If you have some extra time while you're here (we hope you do!), check out some of our favorite places. If you need other bar, music and/or restaurant recommendations, please reach out to the bride or groom directly...there are just too many to list here!
Vessel NOLA
3835 Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, (504) 603-2775
Have some food and cocktails where Joe and Lauren met--a beautiful, historic church repurposed as a bar and restaurant.
Where Y'Art
1901 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70117, (504) 325-5672
A gallery owned by our good friends, which features up-and-coming local artists. (Bring a piece of New Orleans home with you!)
Old Point Bar
545 Patterson Road, New Orleans, LA 70114, (504) 364-0950
An Algiers Point institution and Joe and Lauren's local watering hole, Old Point Bar has live music every week Thursday-Sunday.
Tipitina's
501 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115, (504) 895-8477
A legendary venue in New Orleans. Lauren and Joe went here on their first date to see a favorite local band, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes. Check out some live music one night or catch the Fais-Do-Do on Sunday after brunch!
Blue Bikes
New Orleans, LA 70112
A fun way to get around town
The National WWII Museum
945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 528-1944
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 539-9650
Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)
900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 528-3805
The Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 523-4662
Woldenberg Park
1 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 861-2537
Backstreet Cultural Museum
1116 Henriette Delille Street, New Orleans, LA 70116, (504) 657-6700
City Park
New Orleans, LA
One of the largest city parks in the country. City Park is home to a "big lake" with paddleboats, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the sculpture and botanical gardens.
New Orleans Museum of Art
1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA 70124, (504) 658-4100
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA 70124, (504) 658-4100
New Orleans Botanical Garden
5 Victory Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119, (504) 483-9488
Bayou St. John
New Orleans, LA 70119
It's the only bayou within city limits! You can enjoy a beautiful walk along the water and then grab a pint and a bite at Bayou Beer Garden. There's a convenient Blue Bike station as well.
Magazine Street
Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Tons of restaurants and shopping up and down the street.
Audubon Park
6500 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70118, (504) 861-2537
Take the St. Charles streetcar from the Quarter all the way Uptown, while enjoying views of some of the most beautiful homes in the city. Audubon Park is across the street from Tulane, the bride's alma mater.
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
1 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 565-3033
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium
423 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 524-2847