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AALLSpectruminsert_June:AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/15/07 3:56 PM Page 1 new orleanssurvival guide by Brian Huddleston The area code for all phone numbers in this guide is 504 unless otherwise specified. Arriving in New Orleans By Air The Louis Armstrong New Orleans If you want to venture further into the city, a International Airport is 11 miles from the taxi may be your best bet. The city’s bus service convention center and Meeting hotels. A taxi has never been great, and routes and times ride into the city will cost about $28 for up have been scaled back since Hurricane Katrina. to two people, or $12 each for three or more Information about bus schedules can be found (additional charges for extra baggage may at www.norta.com. apply). The Airport Shuttle is $13 per person with up to three bags allowed. A taxi or shuttle Buses can be most useful for AALL attendees will probably take 20-30 minutes, depending if you want to explore Magazine Street or St. on traffic and the time of day. Charles Avenue. (Unfortunately, the famous St. Charles Avenue streetcar line is undergoing By Rail or Bus extensive repairs—an abbreviated route Amtrak and Greyhound share a station at now makes a small loop through the Central 1001 Loyola Avenue, about a mile from Business District, and a bus runs the entire the Meeting hotels. St. Charles route.) Fares for the buses and streetcars are $1.25 and transfers are an By Car additional quarter. A one-day VisiTour pass If you’re driving to New Orleans, either from costs $5, or you can buy a three-day pass out of town or from the airport, take I-10 into for $12. the city, following the signs for “New Orleans Business District.” The quickest way to get Safety into the city near the convention center and The French Quarter and area around the the Meeting hotels is to follow the signs for convention center (the Central Business “Business West 90.” District, Warehouse District, and Museum District) are some of the safest parts of the city. Highway 90 leads to the Westbank and As in any city, use common sense and don’t eventually takes you over the Mississippi River, wander around at night in dark, unfamiliar so you’ll soon see a big bridge in the distance. neighborhoods. And even in the day, don’t But don’t worry, you’re not going that far. wander around the cemeteries at the edge of Pass the exit for St. Charles Avenue/Carondelet the French Quarter by yourself (better to stick Street, then get in the right lane to take the to organized tours for that). next exit, 11C, for Tchoupitoulas and South Peters Streets. (If you miss that exit, you’re stuck on the bridge!) General Sight-Seeing After you exit, the third street you come to is Information South Peters (“S. Peters”). Turn left on South Peters to get to the Doubletree and Embassy AALL Annual Meeting Local Advisory Suites hotels or continue straight to the next Committee street, Convention Center Boulevard, and turn www.lb5.uscourts.gov/AALL left to get to the Hilton and the other Meeting New Orleans Convention and Visitors hotels. Bureau 2020 St. Charles Avenue 800/672-6124 Getting Around www.neworleanscvb.com the City New Orleans’ Official Tourism Web Site The Meeting hotels are all close to the www.neworleansonline.com convention center, and the French Quarter and Museum District are only a few blocks Louisiana Office of Tourism away. Walking is the best way to get around, www.louisianatravel.com and though it will be hot (see sidebar on weather on page 2), you’ll always be near somewhere fun and interesting to step inside and enjoy. Even locals don’t drive in the French Quarter if they don’t absolutely have to: the streets are small, most are one-way, and nearly everything worth seeing is never more than a few blocks away. © New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau/Richard Nowitz AALLSpectruminsert_June:AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/16/07 4:29 PM Page 2 new orleanssurvival guide Museums Joan Good Antique Jewelry 809 Royal Street Confederate Museum 525-1705 929 Camp Street 523-4522 Sigle’s Antiques and Metalcraft www.confederatemuseum.com 935 Royal Street The Historic New Orleans Collection 522-7647 533 Royal Street Whisnant Galleries 523-4662 222 Chartres www.hnoc.org 524-9766 Louisiana State Museum: Features upscale, very nice antiques and some The Cabildo unusual pieces. Very enjoyable to browse. and The Presbytere 701 and 751 Chartres Street Clothing (on Jackson Square) Dress To Kill 800/568-6968 207 Dauphine Street http://lsm.crt.state.la.us 558-9111 New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center Frock Candy 900 Camp Street 520 St. Philip Street 528-3800 566-1133 www.cacno.org Kabuki Design Studio The New Orleans Museum of Art 1036 Royal Street One Collins C. Diboll Circle 523-8004 488-2631 Women’s hats and accessories, hand-made www.noma.org on site. Ogden Museum of Southern Art Meyer the Hatter 925 Camp Street 120 St. Charles Avenue 539-9612 525-1048 www.ogdenmuseum.org A hat store for men. Is billed as “The South’s World War II Museum Largest Hat Store” and is renowned across the 945 Magazine Street nation. Has the second oldest account with the 527-6012 Stetson hat company. www.ddaymuseum.org Red Lantern 1133 Decatur Street Shopping, General 561-1017 Canal Place Shopping Centre Casual clothes for men and women. 