Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2013 - (Page 32)

FA L L I N G I N L O V E W I T H … NEW ORLEANS THE CRESCENT CITY’S CHARMS ARE IRRESISTIBLE — AND EVERYWHERE. SARA ROAHEN EXPLORES 32 W W W. R I T Z C A R LT O N . C O M EMILY DELAMATER I I’ve been in New Orleans as a tourist only once — in 1998, for a wedding. My most vivid memory from that trip is of a brisk, dark drive along a stretch of pavement that seemed to be the end of civilization even though we were within city limits. I know now that it was a river road. We were headed to dinner, and as we proceeded north, railroad tracks and the Mississippi River levee followed us on the left, while a residential neighborhood whizzed by on our right. Eventually, a well-lighted 150-year-old shotgun house loomed, and our hosts parked. At Mat & Naddie’s restaurant, I encountered the city’s penchant for savory first-course cheesecakes and the cozy restaurantin-a-house design model of some superb Uptown eateries — Brigtsen’s, Dick & Jenny’s, and Bistro Daisy among them. It’s a subtler New Orleans memory than the others I’ve carried from that life-altering trip of firsts — the deep-fried pork chop at the rehearsal dinner; the warm, oozy Brie and sugary pecans encased in pastry at the reception; the sherrybrightened turtle soup at Commander’s Palace restaurant; the grab-and-go daiquiris in the French Quarter; the soundtrack of brass bands that seemed to follow us everywhere; the heavy heat; the stiff juleps. I realize that this list reads like your typical guidebook’s description of Big Easy highlights, but even now as a seasoned local, I still get warmhearted at the prospect of experiencing any/all of the above (except that I now prefer a rye-based Sazerac cocktail in my “go-cup”). That’s because some of the city’s most http://WWW.RITZCARLTON.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2013

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2013
Contents
Contributors
Editor’s Letter
President’s Letter
Falling in Love With … New Orleans
Design
Technology
On the Boulevards
Shopping
Jewelry
Watches
Family
Local Knowledge
Sports
Cancun
Doha
Fashion
Culinary
Let Us Stay with You
Heritage

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2013