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The Roosevelt New Orleans, grande dame of the Big Easy hotel scene, returns as a part of the Waldorf-Astoria Collection in October 2009. Rooms at the reopened property were gutted, renovated and redecorated to Waldorf-Astoria Collection standards.

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Revisiting New Orleans

The Roosevelt New Orleans, grande dame of the Big Easy hotel scene, returns as a part of the Waldorf-Astoria Collection in October 2009. Rooms at the reopened property were gutted, renovated and redecorated to Waldorf-Astoria Collection standards.

The Roosevelt New Orleans, grande dame of the Big Easy hotel scene, returns as a part of the Waldorf-Astoria Collection in October 2009. Rooms at the reopened property were gutted, renovated and redecorated to Waldorf-Astoria Collection standards.

Historical St. Louis Cathedral, on New Orleans' Jackson Square, is the oldest continually operating Catholic cathedral in the U.S.

Homes in the French Quarter are distinguished by ornate balconies, actually built by Spanish settlers.

New Orleans' most treasured dessert may very well be the beignet, a fried and sugar-dusted doughnut served at the famed Cafe du Monde, among other venues.

The "Grand Plateaux de Fruits de Mer" at oyster bar Dickie Brennan's Bourbon House, heaped with oysters, Cajun caviar, Gulf shrimp, mussels, clams, crab and seafood salad.

The daily jazz brunch (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) at the Court of Two Sisters restaurant features live music in the picturesque courtyard.

Horse-drawn carriages are a common sight on French Quarter streets.

The steamboat Natchez plies the Mississippi River, offering jazz dinner cruises and harbor cruises.

Music fills the French Quarter, not only in the jazz and blues clubs but on city streets as well.

Charming, colorful "shotgun" houses are typical of the French Quarter and Faubourg-Marigny.

New Orleans' longest streetcar line, the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar, is the world's oldest continuously operating street railway.

Tours of New Orlean's aboveground cemeteries are popular. Here, a group visits the tomb of renowned 19th century Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau.

The Big Easy has a rich spiritual heritage that includes the practice of voodoo. Pictured, the altar at the visitor-friendly Voodoo Spiritual Temple on North Rampart St.