Scottish Guy Goes To NEW ORLEANS For The First Time

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In today's episode, I arrive in New Orleans and immediately set about eating some of the fantastic Creole and Cajun cuisine i could find, setting about Gumbo Shop on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter where we ate gumbo and jambal. Meanwhile, the New Orleans Saints prepare for a football game against the Dallas Cowboys. I'm SO EXCITED to be here!!! Full series to follow - for now check out some of my Scotland and America cultural exchange videos: • 10 Ways Americans Make...
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[@barbarah2911]

You did it right...visit the French Quarter, sleep somewhere else.

[@pmheart6]

All wrong. The problem with nola. No affordable housing because it's all taken for airbnb

[@AlyssaGiron]

@jojofromtx Dont rent an airbnb in new orleans. Theres plenty of great affordable hotels in the city.

[@giannagilberti9617]

Yup.

[@LiveFreeOrDieDH]

@@menwithven8114 I guess you haven't been to San Francisco then? Or basically any other west coast city

[@malyntaylor7376]

@@menwithven8114 just say fuck off that's what I do, trust me they're use to it

[@s.a.schmitt]

“Maybe this isn’t a normal weekend because of the football...” Oh, my sweet Scottish child.....😄 Hope you had an amazing time.

[@11thstalley96]

Sa Schmitt Great comment! There’s always a party in New Orleans!

[@astrodigger61]

You should have taken a haunted tour!

[@beverlybalius9303]

Sa Schmitt lol!! I hope he survived!!

[@norwegianblue2017]

There is ALWAYS a party going on in New Orleans! Those people party at another level.

[@norwegianblue2017]

@@astrodigger61 Yes, take the midnight graveyard tour! Some freaky looking tombs in the Odd Fellows and Free Masons sections.

[@margietucker1719]

Hey Shaun! I live in Texas---and in our home, we have "ventilators in the roof" (ceiling fans) in every room. I LOVE your terminology--very colorful!

[@Strudelpoodle9K]

I was like ventilator?...you mean a ceiling fan lol

[@radamus210]

Yea, threw me with the "ventilator" thing HAHA! yeah man, pretty typical to have fans in most rooms, even here in Ohio.

[@tupelohoney622]

@@radamus210 , Glad I wasn't the only one. I was like ventilator?!!! 98° in Mississippi today; "ventilator" going in every room, along with AC.

[@jamesohara4295]

A New Orleans porch joke, An old man is sitting on his front porch one morning, enjoying the weather and having a cup of coffee. Suddenly he sees a young boy walking down the road carrying several rolls of duct tape. This obviously makes him curious so he calls out, "hey son, what are you doing with all that duct tape?" The little boy replies, "I'm going to catch some ducks sir!" The old man chuckles and calls out, "son don't be silly. You can't catch ducks with duct tape!" The little boy just smiles and yells "well I'm gonna try." Several hours pass and the old man is out in his yard when the little boy walks past him dragging a whole bunch of ducks. The old man just scratches his head and go's about his business. The next morning the old man is having his morning coffee on the porch as usual and the little boy comes walking down the road. As he gets closer the old man notices he is carrying a bunch of chicken wire. He wonders what the lad is up to so he calls out "excuse me young man! What's all that chicken wire for?" The little boy calls out "I'm going to catch me some chickens!" The old man scoffs and says "son that's not what chicken wire is for! You're not gonna get any chickens with that!" The young boy happily cries out "well I'm gonna try!" Later that day the old man notices the boy walking down the road dragging several chickens. He shakes his head and says, "well I'll be damned". A few days later the old man is on his porch, having his morning coffee when the same little boy comes running down the road carrying a bundle of sticks. The old man wonders what this is all about so he calls out "hey son! What do you got there?" The little boy yells back, "pussy willows sir!" The old man stands up and says "wait up, let me grab my hat".

[@DOLfirst]

😆

[@a00141799]

Nearly fell off my chair laughing at this one. Thanks James. It must have taken you a few minutes to write all of that. 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@jamesohara4295]

@@a00141799 The old ones are the best ones, I remembered the first line, so key'd it into my search engine and up it came, easy cut and paste :).

[@kristenheuer5676]

😂

[@howtubeable]

That's all kinds of wrong. LOL

[@jessmason4720]

Omg I love that you’re so impressed with the fridge and the porch! lol So normal for us in the US!

[@carolineriedlinger2904]

I'd love a porch too!! Watching the folks stroll by is the best!

[@11thstalley96]

Caroline Riedlinger A front stoop works well, too, but a porch is better.

[@sp-qj3uv]

Jess Mason definitely! Love my porch

[@grace7701]

Porches are the best! I have a front one and a screened in side porch perfect for summer and keeping bugs away.🙂

[@EphemeralProductions]

so cute and funny. :)

[@commissaryarrick9670]

I live in Mississippi not far from New Orleans and I have been there many times . There is no place on earth like New Orleans it is a very unique city with its own culture . Even withthin Louisiana New Orleans has its own unique culture

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

Gulf Coast?

