Everything Else
My favorite yoga studio! And a short 3-minute bike ride away. Check out their cheap community classes ($5) on Monday and Wednesday nights and Saturday afternoons!
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Wild Lotus Yoga - Uptown
4842 Perrier StMy favorite yoga studio! And a short 3-minute bike ride away. Check out their cheap community classes ($5) on Monday and Wednesday nights and Saturday afternoons!
I have only taken classes with their teacher Tamarin, but she is amazing. Her slow, alignment-focused classes are good for beginners but also satisfying for advanced yoginis. 3 blocks from my place.
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Yoga Unbound
4608 Freret StI have only taken classes with their teacher Tamarin, but she is amazing. Her slow, alignment-focused classes are good for beginners but also satisfying for advanced yoginis. 3 blocks from my place.
If one of my bikes gets a flat or sometime, take it here, these folks fix things really quickly.
The Bike Shop
4609 Freret StIf one of my bikes gets a flat or sometime, take it here, these folks fix things really quickly.
Essentials
Local grocery store just a 3-minute bike ride away. They specialize in local foods, spices, coffees, beers, jams, free-range eggs, etc. Buy crawfish and shrimp by the pound, and Creole food hot bar.
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Zara's Lil' Giant Supermarket & Po-boys
4838 Prytania StLocal grocery store just a 3-minute bike ride away. They specialize in local foods, spices, coffees, beers, jams, free-range eggs, etc. Buy crawfish and shrimp by the pound, and Creole food hot bar.
Food Scene
The BEST gumbo in town! They sometimes don't have it, though, so call to see if they have gumbo that day. Also they are a breakfast and lunch joint (only open morning and daytime).
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Freret Street Poboys and Donuts
4701 Freret StreetThe BEST gumbo in town! They sometimes don't have it, though, so call to see if they have gumbo that day. Also they are a breakfast and lunch joint (only open morning and daytime).
This is the kind of coffee shop you go to for stimulating conversation with a stranger-turned-new-friend. No wifi! The owner Mo is awesome. The iced coffee is like crack and will have you bouncing.
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first cup cafe
3146 Calhoun StreetThis is the kind of coffee shop you go to for stimulating conversation with a stranger-turned-new-friend. No wifi! The owner Mo is awesome. The iced coffee is like crack and will have you bouncing.
Unique coffeeshop / music venue / hangout space for events. They have strange hours (more night-time stuff) so call before going... though it's only a 1-minute bike ride away.
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Neutral Ground Coffeehouse
1719 Danneel StUnique coffeeshop / music venue / hangout space for events. They have strange hours (more night-time stuff) so call before going... though it's only a 1-minute bike ride away.
Great neighborhood restaurant with local comfort food!
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The High Hat Cafe
4500 Freret StreetGreat neighborhood restaurant with local comfort food!
Drinks & Nightlife
Great music venue! Check out the calendar on their website to see who's playing. They have both local and national touring acts.
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Gasa Gasa
4920 Freret StGreat music venue! Check out the calendar on their website to see who's playing. They have both local and national touring acts.
If you are looking for a friendly neighborhood dive bar "where everybody knows your name", this is it.
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Kingpin
1307 Lyons StIf you are looking for a friendly neighborhood dive bar "where everybody knows your name", this is it.
Check out their schedule, see if any of their shows are up your alley!
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Freret Street PubliQ House
4528 Freret StreetCheck out their schedule, see if any of their shows are up your alley!
DON'T GO HERE. I don't like them. The bartenders once drunkenly got into a fight with my visiting friends (because one of my friends was talking to a girl that the bartender liked) and it was not only a ridiculous, protracted brawl that spilled out into the street and had neighbors threatening to call the cops, but in the effort to keep the fight "going", one of the bartenders hit me after I had successfully quelled the fight, and the same bartender tried to smash my car window as I was leaving (note: I was not involved in the fight except to try to get it to stop). Those bartenders don't seem to be working there anymore, but I still will never go back there.
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Cure
4905 Freret StDON'T GO HERE. I don't like them. The bartenders once drunkenly got into a fight with my visiting friends (because one of my friends was talking to a girl that the bartender liked) and it was not only a ridiculous, protracted brawl that spilled out into the street and had neighbors threatening to call the cops, but in the effort to keep the fight "going", one of the bartenders hit me after I had successfully quelled the fight, and the same bartender tried to smash my car window as I was leaving (note: I was not involved in the fight except to try to get it to stop). Those bartenders don't seem to be working there anymore, but I still will never go back there.
Arts & Culture
Awesome historic one-screen movie theater with a great indie lineup! They have delicious & unusual food too, including crawfish pies and Creole Creamery ice cream. It's BYOB for alcohol.
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Prytania Theatre
5339 Prytania StAwesome historic one-screen movie theater with a great indie lineup! They have delicious & unusual food too, including crawfish pies and Creole Creamery ice cream. It's BYOB for alcohol.
The free outdoor Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park is great! Be aware that it closes in the afternoon (either 4 or 4:30pm).
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Isithunzi Sokuqala
1 Collins Diboll CirThe free outdoor Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park is great! Be aware that it closes in the afternoon (either 4 or 4:30pm).
Shopping
Cuz there's always a reason to create a new costume in New Orleans, and a thrift store's a great place to go get it. That, and weather is so unpredictable here you might not have packed suitably...
Bloomin' Deals Thrift Shop
4645 Freret StreetCuz there's always a reason to create a new costume in New Orleans, and a thrift store's a great place to go get it. That, and weather is so unpredictable here you might not have packed suitably...
It's a comic store. If you like comics, go there.
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Crescent City Comics
3135 Calhoun StIt's a comic store. If you like comics, go there.
Parks & Nature
Beautiful Audubon Park is just a 5-minute bike ride away. Not only does it have a lovely 1.8-mile walking/running/biking loop, but it also has a zoo, an insectarium and butterfly garden, and a big screen theater! Note: the location on this map is not the closest entrance from my home. From my home, enter the park from St. Charles Ave.
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Audubon Park Trail
Audubon Park TrailBeautiful Audubon Park is just a 5-minute bike ride away. Not only does it have a lovely 1.8-mile walking/running/biking loop, but it also has a zoo, an insectarium and butterfly garden, and a big screen theater! Note: the location on this map is not the closest entrance from my home. From my home, enter the park from St. Charles Ave.