Top Ten Things to Do on Your First Visit to New Orleans - Episode #39
Beyond Bourbon Street, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans
Mark Bologna
4.9 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Planning your first trip to New Orleans? Wondering what should be on your list of things to do, eat, and see? We answer those questions and more on episode #39 of the Beyond Bourbon Street podcast!
This list includes the top things every first time visitor to New Orleans should experience. We also provide the insider tips that will help make your visit memorable. Grab a pen and a notepad, because this show is loaded with all the details you need to have a fabulous vacation in the Crescent City!
- Visit a cemetery
- Spend time on the Mississippi River
- Explore Jackson Square
- Eat the classic New Orleans foods
- Wander the French Quarter
- Take in Bourbon Street
- Listen to live music
- Have a drink
- Ride the streetcar
- Garden District
Listen to the episode to get the details behind this list. NOTE: There might also be some lagniappe – a little something extra!
Links and show notes for today's episode can be found at http://beyondbourbonst.com/39
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hmm. Street, an insider's guide to New Orleans. 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, |
| 0:26.0 | you've come to the right place. |
| 0:29.0 | And now, your host, Mark Bologna. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey all, this is Mark. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to episode 39. |
| 0:40.0 | On the last show, I had a discussion with Chef Frank Bryson. |
| 0:43.2 | We talked about his terrific Creole Bistro Bryson's own by him and his wife Marna, |
| 0:48.2 | and we also talked a great bit about Paul Prudam's influence on Chef Frank. |
| 0:52.4 | If you listen to the story you'll hear about how Frank went to work for Paul and Chef Paul later helped put him into business. He and his wife Marna into the Creole Bistro Bridesons that today is just the gem of the river Bend area. |
| 1:06.7 | He also talks a lot about Creole food in New Orleans and the intersection of food and community. |
| 1:12.4 | It was just a fun discussion. I think you |
| 1:14.0 | really get some insight into New Orleans cooking and into Chef Frank himself. If you |
| 1:19.2 | missed it, go back and give it a listen. I think you'll really enjoy it. |
| 1:23.1 | Today's show is going to be a guide for the first time |
| 1:25.4 | visitor to New Orleans. |
| 1:26.9 | Sort of an essential, here's the things I think you ought to do |
| 1:29.2 | if it's your first time. |
| 1:30.4 | And I think there's something in it, |
| 1:31.6 | not only for first time visitors, but maybe a refresher for those of you that haven't been a while and hopefully those of you that live here will find something good for yourself too. |
| 1:39.0 | Maybe you want to check out that you've sort of forgotten about. |
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