tour guide. Apparently, alligators like marshmallows because that's what Jerry used to lure them to the boat. He also showed us a house that was plucked from its location on the riverbank and carried about 1.5 miles, intact, during hurricane Katrina.

We toured St. Louis Cemetery Number One, right across the street from the French Quarter, as well as The Sculpture Garden in City Park. We boarded the Steamboat Natchez for a Harbor Jazz Cruise, visited The Aquarium Of The Americas and Oak Alley Plantation. Rocky rented a car for two days so we saved $66 ($22 each) for transportation to the swamp and $105 ($35 each) for transportation to the plantation.