{"id":78,"date":"2010-04-19T04:12:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T04:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2010-04-19T04:12:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T04:12:34","slug":"ruat-caelum-though-the-heavens-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/19\/ruat-caelum-though-the-heavens-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruat Caelum–“Though The Heavens Fall”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Samuel, Rain, San Antonio<\/p><\/div>\n

And fall they did, just after we saw the phrase on The Alamo’s flag.<\/p>\n

This is a visual travelogue of the past few days–San Antonio during Fiesta!, which is like Christmas–colorful ribbons everywhere, houses and businesses decorated, drinking in the streets. \u00a0 And it rained on and off, but we had fun anyway.<\/p>\n

Then we took the overnight train to NoLa, a ride fraught with frightening swayings and stoppings of the train so sleep wasn’t possible. \u00a0We immediately got ripped off by the taxi driver who drove us from the train station to the B&B–we didn’t notice the meter wasn’t running, so there you go.<\/p>\n

Our B&B is lovely, the 1896 O’Malley House, and they provided the first decent coffee we’ve had all trip. \u00a0On the proprietor’s recommendation, we took the Canal Street cable car to the Vieux Carr\u00e9 for some official Caf\u00e9 du Monde beignets; we also took his recommendation for dinner at a hot new hole-in-the-wall called The Green Goddess, and you can see for yourself what happened. \u00a0Laissez les rain clouds roulez!<\/p>\n

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Masonic plaque, Alamo (who knew?)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alamo Memorial and tourist trap, Alamo Plaza<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Riverwalk, tolerable because of the rain (fewer tourists)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fiesta hat, Fiesta party at El Mercado<\/p><\/div>\n

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these lights are changed to Fiesta colors for the duration<\/p><\/div>\n

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City planters with Fiesta ribbons (all over town)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cactus flower buds, San Antonio Botanical Gardens<\/p><\/div>\n

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On a San Antonio bus<\/p><\/div>\n

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Girls practicing for folklorico parade, Crowning of El Rey Feo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Musket volley, "This Hallowed Ground" ritual, Alamo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Crossed swords at another King ritual, Alamo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fiesta ribbons, King William district<\/p><\/div>\n

Then we took the train heading for Louisiana, and this is what we saw:<\/p>\n

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Muddy waters (from train window), Louisiana<\/p><\/div>\n

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Small town float storage, from train window<\/p><\/div>\n

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Crossing the Mighty Mississippi<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cable car down Canal Street<\/p><\/div>\n

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Voodoo Mart, chain store<\/p><\/div>\n

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All those white spots are powdered sugar from beignet eaters, Cafe du Monde<\/p><\/div>\n

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Riverside, New Orleans<\/p><\/div>\n

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Store in French Quarter<\/p><\/div>\n

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Apartment, French Quarter<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mardi Gras man collecting tips, French Quarter<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our dessert at the Green Goddess Cafe, French Quarter: a bacon caramel sundae<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our table and adjacent alley at the Green Goddess about two minutes after the sundae was eaten<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ducked under a doorway with strangers, waiting for storm to abate. It didn't. <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And fall they did, just after we saw the phrase on The Alamo’s flag. This is a visual travelogue of the past few days–San Antonio during Fiesta!, which is like Christmas–colorful ribbons everywhere, houses and businesses decorated, drinking in the streets. \u00a0 And it rained on and off, but we had fun anyway. Then we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rudolphparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}