My wife and I have been to the French Quarter so many times, our friends there call us locals with a long commute. If you enjoy food, music, history, architecture, the Paranormal, famous authors, riverboats and "different" types of people watching, then this is the place for you. We dressed as pirates and marched with Krewe of Pirates in a Mardi Gras parade. We have many pictures.
I have always loved New Orleans. We lived in Baton Rouge in the early 90's and spent a lot of time in NOLA.
LOL! No, I just posted this because it's one of my favorite I took in the Manchac swamp just north of New Orleans 45-50 minutes. I'm going to create a photo page and provide a link to it.