Opened in 1789, this is the oldest of the Saint Louis Cemeteries and among the notables buried here is Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau; Bernard de Marigny, the French-Creole aristocrat and politician who founded both the Faubourg Marigny and Mandeville, Louisiana; Barthelemy Lafon, the architect and surveyor who allegedly became one of Jean Lafitte's pirates; Paul [...]
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LIVE LIKE IT’S YOUR LAST
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is the day before Lent, on which you live like it’s your last and indulge in the temptations of life. Attending New Orleans’s Mardi Gras had been a dream of mine since college when I met one of my dear friend Chelsea who is from Nawlins. Seeing pictures in magazines and [...]
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