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Just booked flight to New Orleans for Thanksgiving

Posted by Covington (aka CovingtonCat) Sep 15 '15, 10:49

It is damn hard getting anywhere from here by air. Prices are way high and there are all these layovers in cities far from where you're going. For example, I could go from here to Houston, then to New Orleans. Or here to Atlanta, then to New Orleans. Instead, I chose here to Chicago, then to New Orleans. The first leg is only 20 minutes, layover is about an hour, total travel time just under 5 hours, which is fastest I found. I would have loved driving but that's a 2 day trip each way & we only have 5 days total for this.

This is my first trip to New Orleans. I'm taking my usual travel companion along, paying his ticket for his birthday which is the Monday after Thanksgiving. He's been going on about how New Orleans is on his bucket list. I told him this is also his Christmas present and maybe next year's birthday and Christmas, as well. He is to pay for the hotel but I get veto power on his choice. He already found some place called The Burgundy, a gay B&B that has a room with one queen bed & one twin bed. Vetoed.

Now to find somewhere for Thanksgiving dinner and make a reservation.

Responses:

you have a great travel jones - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 15, 11:42
that is cool news, I hope you have a blast -- nm - crash davis Sep 15, 11:41
Duh...I'm an idiot...check Commander's Palace. I think they're open on Thanksgiving. If not...check them for a Sunday brunch. :) -- nm - Jim Sep 15, 11:29
How long is the drive to Chicago? -- nm - psilotum Sep 15, 11:21 2
- He might as well drive to NoLa. -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 12:14
- 4-5 hours (4 to Chicago downtown, 5 to O'Hare with traffic) -- nm - Covington Sep 15, 11:31
one of the best meals I've ever had (and I eat a lot) was at meaux bar in NO. so, so good. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 15, 11:05 3
- They must be closed on Thanksgiving. I keep getting "No tables are available within 2.5 hours of your request", no matter what time I put in. -- nm - Covington Sep 15, 11:09 2
  - you have extra days! it's so worth it! and there's a shitty dive bar a block away that is just horrible; we loved it. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 15, 11:24 1
    - If your life was series of bumper stickers, that would be one of them. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 11:35
We'll just miss you! We're driving down for our anniversary a couple weeks beforehand. -- nm - emoticripple Sep 15, 10:51
K Paul's Louisiana Kitchen is fantastic. any of the 2 Emeril's places are awesome. Del Monico is the best of the 3, IMO. -- nm - Jim Sep 15, 10:51 9
- I went to K Paul's on Jim's recommendation and it was fantastic -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 15, 11:41 6
  - oooh, what did you have? -- nm - Jim Sep 15, 11:53 4
    - I relooked at the menu - the pan fried rabbit appetizer, stuffed pork chops and I think SM had the beef tenders with debris - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 15, 11:56 3
      - I dish is the blackened drum. Ermehgerd!!! Carrie really likes the flounder - which doesn't appear to be on the menu. - Jim Sep 15, 11:58 2
        
        what is drum? my former southern belle GF liked grouper (never saw this on the west coast) I think Kpaul invented 'blackened" so that would be a star -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 15, 12:07 1
        
        Drum is a nice flaky white fish. And I don't know if Chef Prudhomme invented blackening...but he most definitely mastered it. And...there it is... - Jim Sep 15, 12:27
  - also - the only one time we went off the recommendation list, we regretted it -- nm - Pippy with chopsticks Sep 15, 11:45
- Both of Emeril's are closed on Thanksgiving. But maybe we'll check them out on the weekend. -- nm - Covington Sep 15, 10:59 1
  - ooh, bummer. -- nm - Jim Sep 15, 11:00

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