A Walk along Esplanade Ridge (with Andrew)

[@ginamcknight8115]

Your tours are wonderful.We live relatively close to St Francisville.l lived in NOLA as a child and attended McDonagh 14.

[@maikolmaikol64]

Informative great video thank you👋🤘😍

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@VonBluesman]

Every time I hear or see Esplanade, I think of my friend Leon Medica and the band Louisiana La Roux’s beautiful song, “ New Orleans Ladies.” Thanks for this wonderful tour and help bringing back great memories.

[@sharonclaridge]

I love the architecture along there, thank you for the great insights into the area and it's history - brilliant as always! (and thanks to Jeff for his input too :) )

[@patnd5c68]

really enjoyed the tour! Thanks!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Glad that you enjoyed the video Pat. If you haven't already done so, hopefully, you can check out our other virtual tours of New Orleans kzbin.info/aero/PLpNEdLF6RWV3oDPK7SD9GOttlhvaGBsh2.There is more where this came from.

[@AJ_Dunn]

Sorry I missed this, Andrew. I've been to the Degas House on Esplanade. Had breakfast there and did the tour. Excellent breakfast and everyone was so nice!

[@darthmaul0851]

My grandfather left his family in Va in the early 1040’s and went to New Orleans. As best we can find out he worked with the newspaper as an artist and illustrator. He rented a room on Esplanade. Don’t remember the exact number but it had a 2,1 and 7. He name was Raymond Chesson but also went by Ray or Ramon. He left New Orleans and ended up in Las Vegas, working for the newspaper there. He is listed in a book as the top 100 people to help form southern Nevada. Next visit, we were there in 2023 but did not have this information, we will go on a hunt for the building. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Thanks for sharing your family history with us Michael. Glad that you enjoyed the video. If you haven't already done so, hopefully, you can check out our other virtual tours of New Orleans kzbin.info/aero/PLpNEdLF6RWV3oDPK7SD9GOttlhvaGBsh2.There is more where this came from.

[@reganbrooks899]

I am planning a trip mid October and I am watching every walk you do. From CA

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We are glad you enjoyed the video Regan. We will be happy to show you around New Orleans when you get here. You can browse our tour selection here freetoursbyfoot.com/new-orleans-tours. In the meantime, check out some of our other free virtual tours. kzbin.info/door/sGkZk2PVM_gaZjS0VH8RCA.

[@gavinsheldrake]

Rewatching this video, some of the houses are just simply beautiful. We also cheered for our shout out which sent the dog (named Brees, obviously) mad. We like to think he was just joining in the fun.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Our pleasure!

[@lisellesloan3191]

At 17:26, where Andrew talks about the CAC founders, once lived Alex Chilton, legendary indie rock musician and founder, some say, admired by the Replacements and many others.

[@annettemunez6919]

Hi I've been watching Love your Walk tour have you done love song for Bobby long where the movie was made and the Bar where they hang out your doing a Beautiful job showing New Orleans ❤️

[@BigEasyLife]

Really enjoy your channel (but for totally odd reason) As a local and someone that has a KZbin channel about New ORleans myself I appriciate your videos, the research time that I know you put into them and the quality of what you share for all those possible travelers. Thanks

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

I'll check it out!

[@caliscribe2120]

Enjoy you videos very much, very nostalgic for me. I lived in NOLA for 3 years I'm late 80s. I lived just up from you in the Bayou St John area by Dumaine on the park side of the bayou. I don't remember any New Orleanian saying "you'll " as much as you do. Again, thanks for the videos.

[@toddgiaro7657]

I’m impressed that you can wear eyeglasses in the heat! Lol, keep up the good work Andrew!

[@deBASHmode]

Love these neighborhood tours! I’ll be sweating the French Quarter tour morning of July 8, sweating with Robi’s Vodou tour on the morning of July 9 and sweating with you, Andrew, for Music and Arts later that day. I’m a San Francisco resident, so I hope I survive… LOL

[@charliechapman2842]

Love your videos. After visiting a few times we've decided to snowbird there from Michigan this winter. Since I watch the videos on TV and follow them with Google Maps on a tablet, I'd appreciate more cross-street and direction information. I've visited every major US city, National Park, and tens of thousands of backroads since retiring and have found nowhere as interesting as New Orleans. When I tell people about the place I always ask them, "Do you like food? Music? History? Art? Multiculturalism? Architecture? Parks? Antiques? " It's so much more than Bourbon Street.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We are glad that you enjoyed our videos Charlie! If you haven't already done so, check out our back catalogue of walking tours from around the world. kzbin.info/door/DqyEmKOSkMbSYuLI3XTSBQ. There is more where this came from!

