Day: November 5, 2013

Yvonne LaFleur

Yvonne LaFleur—All the Uptown ladies buy their hats and ballgowns here. Located behind Camellia Grill on Carrollton, this store is worth visiting even if you don’t need bridal lingerie! Every corner of the store looks like a movie set. We’re talking boas and faux furs

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Faulkner’s House Bookstore in Pirate’s Alley

Faulkner House—Joe LaSalle, the adorable proprietor who lives in the house, is a professor of English (of course) and runs the Words and Music Fest. The tiny bookstore carries a wide variety of fabulous books, the collection of walking canes is very romantic, and when

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Pirate’s Alley

Pirate’s Alley—The name alone is reason to enough to walk this alleyway next to St. Louis Cathedral. Walk this alleyway and close your eyes and picture the gorgeous glam pirates who once walked these streets in their big feathered hats, handsome tanned faces and thigh-high

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Le Petit Theater

Everything you want a French Quarter theater to be—sparkly chandeliers, fabulous décor, a bar in the lobby, and haunted!!! Le Petit Theater is right in the heart of the Quarter across from St. Louis Cathedral. It’s an amazing place to see a show—very glamorous, even

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St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter

For sheer pomp and glamour, you can’t beat this stunning cathedral. Standing sentry over the French Quarter for hundreds of years, this is one building I really wish could talk! It is surrounded by the first apartment buildings every built in this country, the Pontalba

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Stella Restaurant in the Quarter

Stella is arguably the best restaurant in New Orleans (and that’s saying something!). Stella is fancy and super fabulous with that attention to detail that takes it a step ahead of all others. Peanut allergy? They’ll note it in their computer so every time you

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The Best Parts of Aging…

I’ve tried to age gracefully and elegantly, but it turns out I’m aging wildly and eccentrically. My entire life I have been attracted to evocative clothing and I named my own personal fashion eras things like: wildly romantic (Betsey Johnson or “old west” style dresses

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