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Message: [QUOTE="NashvilleOrange, post: 2315628, member: 2750"] Great recap! I'll share mine: My fiancee and I arrived Thursday night and stayed at an Airbnb in the Carrollton neighborhood. Great spacious spot; we had our own pool a block from a streetcar spot and close to Audobon Park. I was going to propose in NOLA but ended up doing it a few days before the trip. Although she's a USC (Trojan) alum, she's come along for a number of games, our first being the Georgia Tech game in 2013. We somehow managed to have a good trip that included that 56-0 loss in the rain so needless to say we have a great time attending these events and meeting so many other fans, many from this board. We had brunch on Friday at a place called DTB (Down The Bayou) in the Carrollton neighborhood. Had an Oyster Croque Madame and this was definitely the best meal we had in town. We took the street car down St Charles; made it over to the French Quarter and went to Cafe Du Monde for beignets. No wait and was worth the visit. We followed that with a visit to the Voodoo Museum; not really an essential visit. They allow you to make 1 wish that you write down while in the candlelit back room. The curator/host said not to wish for a Syracuse win so I did not do it. Didn't want to subject myself or the team to any bad juju. We checked out a cocktail bar called Cane + Table also in the french quarter. No signs or anything so you wouldn't know it's there. I wouldn't call it a speakeasy though cause that's kind of a silly gimmick that I don't think applied to this place. I definitely recommend this spot if you're in the area and want to avoid some of the madness. For dinner we went to Luke, a french restaurant from celebrity chef John Besh. Although they had a few seafood/New Orleans dishes, it was not worth it. Pretty disappointing. We went over to the Swamp for the Syracuse thing. It was OK but kind of a dumpy place. And not in a cool "divey" way. Guess I should have expected that with the name "The Swamp." That said, I'm glad Syracuse put it together, it's always a good idea to bring all the fans together when you can. I expect as the football team improves, events like this will be filled with some intense positive energy in anticipation of the game. Right now, the fanbase is just not quite there. Before the game we made a trip over to Willa Jean for brunch. This was a hyped restaurant that was good but not amazing. Probably a bit too heavy of a place to visit before a day trip and tailgating. We had a bbq shrimp toast and huevos rancheros. While Beyonce and other celebs have praised this restaurant, I was not blown away. We visited the house where American Horror Story Coven took place before making the trip to Baton Rouge. LSU was awesome, we attended the tailgate organized by JDemo and wandered around a bit. I'll reiterate what Eric said, the fans were great and you really appreciate them after dealing with jerks at NFL games. I mentioned in the other thread but being surrounded by my Bama family for football every saturday (uncle and both aunts are alums, cousin is a freshman) they have worse things to say about LSU fans than Auburn or really any team period. I'll be sure to tell them next weekend how nice everyone was. We went to the distillery Lula for brunch this morning (they make rum, vodka and gin) which was good. Had some seafood dishes and a couple cocktails before going up to Slidell for a Cajun Encounters swamp tour. This was surprisingly fun, saw some wild pigs, raccoons, gators and ibis. The boat had a roof and had a number of gators swim right up. You go out down into some narrow channels and into a number of small cyprus swampy areas. I'd recommend it. We ended the day going to Dimartinos for muffulettas. They also had these little candy covered fig cookies which I thought sucked. We probably should have done central grocery but we were stressing about getting to the airport. Anyways, great trip despite the result. We will be making the trip down to Miami next month; I do not anticipate doing as many cool things but am looking forward to the game! [/QUOTE]

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