Carl's Blog

I woke up this morning and over a cup of coffee I decided to plan out my last 2 days in NOLA. Today I will be visiting the NOMA (New Orleans Museum of Art) They open later today (12 PM) because they stay open later for an evening event:

“On select Wednesdays, NOMA presents a gallery talk series featuring conversations with musicians about their creative processes, followed by short, intimate performances inspired by works on view.”

The NOMA is located in the southern portion of the New Orleans City Park. The area is under a heat advisory so I’m going to limit how much outside activities I do, but I can’t pass up a city park. On Google maps it looks like a very large park.

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So here is a more detailed account of my events for the day.

It was a short drive from the hotel to the city park and I arrived just a bit before 10 AM. I was planning on visiting the Botanical Gardens; however, they didn’t open until 10 AM. Luckily, there is a Cafe Du Monde near so time for some beignets. 🥰

I’m just going to say it at the start so you can sweat with me as I walk through the Botanical Garden. If there has just been a breeze.. At least the flowers were pretty and I saw a squirrel..

Wait I thought you said there was a squirrel, I didn’t see one.  Just hold on it’s coming.

After melting in the Botanical Garden, I wandered around the Museum Sculpture Garden, fyi I still melted there.. no freakin breeze.

When I finally made it to the museum, the A/C was such a relief. Now I hear you asking “where are the pictures from the museum”, well I decided to just be in the moment so no pictures were taken.

It is a well planned museum. I enjoyed the one room dedicated to paintings from the local area painted in the 1800s and early 1900s. One surprise was the photography portion, they had hand painted slides on glass that acted like “slide shows”.

Wednesday is also free for residents of Louisiana, so if you live in the state, be sure to visit mid week.

I’m going to take it easy for the rest of the day. I wanted to see the musical presentation at the museum, but my personal battery is too depleted and my back needs a rest.

I had plans to go out to dinner tonight, but you know what? I was given the knowledge to make a gumbo and I’m going to do that.

I went to Winn-Dixie near the museum and purchased the needed ingredients.

Here are the results, and now I’m just going to read a book and enjoy the A/C in my hotel room.

Tomorrow is the WWII museum.