In fact, it was about 10 AM when we walked down Bourbon street and a man who worked at the place was

There were houses painted many different colors all throughout the French Quarter. I loved this pink house with purple shutters. What caught my eye were the decorative support brackets under the eaves. They are so pretty.
Back in the day when these grand houses were built in the French Quarter, one family and their servants would fill them. Today the upkeep is usually too much for one family and these homes have been split into several apartments. Seeing how there is still only one door into a lobby type area they had to get creative when it came to who was at whose door and which mail went where.
And then speaking of iron. All in the French Quarter there are iron hitching post in the shape of horse heads. plane tickets cheap Some are more decorative than others, but I do believe that all are original to the days of when people had to ride horses into town because there were no other options. (As opposed to some country places, plane tickets cheap like where I live, where they do it just because they can.)
So, those were some of the wonderful things we saw. Now on the other hand, you surely have heard of Bourbon street in New Orleans. It is the mecca for Mardi Gras , drinking, partying, and general debauchery. Around Christmas time it is fairly empty but the bars and...ahem...gentlemen (if you can call them that) clubs are plentiful and open.
The picture I have of Bourbon plane tickets cheap street below is very tame, BUT, if we had children with us, I would have been mortified to take them down it. There would have been some covered eyes and some, "I'll explain why that woman on the poster plane tickets cheap isn't wearing much clothing when you are older," quoting going on.
In fact, it was about 10 AM when we walked down Bourbon street and a man who worked at the place was trying to get us to go into the bar or adult place (I didn't plane tickets cheap look too closely). When we just kept walking by him, he got slightly belligerent with us. I am sure it was an isolated incident but it just added to the overall atmosphere.
The final photo I would like to share, in a way, summed up our experience with the decor of the French Quarter. In it you can see an ironwork balcony decorated for Christmas, the famous street signs (with Bourbon street!), and even some Mardi Gras beads!
I was born and raised in a small dusty flat treeless west Texas town. I have a BS in Mathematics, which I actually use since I am a secondary math teacher. My husband is a special education teacher. plane tickets cheap It is nice to have mostly the same schedule as him. We have 2 dogs and multiple cats and that is all the patter of little plane tickets cheap feet that we want. We currently reside in a small south central Texas town where there are trees, and rivers, and grass. plane tickets cheap OH MY! Still flat though.