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★ AUTHORED by Wayne Curtis ★
Brass bands to beignets in the Crescent City ✭ New Orleans is one of the world’s most complex, engaging, and mystifying cities — and it’s so close to America! Yet this vital and enduring city on the Gulf of Mexico can be confusing to first-time travelers. It’s layered with history and culture — the music, the arts, the street parades, the cuisine, and the architecture all can seem a world apart.
In part, that’s because this is a city that refuses to become a history museum — the culture here is still very much alive, with chefs riffing off century old-favorites, and brass bands on the street picking up the instruments of their forebears and striking up a funk or hip-hop beat.
Visitors lacking imagination or curiosity often confine themselves to a few blocks of Bourbon Street. Limit yourself to that, and you miss out on what makes this city shine.
How do you find that other New Orleans? This easy-to-use app contains some 150 destinations and more than a thousand photos showing how to get the most out of this complex city — what to do, where to go, where to stay, and what to eat and drink.
What exactly will this app help you do?
• Cut through the noise and clutter and find the best places to spend your travel time and money.
• Move beyond Bourbon Street to the less frenetic, more genuine parts of the city… with better music, better drinks, better food.
• Find the best places for gumbo or a Sazerac cocktail.
• Map your next stop, and if needed call a taxi with a single tap to get there.
• Suggest hotels and inns for a good night’s rest.
★ About the Author ★
Wayne Curtis has written about travel for more than two decades. He’s currently a contributing editor at The Atlantic and Preservation magazines, and he’s written for a number of other publications, including the New York Times, Smithsonian, Canadian Geographic, Saveur, Men’s Journal, Yankee, American Heritage, VIA, and Islands. Wayne was a Frommer’s guidebook author for five years, the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year in 2002, and is the author of “And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in 10 Cocktails” (Crown 2006). He writes a bimonthly column on cocktail history and drinking culture for The Atlantic, and blogs at www.slowcocktails.com.
★ About Sutro Media ★
This guide is published in partnership with Sutro Media. By enabling local writers to share their expertise on mobile phones, Sutro Media is making it easier and more fun to explore the world!
If you have any problems, comments, or suggestions for improvement, we'd love to hear from you - letusknow@sutromedia.com
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