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March 17, 2012

Have a Shuckin’ Good Time at the LA Crawfish Festival

Filed under: Eating New Orleans,Festivals,Local Events — Tags: , — Joe Rabhan @ 8:00 am

Come one, come all to the Louisiana Crawfish Festival held right here in New Orleans!  Plan your getaway now and celebrate the culture, life, and food of the bayou at this annual event. This all-things-crawfish Louisiana tradition began in 1975, and brings visitors from around the city, state, and the country.  What was once a [...]

February 29, 2012

French Quarter Festival, New Orleans Event

What do 21 stages, a half-milion people, dance lessons, and musician adoptions have in common?  Why they’re all part of the annual French Quarter Festival in New Orleans!  And Avenue Inn Bed and Breakfast welcomes you as our New Orleans bed and breakfast guest during this amazing New Orleans Event. April 12-15, 2012 marks the 29th [...]

December 27, 2011

Plan your NOLA Vacation During Mardi Gras

Filed under: Festivals,Local Events — Tags: , , — Joe Rabhan @ 7:47 pm

Christmas is over, New Years is almost upon us.  What’s next?  Do you really have to ask?  Yes, Mardi Gras in NOLA is right around the corner!  Of course, this is the most well-known of all New Orleans events, and is a perfect reason to plan a New Orleans vacation.  And there’s no better time [...]

August 30, 2011

New Orleans Seafood Festival a Great Catch for Visitors to the Big Easy

Filed under: Festivals — Tags: , — Joe Rabhan @ 12:10 am

For the fifth year in a row, visitors to New Orleans and locals alike will dive into the “Louisiana Seafood Festival” at Lafayette Park downtown on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Sept 9,10 & 11 2011.  We went last year and had a blast sampling all the food and tasting the great local beers that were [...]

August 10, 2011

Labor Day Weekend in New Orleans is Southern Decadence

Filed under: Events and Occasions,Festivals — Tags: , — Joe Rabhan @ 2:49 pm

For the past 40 years, Labor Day weekend in New Orleans has been the home of the Southern Decadence celebration. Once again, August 31- September 5, 2011, the Big Easy will hold it’s annual Gay Pride weekend and its great fun for participants and guests to New Orleans Bed and Breakfasts as well. The Crescent [...]

July 29, 2011

New Orleans Bed and Breakfast Guests Jazz It Up at the Satchmo SummerFest

Filed under: Events and Occasions,Festivals — Tags: , — Joe Rabhan @ 2:06 pm

If you are into Jazz music, have we got a festival for you! One of our favorite events of the year, and a favorite of guests at our New Orleans Bed and Breakfast, will kick off next week in the French Quarter. Satchmo SummerFest, a multi-day celebration of the music and life of Louis “Satchmo” [...]

July 22, 2011

Guests Enjoy the Tastes and Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans July 20-24, 2011

Filed under: Events and Occasions,Festivals — Tags: , — Joe Rabhan @ 5:48 pm

It is believed that the Sazerac was the very first true cocktail, and that it was “formulated”  in the early 1800′s by Antoine Amadee Peychaud, a NOLA pharmacist. Peychaud poured both his family’s recipe for stomach bitters and some French brandy into a coquetiers (pronounced koh-kuh-TYAYS)… also known as a double-end egg cup.  The story goes [...]

June 9, 2011

A Weekend of Food and Fun in NOLA!

Filed under: Festivals — Tags: , — Joe Rabhan @ 3:23 pm

Three festivals in one offer a plethora of local food and culture at the Vieux to Do on June 11-12, 2011 in the French Quarter.   Two events, the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival and the Louisiana Seafood Festival will be set-up in the Old U.S. Mint from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 11 – 12, [...]

June 2, 2011

Oyster Festival has New Orleans Bed and Breakfast Guests Shuckin’ and Jivin’ in June

Filed under: Festivals — Tags: — Joe Rabhan @ 10:36 pm

We never have a shortage of entertainment and things to do in the Crescent City. There’s a festival almost every weekend. New Orleans Bed and Breakfast guests at the Avenue Inn flock to these events like pigeons in the park. It’s all good! Despite reports from last year’s oil issues in the Gulf, the current [...]

May 21, 2011

Memorial Weekend at New Orleans Bed and Breakfast – Guests Go Greek

Filed under: Festivals,Local Attractions — Tags: — Joe Rabhan @ 1:05 pm

There are lots of things to do in New Orleans for Memorial Weekend 2011. Fabulous parades, museums, jazz concerts, and of course enjoying great Creole/Cajun food at our world class restaurants. But above all of these,  is our favorite during that weekend and one of the favorites of our guests here at the Avenue Inn [...]

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