New Orleans Neighborhoods #7 - French Quarter Main Streets 

I have the honor to be married to a gentleman who was on site, for Katrina. He came to NY on business in late September, 2005 and we met and became friends. Married in 2008. Now that my family caregiving tasks are complete, we will be moving back to NOLA next year. (I'm the newbie, Ric lived on Jackson Sq in the Pontalba for 35+ years pre Katrina). Your wonderful road trip vids are part of my 'research'. I feel as if I am up in the passenger seat next to you, looking out over the city. It is just a delightful, and very realistic way to introduce myself to my future home. And thank you!!!

We got here in July 2019. And coincidentally, we are back in the Pontalba, my husband's former building...on Jackson Square. I walk up St. Peter Street to Rouses' at the corner of Royal, now, almost every day. This all feels comfy and familiar - thanks in part to your 504 road trips. I was right do 'do my homework." ...

I grew up in New Orleans but have lived in Texas for a number of years, New Orleans will always be home to me.

Thank you for posting this. I'm currently in quarantine in Connecticut and dreaming of NOLA.

I’ve only been to New Orleans twice but had fun both times. My favorite time was when I went to the French quarter with my friends who lived in the quarter on Halloween. We had so much fun! The food we hit one night at dinner was great. Blackened fish in a hole in the wall type restaurant. Not fancy but delicious food.

I love love love this tour.

I've been here.Beautiful, historical city.

New Orleans is one of my favorite US cities.

This was a great trip down memory lane for me. Thirty years since I have been back, but I grew up there and it was wonderful to see the old haunts again.

Thank you Brother, you definitely give a first timer to NO an open perspective verses going there BLIND. Keep up the OUTSTANDING work Brother.

Best pure quality video makes u feel like your there

Living in Alabama now but grew up in the quarter on Burgundy. Even worked at the Dungeon on Toulouse for a couple years. God I miss the food, atmosphere and people of the city. This video should be named homesick 101!

Elvis did king creole in New Orleans too. One part filmed in the quarter and another in the garden district. That’s all I really remember of the places the movie was filmed.

Most excellent video. Thank you for posting!

Fantastic! Thank you so much for this video!

@ (9:40)..I can hear someone playing horn, music's drifting... coming out of the bar..The song, "Petit Fleur.." Something tells me this old girl singer's gonna LOVE the 'Easy."

NEW ORLEANS, my favorite haunt and you do it well, Sir. Enjoy the history....what a colorful place!

wonderful video... Thanks heaps for this. :D

Wonderful low speed tour with the best historic info on RU-vid. Thank you.

Loved the video. Great narration. Can't wait to return to visit my hometown again.

I just wanna thank ya for for ya do the video with comentary, thi is da best for all of us. Specialy me who is not there for about three years. I miss it so much. Thanks ya.

It so beautiful there.

From the uk ,thanks for the tour, i enjoyed it .

Excellent video

Great Video thanks. I love the format.

Bringing back memories. Good video. NOLA drivers take some getting used to. There used to be a blind man that rode his bike around the Quarter when I lived there. I learned about him when one day I was hit by a blind man riding a bike in the Quarter.

You drove right by the world famous Montelone !!! and the fng Saenger !!! I lived in NoLa for a year, when kicked outa college, way back...............

I'm going to falow ya as longer as ya keep doing a video for us. Thanks ya. See ya soon.

This is an excellent video. Very well done! I enjoyed watching it. We went to New Orleans on our honeymoon 27 years ago. Would love to go back one day.

That's my nono nickname for new Orleans always good to be around the quater and the noise and streets and history love my home thank you guys.

Great video! I feel as if I've been there.

Man I miss the great times I had there

OK, here's the deal: In early July, in NYC, Ric and I packed Betsy, our trusty Honda van, and after my living in downtown Gotham for over 44 years, we left NY, heading South. Motoring through seven states, taking our time (hurricane Barry was never far away). Stopped for three days in Biloxi to wait out the worst of the storm. NOLA administrative offices/our building managers had shut down for safety's sake; but on that following Monday we came at last, into the city, overjoyed to be here. The funny thing was, as we drove down the street, and I spotted the transformed Jax Brewery, I said to Ric, "Gee, hon...I feel like I've been here before!!" He just smiled. We are now settling in, on Jackson Square. Our new place - the top floor (attic) at the Pontalba, where hubby lived, for thirty years pre-Katrina. I am delighted, and so much of it feels familiar. I am slowly learning how to 'roule my bon temps' (sp??) Because the Easy is that friendly a place for a stranger like me to disembark. Your great vids were terrific 'homework and prep"..thanks, dude!!!

ah the smells! Remember being near Felix's on a hot summer night.Put me off oysters,but only for awhile.

