Carol,

We have been three times...Jan 2011, Jan 2013 and June 2014. We stayed at the Embassy suites in the warehouse district....the Marriot on Canal Street...and the Omni Royal Orleans.

We are returning to the omni Royal Orleans in January 2017.

In 2011...it was cold. I wore a heavy winter coat, hat and gloves. In 2013...it was cool...we wore lightweight jackets.

I will list some of our favorite places to eat...

Emeril's in the warehouse district
Mulates in the warehouse district....a fun cajun restaurant with a band.
Tommy's in the warehouse district
Cafe du Monde...coffee and beignets.
galatoires..a very nice place
Arnauds jazz bistro...puff pastry stuffed with crab meat and crab cakes
NOLA…an Emeril’s restaurant in the french quarter..I had duck
Kpauls Louisiana kitchen...very nice
G.W. Fins...very nice
dragos...charbroiled oysters and shrimp creole
r’evolution....filet mignon
court of two sisters
bourbon house
ralph and Kakoos
dickie Brenan’s filet mignon
crazy lobster

Some of the fun things we have done is of course a carriage ride...visiting the cemeteries...taking the trolley to the garden district....touring the presbytere....the aquarium

Hope this gives you some ideas