We decided to plan the Grand Tour so we could celebrate my husband’s birthday in New Orleans. Naturally, this means we celebrated at his favorite restaurant, Ralph and Kacoo’s in the French Quarter. But we didn’t. Ralph and Kacoo’s in the French Quarter closed. Some development company bought the building to develop into high end condos.

Since Ralph and Kacoo’s was closed and we hadn’t found a more interesting restaurant to celebrate Mr. L’s birthday, it was easy to decide to cancel the New Orleans leg of the trip when the train was canceled.

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