La DAUPHINE
Residence des Artistes

To see how close LaDauphine is to the French Quarter, see the map further down this page..

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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.

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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.)

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

Come join us!

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

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