[@commissaryarrick9670]

@@MacGuffinExMachina I am from Jackson but live near gulfport now

[@commissaryarrick9670]

@@MacGuffinExMachina about an hour and a half away from new Orleans

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

@@commissaryarrick9670 We always go there and Biloxi for the beaches and casinos. Our lower middle class vacations lol.

[@commissaryarrick9670]

@@MacGuffinExMachina when I was growing up in Jackson we did the same thing . Compared to Jackson Biloxi was like a paradise when I was a kid

[@lancelessard2491]

"And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack."

[@AnnieWarbux]

Oooohhh!! Lol! I just got that! "And you may find yourself in another part of the World!"

[@michritch3493]

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile.....

[@AnnieWarbux]

"How did I get here?"

[@jessmason4720]

And the days go by!

[@barbarachieppo8290]

Same as it ever was

[@pauladean7988]

Have to tour the cemetery of the Voodoo Queen and have the tour guy tell you about the saying ‘I wouldn’t touch that with a 10 foot pole’ comes from how the people who pass and how they are placed in the crypts in a paper bag after they decomposed and placed down the Shute with a 10 foot pole. Very interesting history.

[@mjohnson1741]

Just came back from New Orleans and it's like no other city I've visited. Definitely, coming back, what's not to like, the mixed races and culture, food, weather and soul. Bourbon Street it's wow, where do I begin, should be called Devils Street, Frenchmen St was more of a relaxed vibe. On the last day there, there was a live jazz band that was really, really good! Go visit New Orleans...who dat...who dat...lol!

[@sweetspicypepper]

Ok also, Lucky's is a really fun 24hr bar and laundromat. Just a fun novelty that feels very specific to NOLA. Definitely don't have those in Chicago. Also has a porch 😁

[@gentillygirl545]

Yes, I mentioned Lucky's as well! Easy to sit there half the day and chit chat. I wonder if Amber still works there.

[@johnlabus7359]

A shotgun house is so simple that, typically, you can open the front door and see all the way to back of the house in a straight line to the back door. In other words, you can shoot a shot gun through the house and not hit anything. That cottage doesn't appear to be a shotgun house. For one, it's too wide. Secondly, there are rooms side by side, while a shotgun houses have rooms stacked one behind the other.

[@mihirmaiden18]

Been to New Orleans years ago, it was fantastic, the slowed pace is also the reason why it's nicknamed "The Big Easy."

[@janinelew2483]

I hated living in shot gun houses. I’m glad you had a good time!

[@ashleightouchet3142]

Oh my goodness I’m soooo excited you’re in New Orleans! You’ll love it! My husband is from Louisiana so we visit regularly and it’s just.. a different world but it’s so cool!!! I can’t wait for more videos and I am ecstatic about the NC outlander videos to come! Oh my goodness!!! Welcome back to America Shaun!

[@barbarachieppo8290]

I love your feelings about the front porch I feel the exact same Love sitting outside on a summer night hearing the crickets

[@moonglow630]

❤️the Tube!! Mind the Gap!! Yes, flying over to there is hard!! I flew from Seattle to Atlanta & then Atlanta to Heathrow my second time visiting England. It’s not the heat that gets you in the South, it’s the humidity!!

[@deannacrownover3]

I love New Orleans! The French Quarter is fun, but exhausting! I like the Garden District. Edit... I don't know how I missed it but, yes! Those are shotgun houses! That's the kind of house I grew up in. Shotgun houses, though now mostly gentrified, are the early to mid 20th century Po Folks houses. All up in the mountains of Tennessee, down the southern shore of Lake Okeechobee and through the wards of New Orleans are shotgun houses, row upon row. If you go into some of the older areas where older Southerners actually live, you'll see that each front yard has a food garden growing in it instead of grass.

[@TheAverageServant]

A shotgun house is an open layout it has one door in the front one the door in the back. My mom was raised in a 2 bedroom shotgun uptown with 6 siblings and my grandparents.

[@blowba]

Also check out Lafayette's blacksmith shop and bar. It's a 300+ year old pirate bar that's supposed to be haunted. Not pirate themed, no actually run and frequented by pirates

[@timlamb9428]

Mobile Alabama is the original home of Mardi Gras and still holds its parades a couple weeks a year. It was Mobilians who introduced New Orleans to it. Look up a man by the name of Joe Cain and that will tell you how Mardi Gras got started in America.

[@melissarmt7330]

It's called a 'shotgun house' because if you open the front door and fire a shotgun into the house, it'll go straight out the back door and not hit anything. The front and back door align, basically. They're lovely houses and became popular with people who couldn't afford a bungalow or a craftsman bungalow. The shotgun homes were easier and quicker to build so they were cheaper, too.

