12 Favorite Things // NOLA Edition

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday! I'm loving everyone's SUYB! So many books!!

This weekend we are heading back to NOLA for the 3rd time! We're meeting up with some good friends from Boston for an extended weekend in Crescent City! Be still my heart.

It's still Christmas in Jackson Square. #NOLA #ttot #travel #wanderlust #christmas #DeanStTravelBetty

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Pretty bicycles in NOLA. #nola #neworleans #bicycles #bikes #everydaylife #itsthelittlethings

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The lobby of the Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans. So so lovely! #neworleans #nola #hotelmonteleone #carouselbar #roadtrip #springbreak

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New Orleans, you are so gorgeous :) #nola #neworleans #wanderlust #springbreak #roadtrip #day4 #DeanStTravelBetty

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Really enjoyed the New Orleans Museum of Art today. :) Manageable size, diverse collection, top notch sculpture garden! #NOLA #NOMA #travel #ttot #art #artmuseum #artlover

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More NOLA. So beautiful. #nola #neworleans #roadtrip #springbreak #wanderlust #day2

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If your table doesn't look like this.... You're doing it wrong ;) #beignets #nola #neworleans #springbreak #roadtrip #day4

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Beautiful streets of New Orleans. #neworleans #nola #roadtrip #springbreak #latergram

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Hi NOLA, I missed you. #favoritecity #NOLA #instadaily #travel #ootd #wanderlust #playingspotthatbeautifuldoor #iwin

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Faulkner House, New Orleans. #faulkner #faulknerhouse #bookstore #books #bookworm #nola #neworleans

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New Orleans at last! #NOLA #neworleans #roadtrip #springbreak #wanderlust #day2

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We've been so many times that I'm not looking for recommendations, but I'd love to share some photos and my 12 favorite things about NOLA. :)

1) the liveliness
2) the street artists
3) the architecture
4) the beignets
5) that there's always music playing
6) the spanish moss
7) the carousel bar
8) the French + Southern + Caribbean fusion culture
9) royal street
10) jackson square
11) the pretty little shops in the quarter
12) the hold it has on me :)

Anyhow, thank you for reading my indulgent NOLA post. If you are heading that direction, you can check out my trip recaps, here & here.

What is your favorite city you've visited?

Have you been to NOLA?

Any fun trips up ahead for you?

XO,

Alexandra