civilized ku # 3573-79 ~ moving on up the line

all pictures ~ (embiggenable) • iPhone

riding the City of New Orleans train / observation car to Chicago

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Pulled in to Chicago yesterday morning in the pouring rain. Dropped luggage at AirB&B and went to the Art Institute of Chicago - some pictures tomorrow.

Friday and Saturday evenings in New Orleans were all about music, music and more music .... blues, brass, ragtime and Louisiana Swamp genres. It was a good opportunity to give the iPhone an after dark run though. With a little processig work, the results are quite satisfactory.

Tonight in Chicago, it's dinner at a classic Chicago steakhouse followed by Chicago blues music.

More pictures to come.

civilized ku # 3568-72 ~ the Big Easy

all pictures in the French Quarter / New Orleans ~ (embiggenable) • iPhone

Day 3 in The Big Easy and the living is indeed easy. Last 2 days spent exploring - riding trolleys, museums, shops, bars, architecture, restaurants (how much seafood can one eat?) and music - in the French Quarter. One highlight was the Drag Walk History Tour (see our tour guide above) during which we leaned all about the history of women, queers, drag, whores, madams, are: in the Storyville / French Quarter neighborhoods of New Orleans.

This morning we had an intensely creole breakfast. This afternoon it's a bike ride / meander through and around the Garden District. Followed by dinner (more seafood, no doubt) and then a French Quarter crawl for bars and music.

Plenty more pictures to come.