[@RealPragueGuides]

This is great! I don't think we'll be able to travel to New Orleans any time soon. This video helped us to feel like we were able to. BTW. Andrew you are super chill and a great guide!

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

You 3 should be filming videos like this in Prague :).

[@RealPragueGuides]

@@FreeToursbyFootHQ Eventually we will! Now we just have too many topics on our mind to cover that are super specific :)

[@lisellesloan3191]

Some of the Degas paintings of New Orleans are in the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park.

[@rizzodefrank]

Booked for a Gardens dist tour next week excited to met yall

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Thanks for watching and for booking a tour with us! We'll see you next week. If you know of anyone else who might also enjoy these videos, please do share us with them. We would really appreciate that! Thank you.

[@peterjv8748]

I know the street well. I got bit by a dog on Esplanade and it's the street we always take to get to the Fairgrounds during Jazzfest.

[@joiedevivre2005]

Are there still folks that do the "Jazzfest Triathalon"? Where they bike to Jazzfest, run a lap around the course & then swim across Bayou St. John (avoiding the gator, of course).

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Yep, the brahs are still showing up!

[@stana2z]

PronTip: Watch these with your favorite map app in another window. Easy to pin places to go see!

[@marvinjohnson424]

Glad too see you guys are doing good. Hope your son is doing ok in Yellowstone.

[@barbarapz834]

All tour guides do a great job but Andrew doesn’t get the credit he deserves.

[@miltonh2o]

Greetings from Portland Oregon

[@vicki8854]

Enjoy your videos so much. I am missing the captions on this.

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Will look into the captions. They usually generate automatically.

[@AuilerBill]

Andrew! Exemplary work in all of your videos. Greatly appreciate them! I’m going to be in NOLA for a few days this week with my wife, do you happened to be giving any tours this week?

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Hi Bill. Andrew gives the Music History Tour.

[@PrettyBabys_Moma]

Beautiful

[@barbarapz834]

Audio keeps cutting out

[@GazeldaS]

Andrew, can you recommend any books on the Native American history in New Orleans?

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

The short answer is that there isn't much in the way of books, more articles and essays. I can pass along some stuff as I compile resources for our upcoming St. Louis 3/Bayou St. John tour.

[@edwardsurla5690]

You passed an important late 18th Century French plantation house without comment. "The House On Bayou Road"

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We will be covering it on our new Bayou St. John tour.

[@partlyfaded]

Staying on Spain st near Rampart end of July. Come by and say howdy.

[@barbarapz834]

How do I say hi in the Live Chat? Barb from Minnesota

[@barbarapz834]

Minnesota

[@robertwaguespack9414]

Where was Bichuel's school conducted at?

[@paulmeunier157]

Paul & Marlyn -- Ponchatoula - in from California.

[@juanvasquez9529]

How does a person go about getting an in person foot tour from you

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

We are glad you enjoyed the video Juan. We also hope to show you around New Orleans when you get here. You can browse our tour selection here freetoursbyfoot.com/new-orleans-tours. In the meantime, check out some of our other free virtual tours. kzbin.info/door/sGkZk2PVM_gaZjS0VH8RCA

[@linniem5982]

2809 better to look at than live in

[@terryday9637]

Hi Andrew.

[@mortyjansen399]

This video is strange - it pauses constantly. Not like any of the others. I dont know if it has been edited in a special way?

[@FreeToursbyFootHQ]

Sorry for the interruptions you saw on the video Morty. It was recorded live that's why it feels like its pausing at some places.

[@geoffreyselvage1673]

City of New Orleans is a lovely but very long ride... made easier by my Chicago brethren.

[@deBASHmode]

I’ll be arriving on that train for my first NOLA visit in just over a week…:)

[@gloriahenry5959]

Hello, ya’ll in the Big Easy

[@chrisgarnett7170]

We got married at the Benachi House 💕

[@noahamon1630]

Hi from Brooklyn park

[@geoffreyselvage1673]

And City Park Andrew ....

[@noahamon1630]

Good morning

[@noahamon1630]

Hi

[@noahamon1630]

sweet stat4

[@noahamon1630]

Your frezzing

[@skippeel4219]

Audio keeps cutting out. Suggest that you re-shoot that portion of the video.

[@richardd.2988]

More so, It's not the heat, it's the stupidity. 😏

[@tspoon64]

You really should re-record this. The way it was cutting out in the beginning was not acceptable. I love your tours but it’s ridiculous to expect somebody to stick with something that was cutting out that much. I really would’ve liked to have heard stuff about the first house but I couldn’t make heads or tails of anything you were saying

[@visionsbydean]

That hat tho! A grown up 2 year old 🤣

[@frankbrennan7040]

Place is a dump,hotels unsafe just got back.So stop lieing to the people do your homework people !