Mondays get a bit of a bad rap. Sure they’re the first day when we are obligated to wear pants and brush our hair… but there’s something unspoken about the wrath of Mondays for everyone, and I think we go easy on one another (as we should, really).
Tuesdays are a different beast. Tuesdays can be sneaky in their workload and mania. It’s like everyone who eased into Monday is roaring to go (and ready to write ALL the emails) come Tuesday morning.
Tuesday is a great day to take it slow and even play hooky if you can. There’s no better city in the world to play hooky than New Orleans. Here, we are more than ready to start a Tuesday with fluffy beignets and end with brass bands and cocktails. Everywhere else it’s just Tuesday, in New Orleans there’s always a reason to celebrate!
If you’re coming to visit… it is festival season afterall…enjoy a Tuesday with us!
Here’s my Happy Tuesday from New Orleans, with love.
Tuesday morning Yoga at the Cabildo in the heart of the French Quarter is great! It’s yoga in a sunny museum first thing in the morning. It’s also steps from Cafe du Monde and its famous beignets which, if you ask me, is no accident.
The French Quarter is full of secret courtyards and gardens. It’s magic and it’s everywhere here like no big deal. (Big deal.)
Post-yoga treats! When you can’t decide between green juice and sweet Vietnamese Coffee, do both! District Hand Pies and Coffee Bar. They have green juice on tap! WHAT? Too good.
The neighborhoods in New Orleans are gorgeous, even when the vines take over.
Cowbell is Uptown, nestled up against the Mississippi River. The. Food. Is. SO. GOOD! Easily one of favorite lunches in New Orleans. This is a Crab Cake BLT with fries and sangria. Livin’ like it’s a Sunday on a Tuesday.
Spend the afternoon moseying across town from Uptown over to the Bywater.
St. Roch Market is my local spot and it’s just so bright and lovely. On Tuesday, grab a cocktail at The Mayhaw (get the ‘I Cantaloupe Even’) and head out to listen to music on the patio!
Oysters from Elysian Seafood’s Oyster Bar. So pretty +horseradish.
A happy Tuesday in New Orleans also includes a FREE comedy show at The Howlin Wolf. Grab a beer and a sandwich at the bar and head in for funny, sometimes very awkward stand-up comedy.
And to cap off the very best Tuesday with a visit to Frenchmen Street to see The Treme Brass Band at DBA. Frenchman Street can be packed with people milling in and out of live music bars on the weekend. On a Tuesday… same bustling music scene but far fewer people. And if you know about the side door at dba, maybe you can sneak it open and just say hey to the band on stage.
It’s a Tuesday filled with soul, adventuring, very good eats, and very fine brass. Come spend a Tuesday with us! We do it up right.
I partnered with New Orleans Tourism to bring you this #HappyTuesday post. Thoughts, opinions, and deep love for New Orleans are my own.
viv jordan
I HAVE TO GO HERE!!!!!! Or to all these places I mean. I’m coming to New Orleans for the FIRST TIME EVER in mid-May and I want to do my trip right! I have some lettering work I’m doing with Neiman Marcus Last Call on Saturday (aka I’m writing on people’s leather goods for 5 hours) but beyond that, I want to eat through the town, see NOLA’s gorgeousness and beg you to be my friend. Oh and crash the Bakehouse NOLA (so sad the Drake on Cake class is already full the weekend I’m in town) and dream about hosting a lettering workshop there. I’ll stop talking now……..
alittlebitofingrid
Looks like a happy and yummy place to visit!
Kristy Rhine
I love New Orleans! I have not been in a few years and this post makes me ready to go again soon! :)
Sophie
Awesome post! Now I want to go to New Orleans more than I already did!!! :)
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Emily H
Joy.
I am surprising my husband with a 12-hour trip to NOLA next Tuesday! We arrive at 9:10A and leave at 9:00P. This post is timely and beautiful and makes me more excited than I already was if that’s possible.
Could we meet you at The Mayhaw at 3:00P? I would love to buy you a drink and talk about cream cheese and queso (it’s a Texas thing) and browned butter. Say yes!
Alyssa B.
I loved this post! My husband and I are thinking about making a trip to New Orleans and this was loaded with so many suggestions! Thanks!
auntietruck
Just got back last night from enjoying five delicious days in New Orleans! This was my third time there but it was probably my most favorite visit. Thank you for your guide! From your list of recommendations, during our trip we had brunch at Cafe Amelie, lunch at St. James Cheese Company and dinner at Commander’s Palace, Sylvain and Peche. I loved them all!!!
Lori
I’ve never been, but I hope to visit this year! I will be coming back to this post for ideas :)
Conni
New Orleans is my home town and I miss it dearly everyday. This Tuesday was rough, and I love some Cafe du Monde and yoga right about now. So…..when can I come over for dinner?
Gina
Thinking about a location for a trip with my sisters and Mom. Is the autumn a good time to visit? My mom has a problem with heat so if we can avoid that a little, NOLA sounds like a great destination!
Rachel
Tuesdays, seriously what is up with ALL THE EMAILS? Will be spending a week in New Orleans in July on our honeymoon- prepared to melt but the beignets and scenery are worth it! Thanks for all the travel ideas!
heather
I have been wanting to visit New Orleans for ages! Your posts always make me want to go immediately but I really want to find a time that works for a bunch of friends. Hoping you’ll have some workshops happening in your new space when I come! Big congratulations on the move and home ownership – I’m a long-time reader but rare commenter.
