My Top Thing to Do in New Orleans Right Now - Episode #105
Beyond Bourbon Street, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans
Mark Bologna
4.9 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Today's show is the answer to a question I got from my dental hygienist recently. She asked, "what one thing would you recommend people do in New Orleans right now, beyond Bourbon Street?"
On today's show, I answer her question and tell you why and how I would do it.
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Previous episodes mentioned
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Thank You
Thanks to Kim @ GNO Dental Care for the inspiration - and for keeping my teeth healthy. This is an unpaid shout out. I love them. If you need a dentist in the New Orleans area, check them out, and tell Dr. Barone I sent you.
Thanks to Joel Sharpton from Pro Podcasting Services for being the intro voice of the podcast!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listed to Beyond Bourbon Street, an insider's guide to New Orleans. |
| 0:03.0 | Beyond Bourbon Street is the podcast where we explore the food, |
| 0:16.3 | music, culture, places, and people that make New Orleans unique. Whether you are planning a trip, |
| 0:22.1 | living in New Orleans, or simply wanting a taste of the Crescent City from wherever you are, you've come to the right place. |
| 0:30.0 | And now, your host, Mark Bologna. |
| 0:35.0 | Hi, this is Mark. |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome to episode 105. |
| 0:40.0 | The last show was titled Ten Things About New Orleans that I'm grateful for. |
| 0:45.0 | These are things that have been on my mind as I was working on the Beyond Bourbon Street |
| 0:48.2 | Travel Guide and I was thinking about the end of 2019. If you missed it, go back and give it a listen. I think you'll enjoy it and you'll find some ideas for your own exploration of the city. |
| 0:59.0 | Today's show was inspired by a single question from my dental hygienist. |
| 1:04.0 | Shout out to G.N.O. Dentistry, by the way. |
| 1:07.0 | She knows about the podcast, and while I was sitting there, she asked me, |
| 1:10.0 | you know, if you had to recommend one thing to do in the city right now beyond |
| 1:14.8 | Bourbon Street, what would it be? What one thing would you recommend to do in |
| 1:19.4 | New Orleans right now? It kind of threw me at first, but I thought about it for a few seconds and I came up |
| 1:25.8 | with the answer you'll hear about today. Her response to it was, I've never gotten that answer, |
| 1:30.7 | but it makes sense and I love it. So with that is a tease and before we jump in gotten that |
| 1:33.2 | makes sense and I love it. So with that is a tease and before we jump in I want to tell you about one of our |
| 1:36.2 | sponsors that makes the Beyond Bourbon Street podcast possible. |
| 1:39.7 | Please don't skip this one because I think it's worth your time. |
| 1:43.0 | Two Chicks Walking Tours. |
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