Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Life in the French Quarter

Ah, yes it is life in the Quarter! On the street, above the street, by foot, by buggy. Strutting, strolling, at a trot, but certainly not at car-driving speeds. It's a carefree, life-in-the-moment, involved, smiling, comfortable time. If you're a people watcher or a people who likes to get watched, this is your stage.

Life in the Quarter. Rouler les bon temps. Rouler. C'est la vie. After all, Louisiana was founded in 1699 --- on Mardi Gras Day: that's joie de vivre.

13 comments:

Halcyon said...

Mais oui! On va laisser les bons temps rouler!!! Il n'y a rien de mieux a faire a Nouvelle Orleans. :)

Anonymous said...

Very vibrant photo!

Marcin said...

If we'll be able to get easier visa to US, we definitely are going to visit New Orlean. Great, great, great..
Btw...Congratulation for your one year on DP

Louis la Vache said...

As" ioanna" wrote, "very vibrant photo"!

Louis la Vache thanks you for visitng "San Francisco Bay Daily Photo"!

Louis la Vache said...

....by the way, Louis added a link to NODP at his "San Francisco Bay Daily Photo".

Anonymous said...

Nice photograph, Steve. I like carriages and take them to tour cities whenever we go to one.

Tanya Breese said...

Great picture, lots of activity!

Greyhound Girl said...

I love this picture... The Quarter is one of my fav places and my carriage ride was wonderful- good memories with this picture.

Jane Hards Photography said...

A reall lively, vibrant image.
A belated congratulations on your Ist year.

Knoxville Girl said...

The sky looks almost surreal in this photo, and I like how it contrasts with the carriage. I visited NO maybe ten years ago with my sweetie, and we're still talking about that trip.

Janet said...

What a great angle for this photo. I assume you were lying on the ground! :)

Marie said...

That's a great photo! I love it.

Daniel Chérouvrier said...

That's French life indeed. We don't have to apologize for that as "our" President used to do so often abroad.