<p>@purple1968 - I am not familiar with that hotel. Let us know what you think of it, since people are always asking about places to stay and how they rate. Have a great time in New Orleans!</p>
<p>We stayed at the Saint over parents’ weekend. It was an interesting hotel - very modern and seemed to be trying to cater to a younger crowd yet most of the people we saw were our age or older. They had purple lights everywhere, including the hallway. Kind of gave me the creeps, but yet kind of cool… Great location for the FQ.</p>
<p>OK, great. When purple gets back (presumably the purple lights will be a big hit with purple1968!) we will have 2 reviews of the hotel. Always a plus.</p>
<p>More than the purple lights, Marriott chains are big hit with my wallet as I have many points. The Saint is part of the chain. We’ve stayed at the Marriott and JW Marriott on Canal. Trying something new this time. I’ll let you know how it goes!</p>
<p>We’re getting so excited for our visit in a few short days! </p>
<p>For those of you with kids already at Tulane…what would you recommend for a short list of “must-do” activities during our visit. We’re flying into NOLA late morning on Saturday and we’ll have the rest of that day to explore on our own after hotel check-in. Most of Sunday and first half of Monday are committed to TU programming, and we have an early evening flight home on Monday. Kicking myself for not extending our visit for an extra day or two! </p>
<p>Strolling/shopping on Magazine Street is definitely on our list.We won’t have a car, so need to rely on street car or walking. Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!</p>
<p>If you get your fill of Magazine St. head back out to St. Charles Ave and take the streeet car to the French Quarter for the rest of the day/evening/diner. </p>
<p>Since you are staying in the Central Business District, not too far from the FQ, you might as well explore that area and Magazine Street that day, and save going all the way uptown for Sunday and Monday.</p>
<p>Dolphnlvr had numerous suggestions on the other thread, I would add Cochon’s for casual Cajun food. It is a healthy but doable walk from your hotel. About 7 blocks in total. Lunch or dinner, probably more for lunch I think. From there you could walk the 4 blocks back to a streetcar stop on St. Charles (these head uptown) and get off on Louisiana, walk 4 blocks over to Magazine Street and start strolling. As dolpnnlvr says, when you have strolled enough, and maybe stopped for some gelato or other treats along the way, you can walk back over to St. Charles and take the streetcar back to Canal Street (they will make you disembark) and explore the FQ. Probably easiest to pick a restaurant in or near the FQ for a latish dinner. I think she mentioned Oceana, which is down there. So is K-Paul’s. So is NOLA, owned by Emeril.</p>
<p>Have fun!!</p>
<p>Oh, and if you do decide to take the streetcar up and back that day, you might want to consider the day pass for $3 each. Otherwise you have to have exact change of $1.25 each time you ride. You just get it from the driver when you get on.</p>
<p>My son and wife are flying in tmrw. My son was on the wait list for an overnight student host. Yesterday he was bugging me repeatedly to somehow put pressure on admissions to find him a host. This morning he texted me excitedly that a slot had opened up and that he’d received an email from his host. His host had clearly done his homework – some pieces of the email showed that he was aware of my son’s interests. And of course my son is totally jazzed. </p>
<p>My only worry is that now my wife will have a Saturday night on her own in NOLA. I told her that I better see that ring on her left ring finger when I drop them off at the airport. </p>
<p>Am hoping my son will come back w a favorable review. </p>
<p>Isn’t Sunday night the dorm stay for the student? Just checking in case it makes a difference.</p>
<p>YES - FC is correct! The overnight is Sunday. Meet-up with hosts is between 4:10-5:30pm and coincides with the parents’ gelato social! We can’t let those kids have all the fun! :)</p>
<p>Anyone who’s done the overnight? D’s been told to bring bedding/pillow and I’m looking for practical alternatives to schlepping a sleeping bag on the plane from Maryland!</p>
<p>Also, any idea what the kids typically do? My daughter is hoping for a NOLA “night on the town” but I’ve urged her to scale back that dream, as her host needs to attend class the next day!</p>
<p>It varies by host, both because some hosts are happy to go out and others aren’t into that so much, and also because as you imply they might have homework to get done. Also, if they haven’t changed it there is the option of going to some planned event. In my D’s trip it was to the Rock’n’Bowl, where there is usually live zydeco or other music. The host might or might not choose to participate. But your D should definitely let the host know what her preference would be while acknowledging that she understands they have their own responsibilities.</p>
<p>I have a suggestion for those parents who will be alone that overnight weekend…meet up on Magazine street for dinner drinks …we did that in August last year and we all put name tags on with our screen names so that we knew who everybody is…its nice to put face with name…</p>
<p>Forgot to mention that one mom wore a t-shirt…printed with.fallenchemist fan…or something to that effect…
Also If someone wants to talk to current freshman girl…, pm me…</p>
<p>Oops. Correct: My wife’s night out on the town will be Sun, not Sat. And fortunately she usually stays out of trouble. </p>
<p>I think my son’s host emailed that the plan was to meet up w some other host/acceptee groups and go to ?Dat Dog to eat. </p>
<p>Dat Dog is excellent. It’s within walking distance of campus and will give him a feel for the surrounding neighborhood. </p>
<p>My D is a junior at Tulane and has been a hostess for honors students for the past two years. She has gotten together with a group of friends who are also hosting students and gone out to dinner someplace near campus. And then afterwards they hang around in the dorms. The hosts have a meeting where they are reminded not to take their guests out drinking or to any wild parties so the night is usually pretty mellow.</p>
<p>Do they still do the Rock’n’Bowl event mumof2? Or am I confusing that with June Orientation?</p>
<p>I didn’t take cheermom’s reference to a “night on the town” to mean drinking or wild parties, but instead to maybe hit a music spot or get shown the FQ. I agree that it would be bad form to go to any event involving undergrad drinking.</p>
<p>I know I have mentioned before that when my D went her host was a Tulane cheerleader who she had little in common with, and who also had a paper that was only half finished due the next day. But from what I hear, that was an exception. And it wasn’t like she thought it was really a bad experience because of that, she had fun with everything else. Basically her host just turned out to be providing a hotel room of sorts, in her case. Not ideal obviously, but it happens. Most hosts seem to provide a good experience for the prospective students.</p>
<p>Ahhh, many thanks to FC for protecting my D’s honor and integrity!</p>
<p>For sure there was no hidden agenda of green (wave) Jell-O shots! Point of fact, my D only recently celebrated her 17th birthday! </p>
<p>The desired night “on the town” would, in fact, be dinner at a fun/local spot where TU students typically go, and a chance to explore the neighborhood, music would be a bonus. </p>
<p>But D’s ready for anything, just excited to be away from over-protective parents and AP Calc for a few days!</p>
<p>Fallenchemist, you are confusing the Rockbowl with June Orientation as there are no organized night activities during Honors weekend. By the way when D visited during honors weekend she really hit it off with her hostess snd they ended up being sorority sisters so you never know.</p>