[@StaciAnn_NC]

Welcome to the hot south where winter doesn’t start till about November, if we are lucky. And over here in north and South Carolina we say New Or-leens.😀

[@mazter1224]

Keep it up Shaun...love your vids... u gotta come to Pittsburgh.

[@DonBair]

Your porch needs rocking chairs like mine. You gotta love America!

[@dianedonovan3578]

I love, love, love meeting people from other countries, and I feel like I've met you! I'm going to NOLA soon, and I'll be sure to try the Hurricane with great caution! BTW, I've heard Scotland is stunning....someday!

[@deanasanders6738]

Shawn, you ought to come to the North Georgia mountains sometime, maybe during high school football season, and go to a high school game, then on Saturdays it's college football (Go Dawgs!). Football is almost akin to a religion down here during football season. Speaking of which, you should also try to hook up with someone who can take you to a Baptist church meal, also known as a "covered dish" supper. Doesn't mean that it's the third meal of the day, necessarily, sometimes it's lunch, but we Southern Baptists DO love to eat! As for the porch, bless your precious heart, just about everybody who doesn't live in an apartment has a porch here in the South. (And also, I mean "bless your heart" in the best way!)

[@deanasanders6738]

Just realized I put a "w" in your name instead of a "u." Sorry . . .

[@janiewindle946]

There's always a party in New Orleans. It doesn't matter what day of the week it is.

[@desertrose9483]

Hi Shaun! Welcome back to the States!! The hot humid air outside being thick, almost like soup...very good description! What a nice place you've got to stay in. The food looks great. I'm just so excited for you all to experience things here this week, and wish you all the best, a wonderful week of fun. Enjoy, Shaun!! 😁👍😎

[@Destyni123]

gotta go to the french market....go to the jazz market too. Tonight! the best day for jazz market is Wednesdays

[@MrFath-gg8oj]

Welcome back to the USA! Have fun, enjoy your stay, and eat good.

[@amywright2243]

LAWD when you showed a close up of that bread pudding, I had a conniption fit! YUM! Safe travels

[@itstess1]

Hey Shaun, glad to see you enjoying the foods and the culture of New Orleans. And .....you have a porch!

[@gayleash9712]

Heck, you're in New Orleans and tasting the food of the area! Me? I'm in Michigan, (born and raised), and I've never tasted Jambalaya or Gumbo! I've been all around down south. ...but not to Louisiana! I do love Tennessee!

[@glasserbuds]

Give us another video. of when you are coming to the NW part of USA. Ie... Portland Oregon.

[@nickthompson2023]

October to March feels much better in New Orleans. Otherwise, humidity and heat are the name of the game lol. Also I can basically tell you what time of the year you visit just by the sounds you hear outside during dusk and nighttime.

[@alansmith7626]

"maybe have a drink"....lol

[@lisalamotte7247]

You moved into an apartment and then got on a plane? Crazy! Enjoy New Orleans!

[@samehkhayat7695]

Yes, dear, so sweet due to corn syrup, we basically use it for almost everything lol!

[@LisaMacInnes]

I think the little house is great !

[@laurencooper654]

You MUST go to Preservation Hall and listen to jazz. It’s an actual requirement

[@11thstalley96]

The same musicians play at the Palm Court. They have tables and CHAIRS, and you can imbibe in adult beverages.

[@beowulf39565]

I knew you'd find your way when you ordered gumbo first off.

[@williamrutkowski]

Enjoy!

[@beverlybalius9303]

If you go back you must go to the Oyster House on the Jackson Square.

[@triciamcgee5003]

Ahh little swedish man you have so much more to learn

[@trashytrevino]

What a cute house! I love having coffee on a porch in the morning

[@cameroncross2881]

A shotgun house, unlike a shotgun marriage, is where a bullet fired through the front door would go right out the backdoor without hitting a wall. Shotgun marriage may result in a bullet hole. :)

[@thjonez]

🏠 porch is loved by us too as you can see..😉

[@raylin2057]

......I've always wondered does the rest of America not use seasoning or something? "So much flavor" "so spicey " "so intense" 🤷‍♀️

[@lacouerfairy]

Never realized that porches are an American thing.

[@TorkG8]

They're not common at all in Scottish houses.

[@zenolachance1181]

Australia also

[@thomaskinney154]

Lol neither did I

[@bagelj]

I have a deck in the back of my house

[@chopitup9950]

This is the first time I've lived in a place without a porch and that includes my last apartment townhouse. I miss having a porch to sit outside on when it's raining, decorating for holidays, and having a little cafe table set to visit with friends. It's cool but I assume weird if you're not used to it.

