Esplanade Ed

10/17/2024

Halloween is almost here!🎃 Get in the mood and read a REAL New Orleans horror story!👻

Between May 1918 and October 1919, a shadow of terror loomed over New Orleans as a series of brutal murders rocked the city. The killer, now infamous as the Axeman of New Orleans, struck at least a dozen times, often targeting Italian American grocers. His method was both simple and horrifying—he ...

10/11/2024

Tonight, the slave trade and the Civil Rights Movement take center stage as we continue our series on the history of Esplanade Avenue with the downriver 600 block. This is New Orleans history you don't want to miss!

Tonight, the slave trade and the Civil Rights Movement take center stage as we continue our series on the history of Esplanade Avenue with the downriver 600 block. This is New Orleans history you don't want to miss!

10/10/2024

“Too much of anything is bad, but too much liquor is just right.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald 😂🍷 ⚜️

10/04/2024

New episode! Tonight, the worlds of slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color collide as we continue our series on the history of Esplanade Avenue. This is New Orleans history you don't want to miss!

Tonight, the worlds of slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color collide as we continue our series on the history of Esplanade Avenue with the downriver 500 block. This is New Orleans history you don't want to miss!

10/01/2024

Plaçage...a story woven deep into New Orleans' history, a dance of love, legacy, and shadows. From powerful women like Eulalie de Mandeville to the roots of Marie Laveau's magic, take a walk through the past. It's a story you won't forget.

Delve into the captivating world of placage, a unique system of relationships in early New Orleans that shaped the lives of Creole people of color. Discover the stories of prominent placees, their triumphs, and the shadows of inequality. Uncover the legacy of placage and its profound impact on New O...

09/24/2024

New episode! From the BMC Club to Count Arnaud, this is New Orleans history you don't want to miss!

Tonight, we continue our series on the history of Esplanade Avenue with the upriver 500 block. From the BMC Club to Count Arnaud, this is New Orleans history that you don't want to miss!

09/23/2024

“Walk in the valley of our ancestors, learn of the history, and marvel at the beauty.” - New Zealand Proverb

09/18/2024

New episode! Tonight, we take a dive into the history of Esplanade Avenue. How did it come to be? This is New Orleans history you don't want to miss!!

Tonight, we are taking a dive into the history of Esplanade Avenue. How did the Esplanade Avenue that we know today come to be? This is New Orleans history that you don't want to miss!

09/17/2024

My first hotel review! Shout out to James and Adelaide at The Celestine! Should you stay, or no? Read and find out!

The Celestine is a charming new 10-room boutique hotel located in New Orleans' enchanting French Quarter. Hotelier Robért LeBlanc and the team behind the award-winning Garden District hotel, The Chloe, in collaboration with Neal Bodenheimer of Cure Co., debuted The Celestine as their first downtown...

09/14/2024

My new history series, "NOLA Untold" premieres TODAY, and we're kicking things off with a deep dive into the fascinating world of free people of color in antebellum New Orleans.

These are not your typical history lessons, folks. We're uncovering the secrets, the struggles, and the triumphs of those who defied expectations and built their own legacies in a society that tried to hold them back. This is NOLA...Untold.

Episodes will appear on my website www.EsplanadeEd.com in the Cresent City Chronicle section, as well as on my Esplanade Ed YouTube channel. Don't miss it!

08/28/2024

Father and son memories to last a lifetime! ❤️ www.EsplanadeEd.com ⚜️

08/25/2024

This is one of the best reviews for my tours that I have received so far! Thank you! ❤️