Howard's End New Orleans Music Fest: Day of Dead 2014

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to announce some of the music playing at the Fest:

Saturday November 1st:
4pm  2nd Line Washington Park :       TBC Brass Band
5pm  Arrive at 2466 Royal Street
5pm to 7pm:                                        Tom McDermott
8:30pm to 10:30:                                 Bonsoir Caitin


Sunday November 2nd:
9:30am-11:30am:                                Helen Gillet              



Keep your feet tapping!

Chief H

New Updates on Bayou Adventure

Hi You’all

Swamp trip is being arranged.  There are several options people can do at the Bayou:

Bayou Adventure, operated by Shannon Villemarette offers outdoor recreation opportunities throughout St. Tammany Parish ranging from kayak eco-tours (guided and self-guided), bicycle rentals for the 31 mile resurfaced railroad line now serving as a bike path connecting the towns and villages of St. Tammany, fishing bait, tackle, crab bait, tackle, and more. We rent fishing poles, too! You can fish and crab right off of our very popular Lake Road. 

We love that Bayou Adventure offers an authentic Louisiana bayou experience. That, of course, means that you may see an alligator. Alligators are not aggressive. Crocodiles are aggressive, but there are no crocs in Louisiana!  What you see on television is totally put on and sensationalized.  Our staff is on the water or we have customers on the water EVERY DAY.  I would never put anyone in harms way. We talk to all of our kayakers about water safety before they head out before they go out on the bayou. That talk also includes safety, respect and preservation for our natural surroundings - including not feeding the alligators. That's why we call our tours "eco-tours". Most customers WANT to see an alligator so we know which waterways they would be more likely to see them. When we have customers who express that they'd rather not see one, we also know where they are less likely to see one. 

We pride ourselves on a  very different experience from a typical swamp tour. Most swamp tours feed alligators marshmallows all day long and from a boat loaded with tourists for the purpose of pictures. This creates a very dangerous situation when an alligator is conditioned to see humans as a food source. Obviously, we do not put kayaks on those waterways. 

Also, Shannon, the operator is a Justice of the Peace.

So to arrange for the morning please let me know which of you want to do what of the choices below.  We will take a van there and back.  Thinking of pickup 7:30am at Lion’s Inn and return by 1pm.  Will have some refreshments in van.

1. Bicycling through paved trails

2. Kayacking

3. Trail walking, birding

4. Fishing, Crabbing (not among each other though)

Things to do before Friday

HI Everyone,
Getting closer! Can begin to hear the Brass Bands on Frenchman Street.  Just wanted to make a few suggestions for Wednesday or Thursday for those coming Wednesday or Thursday.
1. I do think it is nice to have a car.  Can tool around, and parking is easy.
2. Uptown day:  They have beautiful mansions in the uptown garden district, near Tulane, Audubon Park.  Go down St. Charles if you have a car, or take a street car up St. Charles,  this is the street where most of the big Mardi Gras parades go, and you can see errant beads is trees, power lines, etc. You can find info on New Orleans transportation here.   Going back you might take Magazine street to explore all the little shops, etc.  Can get great oysters at Casamento's on Magazine around Napoleon Street.

As you head back downtown (French Quarter and the Marigny where we are) stop at Luke's, where they have a great happy hour from 3 to 6pm.  They have 1/2 price on oysters (50 cents!) beer ,  cocktails, and wine.  They also have great hamburgers with fries if you are really hungry.

3. Another Uptown destination is on the Mississippi at the far river end of Audubon Park.  Lay on the grass,  count the barges moving down the Missisippi river, relax.

Well that 's is for now.

Chief Howie

Day of Dead Celebration Schedule Announcements

Hi Everyone,
Things are beginning to fall into place:
Friday:  under development, will come up with possibilities for people to do.  So much to do in New Orleans that I want to leave time for improvisation of activities, rather than scheduling everything.
Friday is Halloween so there will be plenty to do, in or out of costume, including Frenchman Street being a center of activity.

Saturday:
Saturday Morning: Manchac Swamp visit.  Appropriate for Day of Dead visit.  There is also birding there.  Time to be worked out, but something like 8:30 to 12:30

Saturday afternoon:  free


Saturday 4:30pm  Meet at Washington Park on Frenchman and Royal to start the Second Line down to our house.

Saturday 5pm to closing:   2466 Royal    Let the Wild Rumpus Begin (more accurately continue)

A usual Alt party, this time in New Orleans!
Great Music!
Great Food!
Great Drinks!

Sunday: New Orleans Special Brunch (more later)


Chief Howie

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