Halloween in New Orleans!
For the first time in eons I’m as excited as a kid about Halloween. We’re spending Halloween afternoon, evening and night in New Orleans! Normally we do the laid back tour of Jackson Square and the Garden District, trolley car ride, walk along the levy, dine here, nibble there, do the full tourist indulgence.
But I intend for Halloween to be a smorgasboard of nothing but the paranormal!
Visiting the graveyards just before dusk; leaving a tribute to Marie Laveau. Visiting Reverend Zombies for candles and incense. Eating a gourmet version of a burger just next door to Rev’s at Yo Mama’s. Yo Mama’s is really a tequilla bar with too many varieties to name, so the essence of Party Central lives on at that establishment, but with yummy extras. Not sure what the venue upstairs will be that night, but I’m sure it will be good as usual.
Have to visit Mimi at Esoterica. I’m always looking for new (or old!) books to add to my reference library. Plus that is one wise witch! I’m hoping to run into one old friend in particular, so if you’re watching, Storm, keep an eye out for us!
And no trip to New Orleans is complete for me without a stop at the Dungeon. It doesn’t even open until midnight, but I just love the energy in all three levels in that place. And being the city’s vampire hangout, Halloween night there will be fantastic! . One of my favorite long-sleeved T shirts is from there. It asks “How do you get to the Dungeon? F*** the Queen!” After a visit there I come home so inspired that I write, and write, and write for days!
And of course we’ll be taking pictures. I’ve never made a trip yet that I didn’t have some form of paranormal evidence show up on film. So with the ghosts taking advantage of Samhain to mingle with the rest of us, there’s no telling what I’ll come home with this time!
Jackson Square will be teeming with all the metaphysical people, artists and vendors. The water xylophone man, palm readers, Tarot readers, Voodoo priests and priestesses, Druids, magic shows, vampires and their ladies, plenty of interesting leather with the S & M crowd, the ultimate in goth attire– and just us ordinaries in costume.
We’ll have beignets and coffee at Cafe du Monde two times while there; once that evening and again the next morning.
So if any ghosts are listening, please come out and play with us Halloween night. I promise to put your pictures and antics in the blog immediately after Halloween!
Runere
