The Dimly Lit Stocked Shelves Of Loa Bar In The International House Hotel On Gravier Street Of New Orleans

In addition to hiking, backpacking, and kayaking in the wilderness, wandering the streets of towns and cities by foot has been a big part of The Wild Images Team and our efforts to photograph various locations throughout the world. We have been told that many of our urban photography pieces are as good as those found in nature, which we took as a huge compliment! We love nature and its wildlife of course, but we have encountered so many great photo ops in downtown settings as well. The above image is a great example of this, and one that would require many hours of wandering to locate. Fortunately, out of all the cities and towns that we have had the pleasure to photograph, we have spent the most time in New Orleans. We have been drawn there by its beautiful architecture, the mysterious French Quarter, the vibrant French Market, the Old Muddy also known as the Mississippi River, and one of the greatest restaurants in the world that very few tourists know about, Hobnobbers (if you ever want to have authentic Cajun food, this is the place to go). We have spent many nights walking the streets of the French Quarter, and its surrounding blocks. So one night we encountered the above image. This is located along the very little walked and one way directed Gravier Street, which resembles more of an alley than an actual street, as it approaches the intersection with Camp Street. Here stands a large white building in contrast to the darker alley buildings. An ornate rail blocks off a section of the sidewalk next to it. This is the side of the International House Hotel, a swank four star boutique hotel. And in its ground floor it houses a very fancy nightlife location, the Loa Bar. The Loa Bar is known for creating some of the best and most creative cocktails in the city, and its elegant interior stands in stark contrast to the beer and whiskey flowing watering holes we are more familiar with. But recessed into a doorway at the side of the building is a window displaying the bar shelves stocked with top liquors. It was amazing such elegance existed just mere feet away from the dark alley where we captured the above shot. Talk about being on the outside looking in! The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock. A distance away from New Orleans to the west are the enormous swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin, where we have captured numerous great photos such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured much further away to the west along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay.

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