| Mr. Holiday Spirit Himself Goes to New Heights |
[Nov. 28th, 2006|07:37 am] |
At this moment Dave is high up on a ladder, staple gun in hand, transforming the Sweet Olive into a Holiday Wonderland.
I have chosen to stay at a safe altitude and do my part by writing this update instead.
We both like the holiday season, but Dave puts me to shame. Each day from now through the end of the year will need to be carefully scheduled to squeeze in all the stuff we both want to do.
There are candlelight tours of historic French Quarter homes, the Preservation Resource Center’s tours of gorgeous uptown homes, the Marigny Open Studio Tour (great gift shopping opportunity), the Festivus celebration at the New Orleans Farmer’s Market, jazz concerts at St. Louis Cathedral, lights almost as festive as Dave’s at Celebration in the Oaks at City Park, bonfires on the levee, caroling in Jackson Square and our own neighborhood caroling in Washington Square (perhaps the ONLY caroling in the world accompanied by the Thermin, an electric musical instrument invented in 1919 by a Russian physicist, and familiar to many as the source of that creepy music associated with 1950s science fiction movies. But somehow it’s not creepy at all when playing carols.) Every year we pick one of the traditional Reveillon Dinners, usually at one of the many New Orleans restaurants where we still haven’t eaten. Traditionally this was the meal New Orleans Creoles enjoyed after Christmas Eve Mass. But today they are offered up by the city’s best restaurants all month. We’ll be happy to send you a list.
And our holiday gift to all of you is an extraordinary deal. Our weekend rate through December 28 is $65 and if you buy one night at that rate, you can stay a second for half off.
Where else can you spend the weekend in a world-class city, and spend so little? |
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