Eat, drink and be merry

Top: Is Barb really getting busted by the local coppers? Nah -- but one is tempted when he sees her hands on his precious squad car. Above, Susan gets into the spirit of things with a drink at Lafitte's Blacksmith Bar, said to have once been owned by a pirate. (Ann and David are in the background.) Left, a creepy New Orleans store window. Below, Barb gets friendly with a local musican. Below left, no visit to the French Quarter is complete without a beignet -- a doughnutlike pastry smothered in powdered sugar -- at Cafe Du Monde.

Above, Susan isn't an eagle-eyed patron of the arts for nothing. At her hotel pool she spots members of the way-hot band The Darkness and asks for a very special personalized autograph. Left, she points out the band's billing outside the world-famous House of Blues. Below, David, John and Susan outside the Blue Nile for a salsa sampler. Lower left, a card from the Wild Magnolias, a rollicking funk band.

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Above, a postcard interior view of Preservation Hall, where we jammed in to listen to some musical magic. Above, Sunday brunch at the Gumbo Shop. Left, Ann and David critique the band at the Apple Barrel. Below, Susan invents her own cup holder.

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