Day Five: Tremé

After the parades, we headed across the river to the Tremé and the New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture and History.

There was an exhibit of parade posters inside as well as other items of historic value.

There was a handmade quilt on display. NJ identified it as a Prairie Point pattern. Click on the photo to enlarge it and you'll see the individual triangles of cloth that are stitched to a backing. It must be very heavy.

In one of the restored outbuildings was a display of linoleum prints by Dr. Margaret Burroughs. Click on the photo to read about this remarkable woman who with her husband founded the DuSable African American Museum in Chicago.

NJ spotted this typical Tremé scene over the fence.

Across the street from the museum is Lloyd's birthplace on Villere Street. His Aunt Louise and one of her daughters still live in the house that has been in the family for several generations.

Dinner that night was at Mandina's, a popular New Orleans restaurant on Canal Street. NJ, who had a Midwestern upbringing and is seafood challenged, posed with this luscious plate of shrimp Creole. She actually dined on corned beef and cabbage, another popular dish at Mandina's. Lloyd and Kathie enjoyed shrimp Creole. :)