Richard Bienvenu: The Local Voice Behind Completely New Orleans If you’re planning a trip to New Orleans, you’ve probably discovered that there’s no shortage of people telling you what to do here. The harder part is figuring out whose advice is actually worth listening to. I’m Richard Bienvenu, a New Orleans native and author, and I created Completely New Orleans to share the city I’ve known all my life. I write about the places, people, food, music, history, and culture that

  🌍  New Orleans Attractions – the Top 10 Must See (With Bonus Hidden Gems!) Welcome to New Orleans — a city like no other. Known for its vibrant street life, Creole cuisine, soulful jazz, and deep history, the Crescent City is a feast for the senses. Whether it’s your first visit or your fiftieth, New Orleans will surprise and enchant you in unexpected ways. This curated guide highlights the top 10 must-see attractions in New Orleans, plus a few extras

New Orleans is separated into many districts which reflect the uniqueness of its neighborhoods. We have downtown which includes the CBD (central business district) and the French Quarter the oldest part of the city. Then we have the Garden District which is where the Americans settled after New Orleans became part of the United States. Because the French speaking citizens wanted to have nothing to do with these “invaders” they moved across Canal Street to grow their own community with magnificent

New Orleans is known around the world for so many things that it would be difficult to list them all in this short space. So I will try right now to do this. New Orleans is known for it’s wonderful, unique cuisine, mainly Creole food. New Orleans is know for it architecture. It is know for the Jazz and Heritage Festival. One of the top things New Orleans is known for is Mardi Gras which has been called the greatest free

Almost all the New Orleans cemeteries are open to the public. At the present time one of the most popular near Commander’s Palace restaurant is closed due to repairs. But all other ones are open. The St. Louis Cemetery, owned by the Archdiocese of New Orleans, currently have restrictions on how many can enter at a time. To access this cemetery you need a guided tour. You can go to Cemetery Tours New Orleans to book a visit. This is probably

New Orleans Quiz: How New Orleans are you? New Orleans Quiz: Test your knowledge with 16 questions about the Crescent City

How New Orleans was founded? Learn why Bienville chose the Mississippi River, who founded New Orleans, and how the French Quarter began in 1718.

How New Orleans celebrates its dead is unique to the rest of the United States. And a lot of what we do comes from African and Latin American cultures.   We have something called second line which started as part of a funeral procession from the black community where the mourners walk from the church to the cemetery, the first part the band plays a slow dirge and then after that the music changes to something more lively. Usually the tune

Many believe that the flooding of New Orleans during Katrina had to do with the water overtopping the levees and the flood walls. This is not true. The city was flooded by the incompetence of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Everyone in the city knows this to be true.   The 17th Street Canal had flood walls of sheet piling that did not extend all the way to the clay soil. People who lived along the New Orleans side of