[@TimothyFitch]

“LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE FRIDGE” haha that’s a normal American fridge, many are even much bigger

[@lijohnyoutube101]

I was so confused-thats not a big fridge for US at all :)

[@qolotlh]

It's a bit smaller than mine at 26 cubic feet. Lol

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

lol He should see my fridge.

[@rastamouse7861]

@@shadowmoses3974 so funny how when you're in England no one uses ice like they don't need it then when they come here they're like OMG YAS and every drink they pour is loaded with ice lol

[@americanmade4791]

Wait 'til he realizes how common it is to have two.

[@bethknight4436]

“I’ve even got a porch!” 😂😂😂 You’re so cute.

[@tonyahancock9585]

Wait till you get to see porches that wrap around the house. Cute little shotgun shack though.

[@EphemeralProductions]

indeed he is.

[@DirtCheapFU]

I've got a front and back porch and porch attached to the side of my garage.

[@pattyjm59]

Lol!! That made me smile as well. I’m surprised they don’t have porches in Scotland (?)

[@kevinp8108]

Shaun, your air conditioner is set on a thermostat where it shuts off whenever it reaches a set temperature and then turns back on when it gets hotter. Welcome to central air conditioning!

[@racafritz]

Kevin P I was just going to say that. Beat me to it!

[@carolineriedlinger2904]

If you want it cooler, set it to a lower temp. 68° is a decent setting for sleep. Off when you're out. Have fun!!

[@qolotlh]

And you'll need it in New Orleans. 90-100°F with 60-80% humidity is common for the summer which pauses for a few months each year :)

[@xueluo27]

He knows what a thermostat is...they have them in Scotland and most countries too besides the US. Smfh

[@tupelohoney622]

@@qolotlh , yep, without AC running you are soon going to battle mold because everything is damp.

[@jayryan5880]

Being from New Orleans, I'm glad you are pronouncing "New Orleans" correctly!!😍

[@thereisnothingwrongwithbei2314]

FUCK OREGON

[@GOD-zp4pb]

Neew Orleeeeeeyns

[@LibbyRal]

@@GOD-zp4pb Noooooooooooooo! and not Nawlins, either

[@JeanEDeaux]

Exactly

[@JeanEDeaux]

⁠I hate seeing someone type Nawlins with a PASSION 😡. And really don’t try to say it around me. 😡🤬

[@lioninwinter9316]

New Orleans is unlike anywhere else in the USA. That's both good and bad. Enjoy it all. Don't get mugged.

[@timlamb9428]

New Orleans is a knock off of Mobile which is older and has the original Mardi Gras.

[@11thstalley96]

“Breathin’ soup” what a great description!

[@Brian_Combs]

The humidity on and near the gulf coast is like that. It's like you can feel the air.

[@amberkelly8055]

I love off the gulf and use that phrase often, I love that he used it. I haven't finished the video yet but it'd be funny if he says swamp ass 😂

[@pechols04]

Breathing soup is very accurate 😂

[@JeremiahL]

That feeling you get when you walk outside into the southern humidity is locally referred to as the swamp ass... lol

[@UnexpectedBooks]

Like walking into someone’s mouth.

[@carolcolon2250]

Lol! 😂😂😂😂

[@szqsk8]

Jeremiah Langston I'm glad I live in Southern California 🌴

[@11thstalley96]

....and all these years I thought you guys were saying “swamp GAS”, which is what we call the methane that comes up through the street sewers that are closer to the Mississippi River in St. Louis. 🤣

[@carolgage4569]

szqsk8 But it’s a DRY heat....😅

[@bluesageful]

Apparently I've been taking my porch for granted!

[@JaimieJo]

Living without one is just depressing!

[@TorkG8]

Yep. Please don't take your porch for granted, think of all of us who dream of one. 😁 I would love to sit out on a porch on a nice evening.

[@craftycreek]

Keep the curtains closed during the hot part of the day and it’ll keep it cooler in the house. The South doesn’t know its officially Fall 😂 it’s hot here too

[@Lizzz881]

Lol, I thought the same thing. Close the window, you'll let the heat in 😂

[@TheQuarterrat]

Buddy, I live in the French Quarter. The Best food in town is COOP'S Place on Decatur Street. Also try Molly's Irish Pub on TOULOUSE Street, right off of Bourbon. Have fun, be safe!

[@shaunvlog]

Eric T Styles thanks so much for the tip man, I’ll try go there before my time here is up 🙌🇺🇸

[@glh4823]

We loved Coop's! So good!

[@shaunvlog]

Eric T Styles hey we are having beers in the Quarter tonight after 8pm though not sure exactly where yet - welcome to join in if you’re around 👍

[@carenehobson2039]

Grab my old friend Jeff Collins he's living in the French Quarter

[@TheQuarterrat]

@@shaunvlog I am flattered for the invite! I recommended Molly's because it's in the middle of the Quarter but is popular with the locals here. Mellow enough to talk and watch the madness out of the windows. (fair disclosure, I work there too)

[@willb.139]

4:03 maybe I need to get out more but I've never heard a ceiling fan be called a "ventilator on the roof"

[@ibosquez5238]

They say ventilator in England. They speak English but sometimes I don't know what they mean. When they say "pants" they mean panties or underpants. Careful about that one, lol

[@victorwaddell6530]

Beds in the roof , called a loft .