Alison
I am literally sitting at MSY airport waiting on my plane to go back to NYC. I DO NOT want to leave! I want to run back outside and take a cab back to New Orleans proper and just stay. This was my 6th or 7th trip here, and I find new, wonderful things every time! We stayed in Uptown. My husband and I spent a lot of time walking around and looking at houses, what a gorgeous area. We went to the Tree of Life this afternoon after the rain stopped. Arg! Please tell me I can stay!
Kristin
OK, this post made me want to visit a city I’ve never had much interest in visiting. Thank you, Joy!
Terri
Mondays get a bad “rap” or reputation. Unless you literally wrap your Mondays in paper
joythebaker
hahah. you are completely correct.
a
While we’re correctin’, it’s Frenchmen St.
Angela Muller
I love New Orleans. Nowhere did I come across bad food…the smallest, shack-like place served incredible food. The art…the people…a feast for the senses!
Liza M.
God I love New Orleans too! My bf hails from Hammond and we are there often. I get my fix lately from reading your blog. And St. Roch Market…thumbs uP! Love that place!
dessertfortwo
Ok, I’m coming to visit you and we’re doing all these things! We can eat 1 dozen beignets in exchange for each yoga class we attend, right? Yoga every damn day!
Sara
LOVE Nola and this beautiful roundup of places! Thanks Joy and Happy Tuesday!
K. Croot
Taking notes for our trip there in November, I have a NOLA file. KC
eadevoie
I have been planning a trip to New Orleans for later this year and you totally confirmed my need to go!
Libby
Dude. We’re going to be visiting New Orleans in exactly one month. We don’t have a lot of time but we DO have, I kid you not, a TUESDAY all to ourselves. I’ve been wondering, “is there anything to do on a Tuesday even??”
What. The. HECK! :D This post was made for me. Thank you. :)
joythebaker
Made for you exactly!!!
Sarah
I love this post! Travel inspiration to be sure. Thank you for sharing and for keeping our foodie brains fed!
chelsea finn
My friends and I are planning a trip to the New Orleans in August and we are so excited! It seems like such an incredible city!
xx Chelsea
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Marsha M-SOCAL
I first went to New Orleans in 1994, and fell in love with it. I didn’t go back until 2002 for my birthday. Loved it still. Last year my husband and I took our daughter and granddaughter for their first trip there. My granddaughter loved the Krewe of Boo Parade, and didn’t want to leave. She was 10 1/2 at the time. We are planning another trip for October this year and try to do some of the things we didn’t get to do last time we were there. Can’t wait!
Michelle
Love this. I was just in New Orleans last month and my Tuesday started off with Cafe du Monde and yoga at the Cabildo. Wonderful, wonderful place.
kim
NOLA was already on my list, but now it’s moved to the top! Love your POV.
Sophie
O God you are in New Orleans? I think that may just be my most favorite city ever. It is so beautiful and stuffed with so much history! I had an amazing few days there this Summer and I agree it is the perfect place to play hooky! I often find myself day dreaming about beignets, walks through the French Quarter and bloody Mary’s at 8am. Take me back please!
Sophie xx
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Janelle | Sucrose & Spice
A Tuesday with Vietnamese coffee, beignets, and awkward stand-up? Yes please! All of my favorite things.
Theresa M.
Thanks for the glimpses into your hometown! I have always wanted to visit New Orleans and your gorgeous photos and wonderful commentary make me want to be there all the more!
Nadia
I love Mondays!
Doing yoga next door to a beignet shop would be dangerous for me.
Fernando @ Eating With Your Hands
My wife can’t stop talking about New Orleans, hopefully we’ll take a trip down soon!
Suellen
What a great read. I adore NOLA plus family lives there.
mrsmichellegoldsmith
Living in the UK at the moment, but I was thinking the other day, where should I move next (still a few years away) for my post-retirement-last-home. I think I just decided, it has to be New Orleans! I visited with my mom and my uncle when he worked down there as an underwater welder for one of the oil companies. He treated us to 2 weeks in the city and we went everywhere from the Market for 3am chicory coffee and beignets covered in powdered sugar to a completely above-ground cemetery full of family mausoleums and really old monuments. I was given a generous allowance and encouraged to go shopping in the designer boutiques and had lunch in the Court of the Two Sisters. He also arranged for one of his young colleagues to escort me and we had a lovely night on the town. We visited a number of live music places, a couple of comedy clubs, walked through the French Quarter and had drinks at Top of the Mart (now defunct, I understand) with views over the whole city. Best vacation ever!! Loved the people, the food, the atmosphere and everything about the place. Honestly don’t know how I never made it back there, but it’s something to look forward to, should I get to come back to the States. Thanks for bringing it so alive with your descriptions and photos!! Michelle G xx
Beth Roberts
Iv always loved New Orleans. The ex and I went there in 79 and stayed the week of Mardi Gras. When we got there the day of, we discovered the police were on strike and the state police were patrolling the streets. The parades were cancelled that year. We stayed at the Inn on Bourbon Street. We had a great time! The day after we got back I discovered I was pregnant with my 3rd child. Thanks goodness I didnt drink very much but I had my share of a good time. I always wanted to go back again but never did.
Nelly Ritchie
Dude, seriously I need to move to New Orleans immediately. Staring out of my office window into the pouring rain of Northern England is just depressing me.
Rena
Tuesdays are okay although at the moment I am in a traffic jam :)
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
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