After wolfing down an extremely early breakfast, my camera and I had 30 minutes to walk through the French Quarter at dawn at a cafe au lait-fueled speed before the flight home. Even at that early hour, the second I left the air-conditioned lobby of the Ritz-Carlton, I felt as if I’d stepped straight into a sauna. Here is the first of a two-part post from the French Quarter under those conditions.
What do you think? Do you have a favorite below?
French Quarter Photo #1. A classic scene along “les rues” of the French Quarter, including the trash not yet swept away and the oil lantern.
French Quarter Photo #2. The French influence on the architecture is very apparent.
French Quarter Photo #3. If there’s a Mask Factory, then of course there should be a Cigar Factory.
French Quarter Photo #4. The dawn of a new day at the intersection of Bienville and Royal.
French Quarter Photo #5. Rue Bienville street sign.
French Quarter Photo #6. Cafe du Monde competition, although I bet they have much more limited business hours.
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I think I’m beginning to get a little obsessed with N.O…..so these pics are right up my alley at the moment, thanks!
It was fun!
Oh my gosh I just love them all! lol! You did a great job capturing it’s beauty there🙂
Thanks so much!
There is no such thing as a ridiculous number of French Quarter pictures. Can’t be done.
LOL! I love your perspective! I had a lot of fun shooting away in the sauna-like conditions in the very limited time I had available to me.
“Sauna-like conditions.” So it was rather cold there, huh? lol. I don’t miss the Gulf Coast at all.
Yeah, sauna-like. It was awful. I know you’re originally from Texas, so you should totally understand this: I didn’t think anything could be more lung-crushingly humid than Houston in July. I was wrong…
The whole Gulf Coast is like that, from Corpus Christi all the way over to Tampa, Florida. “Lung-crushingly humid” is a great way to put it.