There's much more to NOLA than Bourbon Street

Описание: In this week’s video, we spent 3 days in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras season with Madi’s old college roommates (Justin and her brother Luke)! We did everything from attending parades, listening to live music, walking Bourbon Street at night, and trying local cuisine such as Beignets and Po' Boys.

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Lodging:
Renaissance New Orleans Pere Marquette French Quarter Area Hotel (paid for in full with Marriott Bonvoy Points that we earned by putting daily expenses on a Marriott Bonvoy credit card)

Activities:
Uptown Mardi Gras Parades (FREE)
French Quarter Mardi Gras Parades (FREE)
Listening to live music on Frenchmen Street (Apple Barrel Bar, Favela Chic, and Cafe Negril) (Some bars are FREE to sit at, and some require you to buy one drink to be there)
Walking around the French Quarter (FREE)
Listening to live music at the Honky Tonk bar on Bourbon Street (You have to buy one drink to be there)

Food:
Cafe Du Monde
Killer Poboys (Michelin Star)
Domenica (Italian cuisine)
Cafe Beignet
Izzat (French cuisine with $30 Steak Frittes)

Drinks:
The Sazerac Bar in the Roosevelt Hotel (Sazerac is the official cocktail of NOLA)
Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 (awesome tiki bar but on the pricier side)
Backspace Bar and Kitchen (crazy low prices for the French Quarter)

Parade Tips:
Parades run crazy behind schedule — we got to most parades about 2ish hours late, and they were still going
The Uptown Parades were our absolute favorite! We found places to watch and participate between Canal St and Poydras St. We found the floats at the Uptown Parades to be the most impressive and the area we watched from to be the most roomy and comfortable. Due to the taller buildings in this area, there was also plenty of shade!
On the other hand, the French Quarter parades are tight, crowded, and uncomfortable. They also don’t have large floats, but rather are mostly just walking parades due to the narrow streets.
Don’t bring your dog! We saw so many doggos at the parades having a horrible time. There are LOTS of marching bands, and the noise from the drums made one dog near us so uncomfortable that it ran away from its owner and was hiding behind a dumpster. We saw other dogs getting hit in the face with beads, confused in tight crowds.

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