[@mannfan12]

Well he is from Scotland. Other countries may call things differently than we do here in the U.S.

[@daliacastello2608]

Lol I caught that too what a hoot

[@christinem4655]

Crazy! I live in south Louisiana and just came back from 2 weeks in Scotland. Surprised I didn’t see you in the airport. Have fun and BTW it’s called a shotgun house because you can stand in the front door and shoot a shotgun through the back door.

[@tupelohoney622]

They are also found throughout the South, not just New Orleans.

[@HottnTrottn08]

They were also designed that way to create air flow and a sort of breeze way to keep the house cooler back when air conditioning wasn't a thing.

[@j.f-ou812]

Another Interesting tid bit of Info is most of these shotgun homes in New Orleans are well over a hundred years old and older and were built with the wood planks of the old barges that were used to carry goods and supply down the river to the port, since it wasn't easy or cheap to get them sent back up river many ended up being scrapped and dismantled and their lumber used primarily in construction of these unique homes .

[@christinem4655]

j. f. I learned something new today. Thanks!!

[@beverlybalius9303]

Christine M First My husband and I lived in a 3 room Shotgun house then when our daughter was 6 we upgraded to a Double Shotgun.....

[@aislynnwing4003]

So glad you got to enjoy my home state. We may not have four seasons, but we will feed you right and make sure you have a great time. 🙂 Stay hydrated!!

[@southernfarmer182]

It's called a "shotgun" house because you can open the front door and the back door and fire a shotgun strait through without hitting anything. And you're as likely to hear sirens and gunfire from that porch as crickets. Y'all come see us in Mississippi when you get through in the Big Easy.

[@Maesterful]

Is there a reason for this or do you guys just enjoying shooting through your houses as a tradition? As a fellow Scot I'm genuinely confused.

[@bendrake2226]

@@Maesterful It was just an expression... *chuckle*... a long, straight house designed off a central line or hallway... Shotgun Shacks were also brought up to the northern US during the industrial revolution when a lot of folks from the south moved there for factory jobs.

[@michritch3493]

@@Maesterful It's just a visual that came to mind for someone long ago. Since I've traveled more, now, I've become highly cognizant, and don't even think twice, about how recently people in this country needed guns to hunt and work their farms and just eat, before we became more urbanized. People used guns often enough that if you can see straight through the house from doorway to doorway, that's what came to mind. It makes sense to us, just naturally. But to Europeans it makes no sense, right?

[@josephcote6120]

Just something I heard once, don't take it as anything more than speculation: Many of the houses are built as duplexes, and the straight line front to back is like a double barreled shotgun.

[@shainaboover4264]

@@Maesterful Houses were taxed based on their width so they made them as narrow as possible. Americans do love guns so it was a pretty easy analogy

[@roycelabor4339]

WHO DAT! You have to go to Central Grocery for a Muffaletta sandwich!

[@richeaton7436]

...bag of Zap's chips(crisps, Shaun. lol) and a Barq's root beer. Walk down to the levee to eat and river watch.

[@11thstalley96]

Ric Heaton The first time I got a half of a muffuletta at Central Grocery, 35 years ago, the olive oil was dripping out of the brown paper sack before I crossed the street to the vest pocket park with the statue of Joan d’Arc. Heaven!

[@donwild50]

Muffaletta! Biggest sandwich in the world, so big they sell them in halves and quarters. Meat and cheese on a whole round loaf of bread with that gorgeous chopped olive salad on it. (It is impossible to spend a week in New Orleans and not gain weight.) If only you could spend more time and hit Antoine's and Commanders Palace. Cajun, Creole, Spanish, French and Mississippi River Southland...and if you really like history and (Outlander!) stroll down Royale Street...antique stores and houses where privateers (pirates!) like the LaFitte brothers strolled. Party all night, stagger over to Cafe du Monde for coffee and biegnets. Perfect for those after duel recoveries. :)

[@mariettawinfrey4920]

Nothing like a front porch! Lot of neighborhood socializing done there drinking sweet tea. Have fun! Do a ghost tour.

[@shaunvlog]

Thanks Marietta, loving it 😊

[@bevtuft3572]

You're better off being out of the Quarter. Trust me.

[@caponetone5685]

Marigny is better.. IMO

[@BayouBarbie504]

I was so sad when the gumbo shop was his first meal!

