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Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2011: Treme

Here is another in my series on New Orleans images 2011. This post covers Treme located next to the French Quarter. It is a subdistrict of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are Esplanade Avenue to the north, North Rampart Street to the east, St. Louis Street to the south and North Broad Street to the west. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, and early in the city's history was the main neighborhood of free blacks. It is now home to a number of musicians including Kermit Ruffins.   The first pictures are from Willie Mae's Scotch House (2401 St. Ann Street, 504.822.9503). It serves some of the best fried chicken I have eaten: “caramel brown, audibly crisp, juicy as meat can naturally be.”

The last picture is of Dooky Chase’s, (2301 Orleans Ave (504) 821-0535) another great Treme restaurant and the picture came from Jason Perlow’s blog where he provides some great interior photos, as well as photos of the food. It is the only photo in this series that I did not take. Dooky’s was closed when we were there. Frommer’s wrote, “For decades, Leah and husband Dooky Chase have served prominent African-American politicians, musicians, and businesspeople Chef Leah's classic soul food as gloriously influenced by the city's French, Sicilian, and Italian traditions. This was the place people like Ray Charles (who wrote "Early in the Morning" about it) would come to after local shows and stay up until the wee hours telling stories and eating gumbo -- one of the city's best.”

                                    

 

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2011: Magazine Street

Here is another in my series on New Orleans images 2011. This post covers Magazine Street that actually spans several neighborhoods. The pictures start with Surrey’s Juice Bar.  Now it does have good juice but the rest is not low cal. I had a wonderful shrimp and grits after being tempted by the sausage gravy and biscuits.  The dish was exceptional and a great way to start the day if you are looking to put on a few pounds. It is located at 1418 Magazine Street (504) 524-3828. Then there are images along with length of the street. The last images cover Tipitina’s one of my favorite music places that is a bit off Magazine at 501 Napoleon Ave. We saw Big Sam’s Funky Nation put on a high energy show.

                                             

 

 

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2011: Audubon Zoo

Here is another in my series on New Orleans images 2011. This post covers some of the animals whose neighborhood is the Audubon Zoo. It is located where Magazine Streetgoes through Audubon Park at 6500 Magazine Street. I played my first golf at the course in Audubon Park and we went to the zoo a lot when I was a kid.  The zoo is part of Audubon Park and the Audubon neighborhood that is near the Tulane and Loyola Universities which I featured in yesterday’s post. The zoo has a number of local animals and features stuff from the Cajun swamps where I went fishing with my father went we lived in New Orleans in the 50s. Here is a post that covered pre-Katrina images of the zoo. 

                                                      

                

 

 

Photos of New Orleans Neighborhoods 2011: Audubon

I recently went back to my hometown, New Orleans for five days. Here is the first is a series of images from that trip, the Audubon neighborhood which includes the Audubon Zoo and Tulane University and falls between Jefferson Ave. on the east and Lowerline Street on the West. Most of these pictures were taken near the restaurant, Patois, on Laurel Street near the zoo and images of that restaurant are included.  We ate both lunch and dinner there and it was our favorite place during the trip that included a lot of wonderful meals. The dish you see is a potato gnocchi with crawfish. If you have one meal in New Orleans and want new school food go here. If you want traditional go to Willie Mae's Scotch Housein Treme which I cover in an upcoming post. There is so much good food here. 

Here is a summary of images from my last trip in January 2010 when I provided a more extensive coverage of New Orleans neighborhoods. 

                                   

 

 

Boston's New Museum of Fine Arts: Arts of America Wing

Boston's MFA has a new wing devoted to American art which has also opened up room in the rest of the place for other art. Wing is a weird name for this addition as it is embedded in the foot print of the museum but a picture of glass and light as you can see below. Here are views of it and a few close ups of some of my favorite paintings. I have been taking close ups to record the brush techniques, especially those of Sargent. 

               








 

 

Photos of Martha's Vineyard: Chillmark, Menemsha, and Lobsterville

Here is another in my series of images from a recent trip to Martha's Vineyard. Here isChillmark, Menemsha, and Lobsterville beach. There are connected. Lucy Vincent beach is in Chillmark. 

             

 

Photos of Martha's Vineyard: West Tisbury

Here is another in my series of images from a recent trip to Martha's Vineyard. Here is West Tisbury, a more rural area. Long Point beach and Lambert's Cove beach are included below. 

  




 

Photos of Martha's Vineyard: Oak Bluffs

Here are scenes from Oak Bluffs, one of great towns in Martha's Vineyard.  

Photos of Martha's Vineyard: Edgartown

Here are more images for my recent trip to Martha's Vineyard. Edgartown is the main town in MV.