{"id":351,"date":"2015-12-26T09:16:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T15:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2015-12-26T16:46:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-26T22:46:25","slug":"new-orleans-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/?p=351","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 26, 2015<\/p>\n<p>If you take a balloon to the bottom of a swimming pool and let the air out of it,\u00a0it will shoot out of the pool like a bullet. \u00a0In New Orleans, because it is below sea level, that is what happens when you bury a coffin in the ground and the water table rises. \u00a0They figured that out a long time ago, so they do not bury people there. \u00a0They entomb them in very elaborate above ground vaults. This is one of the oldest cemeteries in New Orleans &#8211; St Louis Cemetery. It is rumored that the Vampire Lestat put many of these people here:<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cemetery_01.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-352\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-352\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cemetery_01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cemetery_01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cemetery_01.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cemetery_01.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cemetery_02.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-353\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-353\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cemetery_02.jpg?resize=400%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cemetery_02\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cemetery_02.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cemetery_02.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This tomb has a locked gate. \u00a0These people are not getting out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIt is a Catholic\u00a0cemetery and there is a statue of Mother Teresa.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_02.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-338\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_02.jpg?resize=604%2C929&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"nola_02\" width=\"604\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_02.jpg?resize=666%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_02.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_02.jpg?resize=768%2C1180&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_02.jpg?w=1504&amp;ssl=1 1504w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_02.jpg?w=1208&amp;ssl=1 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She asked me to take a selfie with her.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_01.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-337\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_01.jpg?resize=604%2C805&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"nola_01\" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_01.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_01.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_01.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is one of the famous New Orleans streetcars. I rode it all over the city. I was looking for\u00a0the\u00a0one named <em>Desire<\/em>, but I couldn&#8217;t find her.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_08.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-360\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_08.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"nola_08\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_08.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_08.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have to eat seafood in New Orleans. This is one meal I had. It was a combination of bayou traditions: Cajun jambalaya, craw fish etouff\u00e9e, red beans and rice and chicken and Andouille sausage gumbo. \u00a0Mmmm &#8230;..<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_09.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-363\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_09.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"nola_09\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_09.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shanahanfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nola_09.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 26, 2015 If you take a balloon to the bottom of a swimming pool and let the air out of it,\u00a0it will shoot out of the pool like a bullet. \u00a0In New Orleans, because it is below sea level, that is what happens when you bury a coffin in the ground and the water &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/?p=351\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Orleans &#8211; Day 2<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph7A2m-5F","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}