[@dj6756]

I did not know that porches were an American thing. I love sitting on the porch! I'm on mine right now watching the rain. :)

[@shaunvlog]

I’m so jealous I absolutely love it. Perfect way to live 😊

[@banjoon]

All ya need is a porch swing.

[@shantereed]

Yes! Grew up in Ga, watched the rain on the porch swing. Great for naps too!

[@carolcolon2250]

I have a porch too...with a hanging swing!

[@carolcolon2250]

@@shaunvlog My porch has a swing that could seat 3 adults comfortably. It hangs from the ceiling ❣️

[@HowDeeDo]

You HAVE to try beignets while there... Pronounced like Ben-YAYs... Friggin awesome... Love following your travels! Be safe there though...personally felt like I needed a shower after being in New Orleans. But the spirit of the people and pride in their city is admirable. Just my 2 cents worth.

[@venediabias6869]

Ok that’s not a shotgun house, that is a creole cottage. Very cultural to the city of New Orleans.

[@melodyjordan6052]

Welcome to America. Don't forget to go to Cafe Du Monde hot Chicory coffee and Beignets. Love Ya

[@elishab6521]

YES! The Beignets are a MUST!

[@themaven2017]

I had to check if someone else mentioned it - one of my favorite memories of New Orleans! I ordered Cafe au lait (coffee with milk) and beignets - the best!

[@Paul-vb4mn]

Man I'd kill for some fresh beignets. We used to have a place up here in Ruston that actually made legit beignets and served great coffee but they shut down. Gotta get back down south.

[@kimmer6]

We were in New Orleans for a wedding a few years ago. I treated our friends to Cafe Du Monde and Beignets. An elderly lady friend wanted another order but her French was atrocious. She asked for Bug Nuts. I have pictures of my dad at Cafe Du Monde in November 1945 when his ship came in right after the war was over.

[@kaila62kaila]

First thing on my NO agenda. Beignet and chicory coffee at CDM!

[@bearnunnemaker5453]

You don't have porches in Scotland?? That Creole cooking might be too spicy for your Scottish stomach?? 😝😝😝

[@lilyliz3071]

Just a bit cold here to sit on a porch,no air con but plenty central heating 😂🤣

[@jeremymcmorris2178]

As a man that lives in NOLA, the best move you’ve made was NOT staying in French quarter and just visiting lol you would get no sleep if you stayed there

[@susanvinson2667]

Yours is a creole cottage. A real shotgun is when you can stand at the front door and fire a shotgun straight out the backdoor.

[@garyoneal4649]

This....

[@amykat5]

I live in Arkansas. We also have shotgun houses. The reason for the name is because you should be able to open the front door and the back door and shoot a shotgun straight thru, without hitting anything.

[@bluesageful]

Yep!....That's it!

[@commissaryarrick9670]

Shotgun houses are all over the south . I think they built them like that before air conditioning was common because you can open both doors and try to get a breeze flowing through because it gets so hot in the south

[@bluesageful]

@@commissaryarrick9670 Yes, that;s true.....but I've also heard ANOTHER reason.....It was an old Scottish or Irish belief that if your doors were in a straight line, any wandering faeries, spirits, elves,etc. would just walk straight through and not cause any mischief!

[@bluesageful]

But, I tend to think it's probably due to wandering faeries being shot at in the summer heat due to the irritation this heat causes!

[@amykat5]

@Justin B yes, you are correct! I shouldn’t have used the word reason.

[@bluesageful]

Gumbo....jambalaya....& Bread Pudding with Whisky Sauce.....Yaaasssss!!!!!

[@violetvalkyrie476]

"Who dat?!" Is a New Orleans saints chant. Football is every weekend. From September to the end of December. If you can't afford to go to a game, at least watch on TV.

[@sarahhardy1344]

Violet Valkyrie Sports bar!

[@devanmichele761]

If you need a cool treat try Hansen's Sno-bliz on Tchoupitoulas Street, for a snowball. It's a family owned place that has been there for 89 years. Who Dat, is a New Orleans Saints football thing. Fan's are called the Who Dat Nation.

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

I hope he goes to Creole Creamery on Prytania as well. I love all their odd flavors.

[@marilan8154]

Great suggestion Michele! My aunt lives on Laurel just over from Hansen’s Snow-bliz. I used to think I was hot stuff when I got old enough to walk around the block by myself to get a snow ball. They got the best flavors! My favorite was bubble gum! Also I still love Domilise's Po-Boy & Bar - 5240 Annunciation St. They got the best Po-boys in the city!

[@idowanna837]

Keep an eye out in the evenings for lightning bugs! The air will shut off when it reaches desired temperature

[@AlyssaGiron]

I've lived in nola my whole life and I've never seen a lightning bug... Where have you found them!

