Quote of the day: "Patty... I love you, but it's past lunch time." -Joab A good first day, although we barely fed the children (or ourselves). Left ...
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Quote of the day: "Patty... I love you, but it's past lunch time." -Joab A good first day, although we barely fed the children (or ourselves). Left the house around 8:30am. It felt weirdly normal. We decided to take the scenic route out of Massahusetts, which was great and awful. It was a nice setting for the kids first journal entries. Arrianna wrote about the Boy's incessant talking and suggested leaving him on the side of the road with a sign, "Free Kid: Beware". We drove past some beautiful swamps, rivers, and little villages. Joab liked pointing out "dilapidated" houses and barns along th...
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Hi everyone, I returned from my amazing holiday last week. I had a great time in America and an incredible time sailing around Barbados, St Lucia and ...
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Hi everyone, I returned from my amazing holiday last week. I had a great time in America and an incredible time sailing around Barbados, St Lucia and Grenada for the Cricket World Cup. It was an awesome experience to thrash the SAFFAS in the Semi and even better to win the final for the third consecutive time. I left on Friday the 13th. Bad luck struck on the flight as the bloke sitting behind me had a severe asthma attack, why he didn't have any medication I don't know. They called for a doctor, but that didn't help. As I watched the small TV a noticed the plane was facing back to Tokyo, the ...
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Well, I think we have decided on a date to leave on our ultimate road trip for 2009. If things work our right we will be on our way either on Saturday ...
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Well, I think we have decided on a date to leave on our ultimate road trip for 2009. If things work our right we will be on our way either on Saturday or Sunday of this week. This trip will take us clockwise around the country including stops in New Orleans, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Sedona, Los Angeles, San Jose, Yellowstone, The Black Hills, Rochester, Door county in Wisconsin and several stops in Michigan before heading home in about six weeks. Who knows how many additional stops along the way because Judy always finds interesting places for us to visit. We are also looking forward to seeing g...
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The Royal Sonesta is the only hotel we will stay at. We have stayed there on numerous occasions. The rooms are always clean and nicely decorated. ...More
The first time we stayed at Ashton's I knew we had stumbled onto a very special place. Shortly after arriving I became feverish and ill, and upon ...More
My husband and I booked a superior king, non smoking room with a river view for our anniversary and when we checked in we were given a small room with ...More
Free nightly PB+J can't be bad, and isn't! An absolutely wonderful hotel. I commend every person who works there for having a wonderful establishment. ...More
This is a beautiful hotel with excellent facilities regardless of whether your stay is for business or pleasure. Good location near Harrah's, the ...More
Our family has stayed here twice. The fantastic (!) location is across the street from the Farmers Market & the Old Mint which is now a museum, and ...More
A lovely hotel in a great location. Just a few blocks from the lively part of the French Quarter, although amazingly peaceful. A comfortable, clean ...More
Not only does this restored mansion have a wonderful location on St. Charles Avenue, but it is also superbly run. The rooms are beautiful, and also ...More
I have stayed at the Villa Convento for over 20 years, but this was my first trip after Katrina. It should be stated up front that if you are looking ...More
I booked a room at the Drury Inn with some trepidation. An Inn sounds low end but I did not want to spend the ~200 that the other bigger name hotels ...More
We stayed at the Renaissance Pere Marquette during June 2005. We paid $85/night via priceline.com. This is a great hotel. Everyone was extremely ...More
My wife and I went to New Orleans for a three day getaway in August 2004. On the second day of the visit I got food poisoning (from a restaurant not ...More
Right in the moddle of the French Quarters of the Old Big Easy, this place looked like a cross between French Provincial and Spanish Rennaisance. ...More
We love the Chateau Orleans. Beautiful Courtyard for outdoor relaxation. Great location, you can walk to all the fine French Quarter Restaurants. ...More
I don't know what Hotel Provincial was like prior to hurricane Katrina, so I can't compare it to the property's current condition. When I visited in ...More
My wife and I just purchased a bed and breakfast ourselves and so we were excited to come to New Orleans were they are known for the numerous bed and ...More
We were on a gambling trip in Biloxi and weren't having any luck and decided on a whim to drive to NO and try Harrah's Casino. We checked into the ...More
The Oliver House and and hosts were a great find for me. I travel to this great city often and have stayed at several hotels in the Quarter, Faubourg ...More
I loved this hotel. Went to New Orleans for the first time in March, 2005 with 6 of my friends. I had never heard about this hotel since it had just ...More
Our experience was fantastic. Our hosts were exceptional. Brad and Larry are like favorite members of our own family. From the time we arrived until ...More
Great location, right off the strip a street or two. Nice staff, clean rooms. Very eclectic and classy. Parking was expensive but secure. TIP - if you ...More