City News/Information
- Due to a staffing shortage, are only able to offer housekeeping services every other day.
- Ft. Worth Star-Telegram - news article mentioning us!
- City of New Orleans ready for tourists in core areas (French Quarter, CBD, Arts District).
- RTA offers free fares (until June); opens additional bus routes. Canal St. streetcar resumes service. Uptown streetcar service scheduled to resume October 2006. The 'green cars' are operating along the Riverfront tracks and along Canal St.
Informative Websites/Local News Sites
- cityofno.com
- fqba.com - Listing French Quarter businesses and their status of operation
- Gambit Weekly returns to New Orleans Metro area; releases first post-Katrina issue.
- nola.com - Times Picayune Online
- Tom Fitzmorris' New Orleans Menu
- nolarises.com
- New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau
- wdsu.com - Local NBC-affiliated TV station.
- wwltv.com - Local CBS-affiliated TV station.
Music
- Gambit Music Calendar (includes open/closed list).
- House of Blues
- Howlin' Wolf
- Ogden Museum - Ogden After Hours
- Snug Harbor is open and offering live music. This is one of the best music venues in New Orleans, and we're so happy to welcome them back.
- Tipitina's
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Restaurant/Bar Updates
- frenchquarter.com has a list of places open -- restaurants, nightlife, shops, services, and tourist attractions.
- neworleanscvb.com - listing of what's open and rebuilding status updates.
- neworleansrestaurants.com
- Tom Fitzmorris' New Orleans Menu - listings by neighborhood
- www.quartercrawl.com - good source for open businesses, restaurants, and services
Tour/Attraction Updates
- New Orleans Saints Football
- Riverwalk Shopping Centre is open.
- Harrah's Casino is open.
- D-Day Museum is open.
- Audubon Golf Courses now open Wednesday through Sunday: 7 a.m. until dusk.
- Audubon Zoo now open. The Aquarium of the Americas and IMAX theatre are open
- New Orleans Museum of Art now open.
- Super Strike Charters specializes in the finest saltwater deep sea fishing charters.
- Honey Island Swamp Tour is open for swamp tours; unable to provide transportation to/from New Orleans.
- The Cabildo is open.
- Most plantation are open.
- frenchquarter.com has a list of places open -- restaurants, nightlife, shops, services, and tourist attractions.
- Tours by Isabelle is ready to whisk you off on tours of the plantations and bayous.
- Haunted History Tours - limited temporary daily tour schedule
- Gray Line Tours offering limited tours, including Katrina Catastrophe tour.
- Hermann-Grima and Gallier Historic Houses are open.
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