[@idowanna837]

@@AlyssaGiron I grew up with them in PA, then spent 25 yrs in AZ were there were none 😭 now I'm in San Diego & there are none here either. I guess I figured they were all over back east & I'm probably also wrong regarding the season

[@bluesageful]

Shaun...a lot of those houses have the ceiling on the porch painted 'h'aint blue' a 'H'aint' is a Ghost and it was believed that if you painted the ceiling to the porch this color that the ghosts, or Haints, would stay away. I couldn't see the ceiling of your porch, but look at it and see!

[@ChrisinOSMS]

bluesageful that blue also discourages wasps from building nest.

[@bluesageful]

@@ChrisinOSMS That's amazing ! Haven't ever heard it....but I have heard that wasps are attracted to the color yellow!

[@ChrisinOSMS]

Jim Elliott I would say folks with a common culture (African/Creole) probably have similar customs so not quite sure it was stolen as much as it was shared. I think it is a cool custom. My Irish grandmother always had her eaves painted that color. After doing more research I think the insect repellent properties came from the old milk paint ingredients more than the color. Which this blue color is also associated with the Virgin Mary.

[@ritaprice1715]

We have that tradition in Charleston, SC too. I think it's supposed to look like the sky so bad spirits will leave.

[@bluesageful]

I wouldn't say that 'haint blue' was stolen from anywhere....it's always been popular in coastal cities all around the south. From Charleston, to Savannah, Mobile to New Orleans.....It's just a TRADITION! ....It's just something we Southerners do!

[@claireledford9361]

Are u going to the ww2 I think museum in New Orleans I have been and it's really good, also I game you are going to a plantation while you're there, btw I live in NC and can't wait for u to visit my state first in flight (while your there. You should try eastern and western bbq if you can so you can see what all the arguing is about)

[@angellunsford2741]

The WW2 museum is EPIC. I saw a bit of it, but not nearly as much as I wanted, when we were down a few years back.

[@rastamouse7861]

Easter BBQ, you mean pork slaw?? Just kidding, I like Carolina BBQ lol. I used to eat at McCall's in Goldsboro all the time! But I still prefer my Texas BBQ.

[@frankricks6854]

It's all good sitting on the porch until the mosquitoes start tearing your ass up! I'm glad you enjoyed your stay here in New Orleans! #WhoDat

[@gnostic4819]

Be safe of your wallet Shawn. Lived there and done that. Be safe. Be wise young man.

[@tupelohoney622]

Stay on populated streets in the Quarter; no alley shortcuts.

[@PamelaHouk]

Love a porch! Grew up in a shotgun house with a porch. Every evening all the families would sit out in their porch and visit while the kids played. My current house has a deck in the back but no porch. I miss those days.

[@robertschwartz4810]

Yes, here in Chicago the older houses have large porches. My older clients have told me that during the depression whole families would sleep on the beaches to escape the heat.

[@daleladell803]

Glad to see you made it to The Big Easy. Lived here all my life and wouldn't want it any other way. Porches are great. Sit outside and greet all the neighbors, watch the kids play, pass the time. Keep your curtains closed during the day, it will keep the house cooler. You're not actually staying in a shotgun, it's just a Creole Cottage. Shotguns are long, 6 or 7 rooms deep from front to back, usually don't have a hallway, you just walk through one room to get to the next. Not very private, but were very practical in the days before air conditioning. You could just open the front and back doors and the breeze would flow through the whole house. Ceiling fans are a must too. Watch your wallet in the French Quarter. Being here when the Cowboys are playing the Saints is gonna be hell. Football crowds can be nuts in the quarter, but there are lots of other areas to see. Uptown is the prettiest. Audubon Park is Uptown and has a wonderful zoo. There are great antique stores on Magazine Street, as well as good restaurants. If you get tired of walking, try to go to Canal Street and take the streetcar down St. Charles Avenue to see all the oak trees and the grand houses. Canal Street, (the main street in town) in the old days, used to divide the French side of the city from the American side. You can definitely see a difference in both the architecture and the size of the houses. New Orleans, being built in the crescent of the Mississippi River has it's own sense of direction. The streets run in a sort of fan pattern to follow the shape of the river. You have Riverside, Lakeside, Downtown and Uptown, or more commonly known to outsiders as South, North, East and West. Ha Ha. There are tons of good restaurants. Even the smallest little dive will have great food. Try to see as much as you can. Be safe, and have a wonderful time. You'll never be able to get this place out of your system now that you've come.

[@michritch3493]

Great info! Good description!

[@shaunvlog]

Thanks for the comment and it’s so true - New Orleans will always have a place in my heart

[@christopherdavis1296]

I love all the locals that know its a creole cottage. Exactly right. Actually a creole cottage service building behind a very large 7 bay creole cottage main house. Originally a summer kitchen for keeping the heat out of the main house during the warmer months. No covered porch originally

[@matthill5426]

COFFEE AND BEIGNETS FOR BREAKFAST TOMORROW!!! Beignets are little balls of fried dough, covered with confectioner's sugar. Nothing like some strong coffee and a bit of sweet pastry for breakfast! And you need to try red beans & rice with andouille sausage!

