" Movin' Up the Lazy Mississippi"

The New Orleans Steamboat Company operates two riverboat cruises on the Mighty Mississippi River:

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  The authentic Steamboat NATCHEZ dinner jazz and harbor cruises ... on the only steamboat in New Orleans! (Click here for schedule and reservations.)
  
• Riverboat John James Audubon A sleek, contemporary river vessel The modern New Orleans Riverboat, JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, providing a seven mile riverboat cruise between the Aquarium and the Audubon Zoo. ( Click here for schedule and reservations.)
  

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Come aboard and enjoy New Orleans hospitality..... Steamboat Style!

Contact Us

The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans

921 Canal St
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

(504)524-1331

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Room enhancements were an integral part of the hotel's recent renovation. The hotel's former hotel-within-a-hotel, The Maison Orleans, will open as the Club Level and not as a separate hotel.

We are accepting reservations for the following:

Meetings, weddings, and social events: (504) 524-1331
Holiday event reservations: (504) 524-1331
Room reservations: (800) 241-3333
Packages: (800) 241-3333

Note:

The hotel was refurbished after hurricane Katrina and was reopened December 4, 2006.

March 1, their will be full spa facilities and at this time there is a temporary spa to a commadate the luxury quest with the fine accommodations only known coming from the Ritz New Orleans style.

French Quarter...

The Way It Was ...

Just weeks before hurricane Katrina…

After hurricane Katrina...

Just a few days ago.

Founded in 1718

Moon Dim Night's

On a moon dim night such as this
One ponders
Looking towards the mist.

Eyes of hollowness
Gown all racked and torn
As its skirts across the cobblestones.

The house lays empty to the mortal heart
But creeping from a distant realm
Is a young woman who does not rest,
In tombs of marble and of wood.

She searches for a child you see
That was lost a fateful night
As she lay in sweat and pain.

For it has been hundred years or more-
For her son grew up without her,
Only to be lost from a shipmates voyage
In the distant land of Spain.

The Day America Stood Still

Hurricane Katrina is considered the worse natural disaster in U. S. history, while many in New Orleans wish to forget the nightmare; the scares on lives as well as the city remains.

Bush in New Orleans One Year Anniversary of Katrina

Bush discusses his legacy.

Bush also discloses his recent reading list and the gem of a quote, "The key for me is to keep expectations low."

Part 1: Of Interview

Part 2: Of Interview

2006 New Orleans Saints-Atlanta Falcons Monday Night Game

Short Video of September 26, 2006 New Orleans Saints-Atlanta Falcons Monday Night Game made from Photos set to Brass Band Music. Very Emotional Homecoming, First Game in the Superdome Since Katrina.

We Shall Overcome

Juliette Allen walks away from her home in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans Monday Feb. 5, 2007. Allen allowed her home to be used as the site of a news conference where residents called for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the 911 Commission to investigate what caused levees to fail during Hurricane Katrina. Allen's home is near the site where a section of the wall along the Industrial Canal toppled during Katrina, causing much of the flooding of the Lower 9th Ward. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Video and pictures of 9th Ward, NOLA East, Lakeview, Gentilly, Mid City and MS taken the first week of March.

To this day, these wards look just like they did following that horridness aftermath of Katrina.

Music Bruce Springsteen

Restoring New Orleans Restaurants

New Orleans is world famous for its music, architecture, diversity and, perhaps most of all, its food. This documentary portrays the state of restaurants in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. It includes interviews with chefs who lost their restaurants to the flooding as well as those who cooked for first responders and nourished the soul of many New Orleanians struggling to rebuild their lives.

This short documentary was originally presented at the 2006 James Beard Awards in New York City as a tribute to New Orleans chefs who were collectively recognized for their humanitarian efforts.

This project is part of a series of short documentaries produced by the non-profit, New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC).

Seldom Scene-City of New Orleans

"City of New Orleans" sound track in this version is by the Seldom Scene, written by Steve Goodman. Image album for this video.

New Orleans - 18 Months After Katrina

Welcome to New Orleans after Katrina