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A personal note to our guests-
The post-Katrina world of New Orleans.
Yes, we're still here after hurricane Katrina.
No damage, and life goes on.
How can you help
us? Come visit!!!! Don't write us and ask for a complete account
of what's happening here, come see for yourself :-)
While 80% of the city
is devastated, it's the 80% that most tourists rarely set foot in.
Consequently, if you go from the Marigny/French Quarter up to the Business
and Garden Districts, to Uptown and University areas, you might not notice
any real changes.
Most of your favorite restaurants have already reopened. Same with nearly
all the favorite bars and boutiques. Magazine Street is witnessing a
renaissance.
Decatur Street is bustling with non-stop activity.
Please don't think that this means the 80% of those who lost their homes don't
need help. They need all the help they can get.
If you are a fan of New Orleans, please write your representatives and ask
them to help save the city.
New Orleans hasn't lost its mystique-- that special je ne sais quoi that everyone
loves.
The description of the city that I wrote before Katrina still holds:
You might have heard people say that New Orleans is like San Francisco, Savannah,
Charleston, Paris, or Marseilles. It's not
The biggest difference is that the streets are exploding with live music all
year round.
You've never seen such "street theater." Our most cherished visitors come
for our food, music, architecture, history, artists, and writers.
The ambiance is very much like the French Caribbean.
We live in the old French area, much like my Creole ancestors did, coming
from France and Spain in 1715 and 1793, respectively.
My mother and father grew up speaking French just a few houses away from us.
Our district, Faubourg Marigny, is a quieter version of the adjacent French
Quarter--the main difference being that you can actually sleep at night here.
It's the safe, artist/gay residential area with about 70 bed and breakfasts.
Within a couple minutes walk of our front door, you have access to restaurants
such as Marigny Brasserie,
Feelings, Santa Fe, Marisol, La Peniche, Mona's, Wasabi, Adolfo's, and bars
such as the Spotted Cat,
Cafe Brasil, d.b.a., Checkpoint Charlie's, Phoenix--not to mention an over
abundance of galleries and antique shops.
Jackson Square is a mere 20-minute stroll through the adjacent French Quarter.
In the opinion of many, Faubourg Marigny, our neighborhood, has become the
more bohemian extension of the French Quarter,
increasingly becoming the neighborhood of choice for writers, painters, musicians,
street entertainers and artists of all sorts.
Throughout the old, French district, you will see artists painting on the
streets, musicians "jamming"-- French doors of bars and restaurants flung
open, beckoning you to enter.
This is the real New Orleans. Our nearby Country Club offers a large pool
(clothing optional), full bar, and lunch most of the year at a daily rate.
We love to host nice, relaxed people-- people who enjoy new surroundings and
experiences-- people who can "go with the flow."
We try to steer clear of the formal, pretentious crowd-- no "putting on airs"
here.
Please come stay with us if you think we're your kind of place.
No children or pets, and there is a 3-night minimum and a limit of two persons
to a room.
Ray and Kim
The neighborhood
was featured in the April issue of "Travel & Leisure" as one of the trendiest
in the nation.
For an Insider's Guide about Frenchmen Street, click here!
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For more and larger views of the suites, click on the image
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| The
Garden - |
The
Cybercafe, |
Looking
out at the garden. |
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Video library |
Triptych by local artist |
If you forget your after shave |
La Dauphine, |
La
Dauphine, Residence des Artistes, The rooms feature queen-size, four poster beds, cable TV/DVD/VCR, phone, ceiling fans, central air and heat -- all this in a charming, yet unpretentious, renovated Victorian, 100-year-old house. Very relaxed and quiet and a continental breakfast is included. On street, unrestricted parking is readily available in front of the house. Hoshi and Tanuki--intelligent and friendly Japanese Shiba Inu dogs also live in the house. |
Languages spoken are: English, (yes - really), French, German and Danish. Ray has lived in Paris and in Bavaria, while Kim has lived and worked in Israel and his native Denmark.
Rates are higher for
events such as Mardi Gras, Halloween and Southern Decadence (Labor Day), etc.
Each room has it's own private bath down the hall, or in the room.
There is a guest refrigerator in the common area. A three night minimum is
required.
You will be well cared
for!
Directions from airport:
Take I-10 East into New Orleans. Follow I-10 into city staying in right lane and take what looks like an exit with Slidell posted above (it's still I-10). Take the Esplanade Avenue Exit (the next one after the Vieux Carre Exit) and turn right. Go one and a half blocks to Esplanade Avenue and turn right at the traffic light. Proceed less than a mile to our street, Dauphine, and turn left. Go 5-6 blocks to 2316 Dauphine to La Dauphine (on the right).
(Unbelievably, half the taxi drivers at the airport do not know the streets of the French Quarter-- even with a million tourists a month heading there. So be prepared to direct them.)
Come join us!
Your
host is Ray Ruiz, a travel writer and
artist (use this link for a look at
Ray's art)-- former AT&T manager, who lived in San Francisco
for 22 years, and is a native New Orleanian. He is happy to clue you
in to the local scene, especially regarding Cajun & Creole food
and restaurants, art, antiques, architecture and music
Click
here for email to Ray
Your co-host is Dr. Kim Pedersen; a native of Copenhagen,
Denmark. Kim is a research biologist, formerly with Novo Nordisk, currently
doing old age and diabetes research at LSU Medical Center.
Click
here for more about Kim
If you'd like to know more about your host, click here.
For a downloadable
PDF brochure, click here
(you must have the free Adobe Reader).
If you'd like to know more about New Orleans, - The Big Easy - click here.
Here's what guests are saying about their stay at LaDauphine.
French Market Tomato Festival
June Reggae Festival
June Go 4th on the River (Riverfront)
July International Piano Competition
August Southern Decadence (Labor Day)
September Pride Fest -- Armstrong Park
September Art for Art's Sake - Julia Street
October Secret Gardens -- French Quarter
October Swamp Fest at Zoo
October N.O. Film & Video Fest
October Voodoo on the Bayou
October Halloween
October Celebration in the Oaks-City Park
November - January Creole Christmas
December New Year's/Sugar Bowl
January Mardi Gras Week
February St. Patrick's Day Parade(s)
March Tennessee Williams Literary Fest
March Spring Fiesta
March French Quarter Festival
April Jazz Fest
April Greek Fest -- Hellenic Center
May