I headed into the French Quarter a few weeks ago, and here are the pictures from that trip. :)

The Original House of Blues
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_0995.jpg

The Bienville House Hotel
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_0996.jpg

The Louisiana Supreme Court Building
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1000.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_0997.jpg

NOPD Car
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_0999.jpg

Looking back at Bank One Center
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1002.jpg

Some French Quarter Shots
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1003.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1004.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1005.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1006.jpg

The Bourbon Orleans Hotel
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1016.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1009.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1010.jpg

The back of Saint Louis Cathedral
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1011.jpg

Since it's a French Quarter photo thread, I have to post this
BTW, these are not the original street signs for Bourbon and Orleans. Many of the streetsigns for famous New Orleans streets were stolen after Katrina.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1012.jpg

The street that I was born and raised on. :)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1013.jpg

Statue of Jesus in the rear courtyard of Saint Louis Cathedral
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1017.jpg

Looking down through Jackson Square
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1020.jpg

The Statue of former President and New Orleans' loved General Andrew Jackson
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1021.jpg

Andrew Jackson Statue in front of the Saint Louis Cathedral
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1024.jpg

Jackson Square and Saint Louis Cathedral seen from the levee
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1025.jpg

The Cabildo
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1036.jpg

Looking down the Riverfront Streetcar Line Tracks
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1026.jpg

The Crescent City Connection
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1030.jpg

Lower Downtown and the Mississippi River at low tide
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1032.jpg

Looking out over the Mississippi River
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1037.jpg

The Riverfront Line, like the Canal Street Line, is using the Saint Charles Ave. Streetcars because they were not flooded
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1038.jpg

A Saint Charles Ave. Streetcar on the Riverfront Line in front of the Jackson Brewery
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1035.jpg

Cafe Du Monde :D
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1041.jpg

The walkway behing Cafe Du Monde and some French Quarter Shops
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1045.jpg

A street musician at Cafe Du Monde
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1044.jpg

New Orleans
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1042.jpg

Bears Restaurant in the Quarter
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1043.jpg

Looking towards downtown from the Quarter
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1040.jpg

The buggy's lining up outside of Jackson Square.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1046.jpg

Some French Quarter Shots
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1047.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1039.jpg

The Jackson(Jax) Brewery
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1048.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1049.jpg

French Quarter Shot
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1981/img10503us.jpg

Only in New Orleans :lol:
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1272/img10554to.jpg

And to finish the thread off, a photo of a NOFD Fire Truck. The New Orleans fire fighters were truly American heroes during and after Hurricane Katrina.
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/148/img1057modified4sm.jpg

Just beautiful and so classy and sophisticated.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1039.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/NathanCHB/IMG_1011.jpg
Doesn't even look like a hurricane hit. Yeah I know the downtown and quarter did not suffer that much damage but still.

The architecture is so bright and whimsical, it contributes to the atmosphere of the French Quarter. The balconies with everyone's flowerpots are cool.

Everything looks fine, but there aren't people walking around.

Everything looks fine, but there aren't people walking around.

The pictures didn't do a very good job of showing it, but the Quarter is bustling with people now, both tourists and locals. Walking around the French Quarter sometimes, seeing all of the people and how everything looks, you seem to forget that a cat. 4 hurricane rolled through the city 6 months ago.

I'm glad to see New Orleans getting back on its feet again, hopefully they get some kind of levee system up in there that will compete with what they have in the Netherlands (though one can only dream i guess)