Ursuline and North Rampart fire
“Buildings at corners are especially important because they really set the tone for four different streets, and to lose another building on Rampart would be devastating,” said Meg Lousteau, executive director of the Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents Association. “We’ve lost so much. There’s been so much erosion of the character along Rampart.”
100-Bourbon House
200-Galatoire’s and the site of “Owen Brennan’s Vieux Carre” Restaurant, the original Brennan’s restaurant (moved to Royal in 1956).
300-Jazz Park resting place and bathrooms at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
400-Still looking
500-Chris Owens (both she and the club) and Ramada bathrooms
600- Pat O’s Courtyard, Michael (waiter at Sammy’s), Court of 2 Sisters Thruway, Congresswoman Lindy Boggs’ home til 2005.
700-Marie Laveau’s Voodoo Shop, Fritzel’s
800-Washing Well, Bourbon Pub, Oz
900-Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop (piano bar), Lafitte’s In Exile, Clover Grill
1000-Postal Emporium/Frame Shop
1100-The Nelly Deli
1200 -2 lovely magnolias over sidewalk
1300-Kingsway Studio, owned by Daniel Lanois in the 1990s as a recording studio for groups such as Emmylou Harris, the Neville Brothers, Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., Robbie Robertson, Sheryl Crow, Iggy Pop, Luscious Jackson, Cowboy Mouth, Joe Henry, and Michelle Shocked. Before that, it was the home of Germaine Wells, the original big-hatted French Quarter Easter Parade doyenne and operator of her family’s restaurant Arnaud’s.
For those who miss their corner store on Royal, the signs are looking good that we will see them back before Mardi Gras passes.
and Santa says hi. but only to the Uptown side of town.
While heading for lunch or dinner in the Quarter, make a point to stop and see Phillipe and Deb at Kitchen Witch on Toulouse between Royal and Chartres. A great browsing store with excellent people to talk with. Best cookbook selection and conversation about cookbooks in town. It also has some other items like local art focused on food and records (yes vinyl) for those who, like the owners, have more than one passion. open til 6 most days and like most stores in the Quarter, opens around 10ish.
This is a highlight for your day and the best place to buy a few gifts all at once.
http://www.kwcookbooks.com
Many people refer to the “massage places” on Iberville et al as the “happy endings” places, whether true or not.
True enough that they look skanky and dark and are clearly not for the uninitiated. Whatever they are, yucchh.
By the way, it seems to me that restoring Storyville prostitution rules would be a sensible idea. Managing it as a separate district only on Iberville and with limits on how many spots and how business would have to be conducted might work, with our casino and 24 nightlife culture.
In any case, there are some new places for massage cropping up in the Quarter that are NOT associated with the Iberville ones. I had noticed the place on Chartres next to Chart Room (they have their own hawkers), but have not looked further. Luckily for me, my workplace recently decided to treat their employees with a “chill” potluck afternoon and as an extra treat, 20 minute chair massages. I had just had 2 massages that weekend to cure an aching neck so passed while they were there but then this weekend went to the same ladies on Decatur.
Foot Reflexology Center in the 1200 block of Decatur is worth the time to wait (sometimes) and the uneven opening hours (seems to always open by 11:30 and is open late til 9 or so.)
The massage therapists are Chinese and this location is usually staffed by women, very sweet ladies. They have strong hands to do back and neck at the chair, or foot reflexology while you very comfortably lay on the chaise lounges. Laying there getting an excellent foot treatment while watching rain fall outside and people chattering as they passed by was as close to a perfect Sunday afternoon in the Quarter as I have had for a while.
Prices are good and they are very professional, using gloves always and hot towels to wipe the oil off your feet when done. I got a back/neck massage on Friday and feet done on Sunday. I slept like a rock afterwards and have had more energy and no morning aches. If more in-depth massage is necessary, check out the independent therapists/healers just down the road at St. Roch and St. Claude.
French Quarter block by block 
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