Another leisurely morning of reading email, talking on the phone, and editing photos, led us finally to a great breakfast at Mother's Restaurant just a couple of blocks from the Belle Maison. Michael and I both had the Crawfish Étouffée Omelet.. Oh my... :) The coffee here and everywhere in NOLA it seems, is rich and full flavored, the best there is! The line was out the door and around the block by the time we left. We must have hit it just right. We were able to just walk in, order and eat!
We really wanted to do the Segway Tour of the French Quarter. With the weather being so iffy, we decided to go back to the hotel and check the weather channel and make a decision.. We finally decided to just go for it and lo and behold, the weather held and we were able to get in the whole 3 hour Segway ride through the French Quarter, Marigny, and Treme without getting wet. Our cute little tour guide, Amber, trained us, entertained us, and led us in a very enjoyable journey. Highlights included Armstrong Park and Congo Square, the Bonaparte House, The Tennessee Williams house, the Lafite Bar (oldest in New Orleans), and finally a ride throught the French Market and down the riverfront. It was much fun, although Michael had a little trouble with the dismount at first, the Segway kept trying to eat his leg! :) He finally figured it out.
We were heading to dinner with Steve, Jess and Miri at Superior Seafood so we needed to find a cab. We started walking and looking and a couple of guys overheard and told us to simply walk over to the Marriot around the corner and we'd find a cab there. Presto! We were in the cab and on our way!
At Superior, we had a nice dinner which of course included a dozen oysters each for me and Michael, and some of the best seafood in New Orleans. Michael had skewered grilled shrimp kabobs on grits with bread pudding for dessert and I had a nice goat cheese and shrimp salad. Excellent! 
We caught the St. Charles street car back downtown and were able to get 2 blocks from the hotel. We stopped in at Chuck's Sports Bar (It's open damn near 24 hours :) for a nightcap.. P U ... we don't need to go back in there. We could barely breath. Got to watch a little NBA tho...
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