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Day trips, seasons, game nights: what New Orleans does when it is not at the table. Written by the people who do the thing, and every piece ends at a restaurant from The List.

2 pieces · Updated September 15, 2026 · The List these pieces end at →

A small costumed group following a ghost tour guide at night along a narrow old street lined with wrought-iron balconies, gas lamps glowing in light mist Halloween

Haunted houses and Halloween nights in New Orleans, and where to eat after

By Mr. Fear · September 15, 2026 An angler sitting on the stepped concrete seawall of Lake Pontchartrain at dawn, rod out over calm water, the Lakefront stretching away SEP 12, 2026Day trip

Fishing the Lakefront seawall and Seabrook, and where to eat after

By Ray Dodson →