The last scheduled activity of the birthday extravaganza is a jazz brunch at the Court of Two Sisters courtoftwosisters.com. Since we know we will probably have a food overload again, we take an early walk to St. Louis Cemetery #1.
It's far better tended than the Lafayette Cemetery and interesting that diverse groups banded together to bury their own. 
The restaurant is very pretty...definitely ask to be seated in the courtyard.
I hadn't been there before and it is indeed a tourist magnet, but we liked it and the food is just fine and more than abundant.We really want to tour the lower ninth ward where Katrina hit the hardest. What we saw is unconscionable. More than five years later, the destruction is everywhere. There seem to be three main stages of getting to the rebuilding phase.
There are many structures that have not yet been touched. Then there are piles of ruble from the tear-downs. Then there are cleared lots were only the cement slab foundation remains. All the remaining standing buildings have been marked with a code that I have not yet broken, but seem to tell when the structure was inspected and if any and how many bodies were found inside.
It is unbelievable that in this country after this extent of time our citizens are living like this. We need to refocus on this as a top priority. It's hard to understand unless you see it or have lived it. Reminds me of what it felt like for those of us who lived in NY or DC on September 11, 2001. The rest of the country just didn't get the impact it had on us. I am glad to have seen this and understand just a little bit what these people are going through.
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