Lack of traffic surprised me

I'm just 1250 Miles away north from there, and I'm itching to get back soon not matter whath. I'm in Mount Vernon, New York. But I'll be there for God's sake.

Very entertaining and informative video! However, it shows tourists that you should not try to drive through the French Quarter, but park and walk.

I’m going next week to New Orleans for 5 days by myself. I’m actually driving in, staying on St Louis Street and parking my car. This video gave me a sense of what it’s like driving into the quarter to my hotel. As a woman alone I was a bit nervous however seeing this helped. If anyone knows...how necessary is it to make reservations anywhere in the quarter?

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Great trip, love my visits, wouldn't want to live there.2 days & I'm done!

Nice video. Visited New Orleans in the past and it was a great trip. Was wondering what video equipment you used (dash cam, phone, etc?) Also, how was the street info added in the upper left? (Post processing?) Thanks.

I lived in the French Quarter for a year. I'd give anything to be able to buy a home there. It's not for everyone, but I felt right at home there. I wish it were safer; it's actually a nice neighborhood.

I LOVE WATCHING 504 ROAD TRIPS IT BRINGS ME BACK TO WHEN I LIVED IN NEW ORLEANS AND KENNER JEFFERSON PARISH LOUISIANA I MISS MY HOMETOWN NEW ORLEANS AND KENNER JEFFERSON PARISH I LIVED ON DELAWARE AVENUE KENNER JEFFERSON PARISH 3221 DELAWARE AVENUE WHICH MY CHILD HOOD HOUME ISN'T LIKE IT WAS WHEN I MOVED.I MOVED FROM KENNER IN 93 I MISS SOO MUCH WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW MUCH I LIVED OFF OF WILLIAM'S BLVD AND RIGHT DOWN FROM THE EXPLANADE MALL..IS THAT MALL STILL OPEN I WONDER?

I like how he gives good footage of the town and all the streets, but hate how theres not much talk.

Louisiana streets just feel really narrow to me watching this, but I've been living in Washington for over a decade now. I think wider streets would definitely make traffic a little better.

My favorite thing was the blues clubs. Good drinks good music and just all around a good time. I’d rather walk. Driving in New Orleans is zero fun!

Good viewing! God bless!

Interesting video. Do you know why is the LA Supreme Court in New Orleans and not Baton Rouge?

U didn’t tell everyone to get a chargrilled burger at my favorite dive bar. Jimani on Chartres at iberville.

Is it possible you could upload a version without narration also?

New Orleans! lol

Is there a video where you all drive extensively through the Garden Districts?

Nice video & narration. It would be even better and more interesting if you could slow down your driving speed a bit.

NOLA smells just fine to me. Walk the streets of NYC- that is a smell. LOL but I love both places.

The Vieux Carre is one of the greatest tourist traps ever created.I think I've visited there at least one hundred times in my short life.Like every where else it's changing immensely. More insanely commercialsince the Katrina disaster. Hip and cool and overrun with so-called millennials.A lot of the centuries old character is gone......

What's that mini police car? :))

I wonder why the american flag was at half-mast

46 minute video. Wow. As Casper posted below, "the best historic info on RU-vid" . How long did it take to upload this video?

This tour would be half as long if you had walked...lol

Why is the US flag at half-mast? Excuse my ignorance...

I have been to the Quarter for 13 visits and when it come to the "smell" as you brought up, this is not unique to the Quarter, in fact this odor can be found in every major city in America including parts of Hawaii...The romance of the Quarter goes above and beyond any other issue of smell or whatever...Folks if you have never been, go there and see for yourself what many including myself have found, the Quarter and the City of New Orleans is amazing, lovely and most of all romantic...

U must learn quite a bit when researching all this info. I like the quality of this camera better. U should sell me your old g1

There are moments in this video when you feel this is not USA!!

why this city is called algiers. ??

SLOW DOWN !!! You’re driving way too fast for the French Quarter.

I fell in love with The French Quarter in about 2003 and have been spending time there ever since. In fact, I'll be going there fore a week later this month. You did a good job with this video with two exceptions, in my opinion. First, you insulted the Quarter at the very beginning with your comment about it smelling. I have never noticed the French Quarter smelling bad. Sure, it might smell bad late at night on Bourbon Street where a dunk threw up but I've never experiened that. You remark was really uncalled for and untrue and would lead someone who has never been there to think it stinks in the Quarter. Second, you could have edited out long waits in traffic when you weren't moving and weren't commenting. That was just wasted time. Respect the time of your viewers.

So what is the smell the narrator is talking about?

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Wow, too many cars and not enough walkers, bikes and electric trolleys ... like in most cities in America.

You should have named this video, "Let's sit in traffic in the French Quarter." Boring.