Bart Simpson once said, “When the Big Easy calls, you gotta accept the charges.”  And that has pretty much been my motto for years.  So in October, while having dinner with a handsome fellow, I discovered that he had never been to New Orleans—and that sounded like a call to me!  That meal was our first time to get together but we had a great rapport and a lot of fun.  So within a week we were set for hitting the hyped & hidden highlights, haunts, & hangouts of New Orleans. Not that I ever need a reason to hit …continue reading