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Calling all bachelorettes, bachelors, birthday parties, girls trips, boys trips and everyone in between! When traveling, a finding brunch spot is a great way to vibe with the locals, get a little day buzzed and maybe see a show. It's everything a weekend morning should be- a sprawling, decadent meal that lets you unwind, exist in the moment and enjoy the company you keep. Conversation lingers over the third cocktail, an array of dishes inevitably become shared plates and laug

Explore the New Orleans cocktail revolution and sip and savor in some locally-loved corners of the city. Book a French Quarter Cocktail tour with me to learn the history of the drinks and find FQ bars off the tourist path! Sazerac House - A newer home to cocktail history right on the edge of the French Quarter, you'll need about an hour and a half to wander through this self-tour of New Orleans' signature cocktail. Read about the hand in history played by a cognac importer a

Start your visit to New Orleans with one of my walking food tours or bar crawls and get lots of amazing tips on things to do, eat great food and learn exciting history from a local guide! While it is true that we're the city that makes plans for dinner while at lunch, there's also quite a few lesser-known things to see & do in New Orleans. While the WWII museum is an all-day affair that people flock to (it's the #1 tourist destination in the whole city) and NOMA and its scu

Eat like a local in New Orleans & get out of the French Quarter! Join me for an all-inclusive food & drinks tour in the Garden District or Bywater neighborhoods! Looking for a bar crawl that's better? I also offer a Cocktail Tour of the French Quarter and a New Orleans Craft Brewery Tour ! People visit NOLA with their loose pants packed, ready to try all that our city has to offer so it PAINS me when they get sucked into the same old touristy places that any lazy Google s

Learn more NOLA history & culture, take a walking tour with me - enjoy food & drinks while you get the best of local New Orleans! Things to do: Backstreet Cultural Museum is back! It holds the world’s most comprehensive collection related to New Orleans’ African American community-based masking and processional traditions, including Mardi Gras Indians, jazz funerals, social aid and pleasure clubs, Baby Dolls, and Skull and Bone gangs. Book a visit! Things to know: There

Wanna get out of the French Quarter to eat New Orleans food where the locals go? Book a food tour with me in the Garden District or Bywater neighborhood and learn all about why our food is so special! Why reinvent the wheel when Eater has done such a good job rounding up an exhaustive list of some of the best eats in town . Follow your nose & remember, in New Orleans we discuss what's for dinner over lunch so don't waste any calories on less than stellar meals while you're

Want to see more hidden gems in New Orleans? Avoid the tourist traps, hear the stories & have great drinks when you book your French Quarter Cocktail Tour with me! I recommend only a few French Quarter restaurants to people (beyond the tried and true and few hidden gems, there's a lot of tourist traps) and Muriel's on Jackson Square is one of them. But I know people come to New Orleans because we like to get spooked and hope for a brush with the paranormal- here's the story

History & Rules of Gumbo If you asked me the iconic epitome of New Orleans in one dish it's gumbo- hands down, no contest. The answer to "where to get the best" is always "my mom's house"; it intertwines New Orleans' Cajun, Creole, indigenous, Caribbean, African, Spanish and French history into one bowl. And the biggest basic you need to know that a recipe can't teach: the roux, your base of flour and oil, MUST be a dark brown (like 60% + bittersweet dark chocolate colo

Best Ever Food Review Show emailed me about the usual New Orleans food sources for their show- stuff they (and everyone else) had found on the internet: places saturated with tourists gorging on "the best" fried chicken, "the best" oyster po-boy , "the best" gumbo /ettoufee/jambalaya, offering the "most authentic" experience. I turned them around and then turned them on to Lil Dizzys and Joey Ks- I also make an appearance & got to hang in the kitchens, while showing the

Put a flower crown on her, she's the queen of Spring- she may not be the prettiest, but she's got tons of personality and brings people together around the table. Roll up your sleeves because it's about to get messy... Spring is the season to visit NOLA- French Quarter Fest is awesome & peel & eat crawfish are only available for a few months, usually March-May. B e sure to book a Bon Moment food tour to get out of the French Quarter & learn more about New Orleans history

There is so much more to New Orleans than the French Quarter! Book a Garden District Food & History tour with Bon Moment to enjoy beignets, other great dishes & small business shopping! A history as long as the lines outside of Cafe DuMonde, the beignet is a French dessert, brought by those colonists to our first neighborhood- the Vieux Carre ("old square", the original name for the French Quarter)- and accompanied after-dinner cafe au lait. Traditionally, they were made w

Want to experience delicious po'boys where the locals hang? Book a Garden District Food Tour or Best of Bywater Food Tour and get a taste of the best po'boys on my walking tours of New Orleans. The Lore The most accepted story is that the po'boy got its name from the Martin Bros. who left the streetcar conductor life to open a corner store near the French Market. The sandwiches were offered in solidarity to their striking union brothers in 1929 as a way to feed the "poor

For tips on getting around during Mardi Gras Carnival season, check out my other post! It's that you're probably wrong. I'm shocked to learn from my tour guests that the misconceptions of Mardi Gras are alive and well, despite this age of Google, social media, You Tube, etc.- it is a really misunderstood celebration. There's probably some reasons: if you hear that a one-day holiday is really just a sloppy, drunk shitshow (and that's not your thing) why even explore it any fu

There's an SNL skit that makes the rounds locally on social media in New Orleans. James McAvoy and Heidi Gardner poke fun at something every person who has traveled to an amazing destination is guilty of- romanticizing their trip and trying to bring a little bit back home. You know: the cousin who visited Italy on summer vacation and says "ciao" for a month after returning, the couple who took a trip to the Caribbean and can't shut up about how much more relaxed the island li