333 Canal Street Miscellaneous 522-9200 The Artist’s Market Riverwalk Marketplace 1228 Decatur 1 Poydras Street 491-6725 522-1555 Nice, reasonably-priced prints, ceramics, and In between the Hilton and the convention works in other mediums by local and regional Weather center, this mall has a variety of shops and artists. restaurants. (It connects with the Hilton, but Two words summarize New Orleans you have to walk outside and down the A Gallery for Fine Photography weather in July: hot and humid. escalator to get to the convention center.) 241 Chartres Street High temperatures will likely be in 568-1313 the low 90s with lows in the mid- Specializes in original, often signed, prints by 70s, and the humidity will typically Shopping, Specialty the world’s top photographers. Also has a good peak during the day at 85 to 90 Antiques collection of photography books, many also percent. July is also the rainiest (A wide variety of antique stores can be found signed by the photographers. month in New Orleans, but, luckily throughout the French Quarter, particularly if it rains, it will most likely be a Maskarade along Chartres and Royal streets; the following 630 St. Ann Street quick afternoon thunderstorm that are just a small sample of what you may find.) will last less than an hour. 568-1018 Bottom of the Barrell Antiques Sells unique Mardi Gras masks from both local 1209 Decatur Street and national artists, as well as masks from © New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and 202-8577 countries and cultures all over the world. Visitors Bureau/Richard Nowitz A more “knick-knack” miscellany store. AALLSpectruminsert_June:AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/16/07 4:10 PM Page 3 Important Phone Numbers Emergency: 911 Non-Emergency, Police Department, 8th District (French Quarter and Central Business District) Dispatcher: 565-7530 New Orleans Crab Bag Company Movie Theaters For Kids 606 Royal Street Landmark’s Canal Place Cinema 552-2722 333 Canal Street Audubon Aquarium of the Americas Great store for reasonably-priced jewelry 581-5400 1 Canal Street and gifts by local artists. 800/774-7394 Entergy IMAX Theatre 581-4629 Bookstores 1 Canal Street www.auduboninstitute.org Beckham’s Bookshop (At the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas) 228 Decatur Street 800/774-7394 Audubon Zoo 522-9875 581-4629 6500 Magazine Street Three floors containing more than www.auduboninstitute.org (At Audubon Park, uptown) 800/774-7394 50,000 rare and used books. 581-4629 Crescent City Books www.auduboninstitute.org 204 Chartres Street Louisiana Children’s Museum 524-4997 420 Julia Street Dauphine Street Books 586-0725 410 Dauphine Street www.lcm.org 529-2333 Faulkner House Books Summer Sports 624 Pirate’s Alley New Orleans Zephyrs 524-2940 (Triple-A Minor League Baseball Team) William Faulkner lived in this building while 6000 Airline Drive writing his first novel. Specializes in first Metairie, LA 70003 editions and signed copies of literary titles. 734-5155 Kaboom Books www.zephyrsbaseball.com 915 Barracks Street 529-5780 Media Kitchen Witch Newspapers and Magazines 631 Toulouse Street The Gambit 528-8382 www.gambitweekly.com Specializing in cookbooks and other books New Orleans’ alternative weekly newspaper, about food, both in general and with a focus published each Monday. Contains a full listing on New Orleans and Louisiana cuisines. of music, galleries, and other entertainment. Librairie Book Shop Riverwalk Marketplace Shops & Eateries. © New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau New Orleans Magazine 823 Chartres Street www.neworleansmagazine.com 525-4837 A monthly magazine about New Orleans Music Tours culture and history. Includes restaurant reviews Jim Russell Records and listings of current art exhibits and other 1837 Magazine Street Gray Line Tours New Orleans cultural offerings. 522-2602 800/535-7786 New Orleans Times-Picayune One of the top record stores in the country, but 569-1401 www.nola.com located uptown several miles from the French www.graylineneworleans.com New Orleans’ daily newspaper. Friday’s paper Quarter. Worth a visit for the true vinyl and Offers a wide variety of walking and bus tours has a special section called “Lagniappe” with music aficionado, with almost 900,000 of New Orleans and environs.