There are plenty of cool hotels in New Orleans, but on my last trip, I chose two places where I had always wanted to stay: The Columns Hotel on St. Charles Avenue and the International House in the Central Business District Downtown. We spent two nights at each.Built in 1883 by New Orleans architect...

George, taken by Kitty Bean Yancey   Every workplace I’ve known at has had its own watering hole – with most on the dive bar end of the spectrum. In New Orleans, members of the media took guest stints behind the bar at Molly’s On the Market, serving drinks to an equal number of bikers,...