In August 1996, I took a solo trip to New Orleans. Although it was my first visit, I felt as though I already knew the French Quarter and the Garden District from reading Anne Rice novels—especially the Witching Hour series and The Feast of All Saints.

French quarter houses

Oz

Faulkner house books

French quarter house

Jogger at dawn

Ursuline convent

Balcony

Brunch

Lafitte's blacksmith shop

Iron work

Street music

Sax

Sax

Tap kids

St. Charles Street trolley

Garden district mansion

Lafayette cemetery wall

Lafayette cemetery

View from Algiers point

Old house on Algiers point

View through broken glass

Balloon man