Music is an inescapable element of the New Orleans scene.
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is a spring milestone, and the refrains of Mardi Gras and the Essence Music Festival echo throughout late winter and midsummer, respectively. Creole cooking is one of New Orleans' lesser forms of sin. As the good times capital, the city naturally throws a mean table. If you leave the table even slightly hungry in this town, you have not been paying attention. New Orleans is also a mecca of style.