New Orleans

January 19

I am thankful for New Orleans. It was the city where I obtained my graduate education to achieve my dream of becoming a clinical chemist. It is such a unique city. I still enjoy visiting there and usually make it back to the site of this photo-Jackson Square.

new orleans

known as the city that care forgot

known as the big easy

sometimes elegant and traditional

sometimes just plain sleazy

azalea lined boulevards

down which trollies clickety clack

uptown, downtown, french quarter, ninth ward

the people affectionately called yats

the river lazily courses by

magnolias and the audubon zoo

carnival season with mardi gras

party like no other old and new

music plays no small part

of the culture of this old city

the jazz fest and preservation hall

stompin’, jammin’, dirgin’ so pretty

for all who live there or visit

food earns a very special place

epciurian delights flood the senses

creole, cajun, with a roux base

start it off in the morning

with beignets and café au lait

end an evening with chargroiled oysters

bananas foster or crème brulee

absinthe, hurricane or sazerac

some special local drinks

the night life gets going

of sleep no one thinks

the saints on a passion filled sunday

with black and gold fans known as who dats

within the confines of the super dome

see costumed popes or priests in tall hats

rain or flood can’t beat a people

in a city of leather and lace

a walk back in time

new orleans a very unique place.

© rt tulley