{"id":14806,"date":"2017-05-06T10:37:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T15:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=14806"},"modified":"2017-05-06T10:37:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T15:37:14","slug":"a-coupla-doors-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/travel\/a-coupla-doors-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"a coupla doors on thursday…"},"content":{"rendered":"

sprinkled throughout here are a few doors from our trip to New Orleans, in March. \u00a0i must hurry and finish the postings from this trip, because i just got back from las vegas and have approximately a million photos to sift through from that trip and post.<\/p>\n

here’s boudin the wonder dog, at the House of the Rising Sun B&B in new orleans. \u00a0such a sweet, sweet little doggie!<\/p>\n

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it was monday march 13th, and we managed to take the ferry across the river at the crack of eleven-ish. we thought we’d try the line at the famous Cafe du Monde, and it was ridiculously long of course, so we didn’t stop there. \u00a0i assumed it would be impossible to get into because the place is listed on the map that they hand out all over the place. \u00a0it might be the only restaurant on there.<\/p>\n

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our destination was the\u00a0Beauregard Keyes House<\/a>. \u00a0when kevin was in college\u00a0he took a road trip to NoLa in his VW bug with his roommate Bryan during spring break of ’78. \u00a0they had exactly $39 for the two of them to spend for their weeklong trip.<\/p>\n

yeah, thirty nine dollars. \u00a0it took them three days to get down there, spent three days in the city, and two days to get back.<\/p>\n

thirty nine dollars. \u00a0today that would get you a cup of coffee and a beignet. \u00a0maybe.<\/p>\n

they had stopped at the Beauregard Keyes House, but couldn’t afford the $1.00 admission. \u00a0yes, ONE DOLLAR. \u00a0a very sad tale, and of course we had to go visit it.<\/p>\n

General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was just one of the various residents who live in the house over the years, but it was eventually made into a memorial to him. \u00a0he was a confederate general in the civil war, mostly known for the battle at Ft. Sumter, the First Battle of Manassas, and the Battle of Shiloh.<\/p>\n

our tour guide was very interesting and informative, and if you click on the link above you can read in depth about all kinds of stuff about the house.<\/p>\n

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there were only four of us on the tour, which was great for us but i hope the home usually has more visitors. \u00a0this portrait of George Washington has some of his handwriting at the bottom.<\/p>\n

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i loved this carnival picture on the wall.<\/p>\n

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my mom has a candelabra that looks a lot like this one.<\/p>\n

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i love this view of a door leading to another bed, but i can’t imagine that the beds were actually set up this way.<\/p>\n

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our guide (why didn’t i get his name?) demonstrated how the top of the headboard came off in so that the servants could use it to smooth down the fluffy bed topping. \u00a0i’ve never seen anything like that before.<\/p>\n

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the reason the house was restored is all because of\u00a0Frances Parkinson Keyes<\/a>, a fascinating woman who wrote many novels and led such an interesting life that you should really check out her\u00a0Wikipedia listing<\/a>. here’s\u00a0a cookbook she wrote, which wasn’t mentioned in wikipedia because most of her other books included detailed descriptions of new orleans and the south and she did lots of research for them, but of course i zoomed in on a cookbook.<\/p>\n

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the courtyard. \u00a0the doors in back lead to her offices, which we also got to tour.<\/p>\n

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another of her books, “came a Cavalier,” and that’s the French Legion of Honour next to it.<\/p>\n

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that must be why she received the french legion of honour, but despite the fact that it must have been a very big deal, i can’t find anything about it online. \u00a0There’s a very detailed list of all the recipients on wikipedia, but somehow they left her out.<\/p>\n

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here’s one of the fabulous mardi gras dress photos in frances’ office. i wish it was in color.<\/p>\n

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i’d have loved to see some of these in person.<\/p>\n

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frances also has a big collection of veilleuses, which are\u00a0a kind of teapot in which the contents\u2014anything from tea to milk\u2014are kept warm by a small votive light. dad would have enjoyed seeing the collection, and i’m sure he would known all about them.<\/p>\n

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here are just a few.<\/p>\n

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outside in the side garden.<\/p>\n

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i’m happy we had the money for admission to the keyes house, because it was chock full of history and unique things.<\/p>\n

ok then,<\/p>\n

mrs. woefully behind on postings hughes.<\/p>\n

Thursday Doors is a weekly feature\u00a0for door-enlightened souls to come together to admire and share\u00a0their favorite door photos from around the world. . It is the blog of Norm 2.0. Want to see more doors from around the globe? Go to his site Here<\/a>\u00a0and click on the blue-rectangle-encased-frog\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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