<p>Hi yall!
I will be visiting Tulane this weekend on sunday and saturday and was looking for things to do besides my tour and info session. Any reccomendations of where to eat for dinner/breakfast? Also any major attractions i should see! I have limited time but i really love tulane and want to maximize the time i have while in New Orleans!
Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Where are you staying?</p>
<p>The Ritz Carlton i think!</p>
<p>OK, I should also have asked you these things. When exactly are your flights in and out, and when are you actually at Tulane? Are you participating in Destination Tulane or some other organized program, or just looking around on your own?</p>
<p>Knowing these things will allow people on here to make suggestions that fit your time frame. Oh, and another thing that comes to mind. Are you traveling alone or with your parents? Upscale dinner or on the moderate side?</p>
<p>Lunch - Juans Burrito (incredible Mexican food) on Magazine by all the cool shopping boutiques.</p>
<p>Dinner - UpperLine Garden District (one of my favs in the world.)</p>
<p>Shop on Magazine street.</p>
<p>Drive down Coliseum street on your way to Tulane. Runs parallel to St Charles.</p>
<p>The subject has been discussed many times. “Search this thread” for bike tours, plantation tours, cemetery tours, restaurants, segway tours, music, jazz, museums, etc.</p>
<p>That is of course completely correct, Vitrac. I was just thinking that if they only have time for a dinner and half a day to be tourists, besides the Tulane part, I would suggest something different than if they have 2 whole days or something similar. But there is, of course, tons of info on this already, a lot of it recent.</p>
<p>It happens to be one of the best weekends of the year in New Orleans. French Quarter Festival! See link below.
[French</a> Quarter Festivals Inc. - New Orleans, Louisiana](<a href=“http://www.fqfi.org/]French”>http://www.fqfi.org/)</p>
<p>Oh that’s right!!! Problem solved for activities, now just where to eat for a nice dinner.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your suggestions! I made a fib when i said the earlier days, i will actually be coming in late this Sunday and leave late Monday. I am just visiting as an interested junior so i will be taking a tour at 9 and sitting in on a class at 12:30. I was wondering what i should do for dinner on Sunday and for around 4-5 hours before my flight leaves monday night!
Thanks!</p>
<p>oh and i am with my mom!</p>
<p>OK then. Since you are coming in late on Sunday (I will take that to mean late afternoon/early evening) and staying downtown, you probably want to get checked in and just eat at a restaurant that is reasonably close.</p>
<p>On the upscale side there is Mr. B’s Bistro, which seats people until 9 PM on Sunday. There is Stella! which is open until 10:30 PM, and has a more adventurous menu. Galatoire’s is a famous restaurant that has been a NOLA tradition, open until 10 PM. Lot’s of other choices of course. Be sure to walk down to the Cafe du Monde and get some beignets after dinner.</p>
<p>As far as the time before your flight, you are fairly limited so I suggest getting a feel for the area around campus. You could take in Audubon Park right across from Tulane, and/or walk up St. Charles towards Carrollton and grab a bite to eat at the Camellia Grill before catching a taxi to the airport. Not sure what you will do with your luggage though.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your help!!</p>
<p>Let us know how the trip went when you get back, and what you actually wound up doing. It is often pretty different from the best laid plans.</p>
<p>So we got to our hotel around 8 at night on Sunday, with a fee of 33$ from the airport taxi. Our room was very nice and we quickly changed into some nicer clothes and went to explore the french quarter. We originally wanted to go to Mr. B’s (thank you for the suggestion fallenchemist!) but alas it had a two hour wait for two people! The main attraction i wanted to taste and see was Cafe Du Monde so we meandered down to the park near that area and found a resturant called Muriel’s, and sat at the bar! It was pretty good food, i had a salad and my mom got a vegetarian thing(blech!) After dinner we went over to Cafe du Monde admiring all the “fortune tellers” and painters, and ordered some beignets. THEY WERE SO DELICIOUS! Feeling quite full and satisfied we went back to our hotel and rested up for what was an amazing collge visit!
Monday we woke up bright and early, got some oatmeal from the hotel and took a cab to Tulane. The houses in Uptown are so beautiful! I adore the french architecture; the balconies are fabulous. We got to Tulane around 30 minutes early and went to get coffee at the campus shop called PJ’s, and trailed back to Gibson Hall(admissions). We had our information session, which i basically knew everything they had told us. When we had gone to PJ’s earlier there were barely any students around because of classes, but i was not prepared for the HUGE amount of students to pour out of the classes. I was freaking out because i didnt know where to look! The campus was gorgeous although it did rain, giving us a taste of what probably happens year round! I really liked the green lawns and more “campus” feel. The athletic facility was huge! Overall i really liked the campus feel, people and surroundings. I feel like it is a “match” for me academic-wise, but i dont think that tulane’s chemical engineering is that good? I may be wrong. But who knows! I might switch majors so it would be good to have an college that is well balanced.
Thank yall for your help!</p>
<p>The general reputation is that Chem E is good, Biomechnical (Biomedical) is stronger. Both have strong contacts in their industries, though. That’s what I have heard, you might want to talk to some current majors in both. That is not unusual, and the department can set you up with a few contacts. Naturally they will be biased, but you should still be able to get a feel for what’s what.</p>
<p>Glad you had a fun trip, too bad the wait was so long at Mr. B’s. Reservations at most restaurants are essential, you never know what conventions are in town filling up the seats.</p>
<p>Great! Thanks for the advice!</p>