The JetaGuide: 101 Things You Must Do Before Leaving New Orleans
List by Juston Western

- Attend Jazz Fest
- Attend Voodoo Fest
- Drink a Hurricane at Pat O'Brien's
- Have coffee at the Neutral Ground
- Run in Audubon Park
- Run in the Crescent City Classic
- Eat at Commanders Palace
- Go to a Saints football game
- Attend Zoolu
- Eat Crawfish Monica at Jazz Fest
- Ride the street car
- Have a picnic at The Fly
- Go crawfish boil hopping in the spring
- Eat at Emeril's
- Have beignets and hot chocolate at 3:00AM at Cafe Du Monde
- Eat Gumbo at Bubba Gump
- Attend an Abita Pub Crawl
- Get a daiquiri at a drive through daiquiri joint
- Eat a Lucky Dog
- Go to the St. Patrick's Day block party at Parasol's in the Irish Channel
- People watch on Canal St. during the Bayou Classic weekend
- Be in a Mardi Gras parade
- Get drunk off champagne at The Columns Hotel Sunday Jazz Brunch
- See Ellis Marsalis perform at Snug Harbor
- Go to a show at Tipitina's
- See a play at the Saenger Theatre
- Visit the New Orleans Museum of Art
- Attend church in the St. Louis Cathedral
- Eat a burger at Port of Call
- See a jazz show at The Funky Butt
- Talk to a random stranger at a bar on Bourbon St. for 2+ hours
- Go to Eugene's Mardi Gras House Party on Fat Tuesday
- Sit on the balcony at the Dragon's Den
- Go to The Bulldog on a Wednesday night and go home with at least 4 pint glasses
- Go to Art For Art's Sake
- Have a Cheeseburger in Paradise at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
- Eat a pizza at Angeli's on Decatur
- Bail a friend out of Orleans Parish Prison
- Get pitchers of frozen margaritas at Superior Grille
- Have a Jack & Coke on the balcony at Muriel's in Jackson Square
- Go to happy hour sushi at Ninja and watch what happens to their clock at 6:00PM
- Eat a ham & cheese sandwich at Cafe Roma
- Knock back several pitchers of Andy Gator at the Balcony Bar with friends
- Take a jazz cruise down the Mississippi River on the Creole Queen
- Spend the day at the Audubon Zoo
- Eat breakfast at Slim Goodies
- Eat past midnight at the Camellia Grille
- Have a bacon burger and beer for lunch at the Frostop on Claiborne
- Buy 20 pounds of boiled crawfish from the Big Fisherman on Magazine
- Have the BBQ Shrimp Sandwich at Pascal Manale's
- Drink a Hand Grenade at the Tropical Isle
- See a full length movie at the IMAX Theatre
- Visit the Aquarium of the Americas after having stayed up all night
- See Napoleon's Death Mask at the Cabildo
- Have a drink at Lafitte's Bar on Bourbon
- Get a bowl of turtle soup at the Palace Cafe
- Win money at Harrah's and then just leave
- Go to at least 5 different types of shows at the House of Blues
- Leave the State Palace Theatre at 8:00AM
- Split pitchers of Abita Amber and popcorn with friends at Madigans
- Spend the day visiting antique shops and art galleries on Royal St.
- Have a Big Mac at the church-turned-McDonald's on St. Charles
- Go hotel bar hopping in the French Quarter
- Visit the D-Day Museum
- Get run off Bourbon St. at midnight on Fat Tuesday
- Do the walking tour of Celebration in the Oaks
- Wander through the streets during the French Quarter Festival
- See a concert at the UNO Lakefront Arena
- Attend a Hornets game
- Check out a baseball game at Zephyr Field
- Have the shrimp fettuccini at Figaro's on Maple St.
- See a hip-hop show at the Howlin' Wolf
- Sit outside for lunch at Cafe Rani on Magazine on a fall afternoon
- Listen to a politician speak at McAlister Auditorium
- Go to Beethoven in Blue Jeans at the Orpheum Theater
- Have champagne with a loved one on New Years Eve at the Whiskey Blue in The W
- Drink Red Bull & Vodkas at Ampersand until a) you pass out b) your wallet's empty
- Go to Friday Happy Hour at The Boot and watch the sorority girls try to outdo each other
- Attend a lecture at Dixon Hall
- Have a chocolate martini at Cobalt
- Drive 30MPH down the spiral ramp in the Canal Place parking garage
- Propose to your significant other at Bella Luna ;)
- Buy a round of drinks for your friends at the Napoleon House
- Watch the Jamaican street performers do acrobatics at the Moonwalk
- Sit at a table by the window in Cannon's for dinner
- Visit Frenchman St. on Halloween night
- See the Battle of the Bands over Thanksgiving weekend
- Eat BBQ on the roof of the State Palace Theatre
- Attend Freak Fest
- Crash a random house party
- Throw up in at least one fine establishment (hotel, restaurant, etc.)
- Read the Gambit Weekly & Where Y'at every week/month
- Attend Offbeat's Best of New Orleans Music Awards
- Check out the rotating club on the top of the World Trade Center
- Use the bathroom at the Wyndham Hotel in Canal Place
- Have mimosas on a Sunday morning to make the headache go away
- Go to a frat party on Broadway and just laugh...oh and drink their booze
- Buy a Randazzo's King Cake for Mardi Gras Weekend
- Have cocktails with friends at the 201 Decatur bar
- See a football game at Tad Gormley Stadium
- Indulge in the Chilean Sea Bass at GW Fins

Bonus "Activities"

- Eat a poboy at Mothers
- Drink daquiris while watching a movie at a cineplex
- Give a friend from another state or country a tour of the city
- Drink way too much Dixie at Ms. Mae's while playing pool
- See a golf tournament at English Turn
- Join in the second line in the Economy Hall tent at Jazz Fest
- Get the spaghetti & meatballs at Vincent's on St. Charles
- Crash a random convention at a hotel or the Convention Center
- See the Christmas lights in the lobby of the Fairmont Hotel
- Get scolded by a policeman for crossing the street in front of a Mardi Gras float

 

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