New Orleans

Audubon Park lagoon run

Live-oak loop around the lagoons.

Beignets at midnight in NOLA

Café du Monde powdered sugar storm. Pigeons get the fallout.

Crawfish boil in season

Spicy, messy and communal from March.

French Quarter gumbo New Orleans

Roux patience class, jazz lunch, beignet dessert. Holy trinity.

Frenchmen Street club crawl

Three clubs, one night, no cover before nine.

Garden District walking loop

Mansions and magnolias under the oaks.

Jazz night in New Orleans

Frenchmen Street, not Bourbon. Three clubs, one po-boy at midnight.

Kayak Bayou St. John

Paddle the old bayou to the lake.

Mardi Gras Indian practice

Sunday suits and tambourines uptown.

Po'boy fully dressed in NOLA

Fried shrimp, extra pickles, French bread shatter. Parkway Bakery.

Preservation Hall jazz set

45 minutes, no talking rule, front bench if early.

Second line parade New Orleans

Learn the strut, join a Sunday second line, brass sweat. Dance streets.

Steamboat Natchez jazz cruise

Calliope and the Mississippi at sunset.

Swamp airboat morning

Gators and cypress in the bayou.

Tremé history walk

Congo Square and the birthplace of jazz.

Beignets at midnight in NOLA

Café du Monde powdered sugar storm. Pigeons get the fallout.

Crawfish boil in season

Spicy, messy and communal from March.

Frenchmen Street club crawl

Three clubs, one night, no cover before nine.

Garden District walking loop

Mansions and magnolias under the oaks.