Hola, NOLA
This spring break trip began last October, when I was in New Orleans for a conference (again), sending back daily photos of the Mississippi, gumbo, and beignets. I was reminded by my children that they'd never been to New Orleans (hint, hint). As academic conference scheduling luck would have it, I had yet another conference back in the Crescent City in April, helpfully beginning right at the end of the kids' spring break. So ... we decided to take the week before that conference for ourselves; then, they could scoot home, and I could confer away. Our goal was to make this New Orleans vacation a mellow one: no over the top plans, no jam-packed days, just a slow roll through the Big Easy. We stayed at the lovely Loews Hotel--close to the French Quarter but far enough to be relatively drunk free at night. It has a great lobby, which proved an atmospheric spot with top notch wifi and endless tasty coffee for early mornings spent vacation-working: the hallm...