[@johng.4711]

Rent a bike and ride around the city. Its almost completely flat and you can drink while riding ;-)

[@dcsaint8775]

WHO DAT say they gonna beat dem Saints!?! Best nfl team Shauny boy! So funny I moved to Scotland 2 weeks ago from New Orleans, and now look where you are! Haha enjoy that humidity and the best food in the world buddy.

[@kimberlyparrish7522]

I live in the south and we are having a extremely hot summer and first week of fall/autumn. Where I live we call it "the air you wear” it’s very muggy. You guys stay hydrated and enjoy yourselves.

[@amicoscott]

Drago's for chargrilled oysters is the bomb! Welcome back to the USA!!

[@noladr]

The Metairie location, not the Riverside one...

[@aislynnwing4003]

Louisiana also has drive-through daiquiri shacks, and drive-through boiled crawfish shacks (when they are in season)... If you ever see one in your travels, stop by! 😉

[@sweetspicypepper]

Oooh also, The Country Club in Bywater for really delicious food. This place is an old southern manor that became a clothing optional Cabana gay bar. GIANT PORCH. Clothing is required now, but it's a fun place to get drinks by a pool in a place with interesting history.

[@11thstalley96]

Shawn, you picked the perfect place for your first meal as an introduction to NOLA. The Gumbo Shop may be in a very touristy area (I hope you walked over to Jackson Square), and natives may favor other places, but it’s a great place to start. Get on over to Dooky Chase’s in Treme for a real slice of life.

[@baileyfarlowe]

Yo when ever you come to Charlotte this weekend, I work at a bar very close to uptown feel free to have your meet up there. It’s called Brickyard, 1411 south Tryon street.

[@bluesageful]

At least it'll be a 'little' cooler there!

[@baileyfarlowe]

bluesageful lol it’s gonna be 97 tomorrow-Friday but by Sunday we should finally have some fall weather roll through for the first time this year!

[@kristabossipants]

Hey! Fellow Charlotte-ean here. I’ll have to check out the Brickyard, I haven’t heard of it. Also agree. It’s anything but cooler. High 90s in the beginning of October 🥵

[@baileyfarlowe]

kristabossipants ya for sure come buy sometime! We are open Wednesday-Sunday! We just had our 2 year anniversary of being open last month, it’s in the spot where the old gin mill was, corner of S. Tryon and E. Bland streets!

[@emmeleigh2337]

@@@baileyfarlowe + kristabossipants. Nice to see other Charlotteans here!!

[@maureentweedly]

Grew up with porches and "verandas." Such a great way to chat with the neighbours....vegetable garden in the back......social veranda on the front. Have fun!

[@sueevarico4372]

Called a ‘shotgun shack’ 😆 cause you can stand at the front door 🚪 and shoot your shotgun straight through to the back porch without hitting anything. All doors line up in each room, no hallways.

[@aliciaamescuaojeda9421]

Welcome to New Orleans!! One of my favorite cities in the U.S., I visit at least three times a year! I have so many recommendations but here’s a few: French Quarter Bars: Sylvain Cane & Table The Empire Bar at Broussard’s Latitude 29 Bar Tonique Lafitte’s Live Music: Preservation Hall, French Quarter Bacchanal Wine, Bywater Tours: Cemetery Tours through Save Our Cemeteries, the only cemetery tours that use their proceeds to maintain and restore old tombs! Whitney Plantation, the only plantation tour with an exclusive focus on the lives of enslaved people Hermann-Grima House, preserved house 1850 House Museum, walking tour and preserved house tour

[@michritch3493]

Yes! Preservation Hall!

[@brittanyanna3929]

Been trying to find videos about singing in Scots Gaelic, and I JUST found your channel, and I live in New Orleans! Believe it or not, it's cooler(ish) than a month ago 😂 If you're still here Wednesday night, I recommend the Starlight Lounge just off Bourbon Street for great music. Or the Spotted Cat on Frenchmen street. Hope you have a good time here! Will be watching your channel now that I've found it!

[@saracollins9766]

When you come to ASHEVILLE, NC, get in touch with me.

[@rastamouse7861]

Oh Shaun I forgot to tell you to check out the Nascar museum in NC if you get a chance.

[@ritaprice1715]

Do you know when and where Shaun will be in Asheville as I'm in SC.

[@saracollins9766]

Rita Price Not exactly. I think maybe over the weekend.

[@saracollins9766]

Rita Price Perhaps Oct 5th? He mentioned coming to the NC mountains. I don’t have any further info. Where in SC are you?

[@ChrisinOSMS]

Traditional shotguns are sometimes called side-hall cottages, they are long and narrow so if you throw open the front door one can shoot straight through to the back door. They are found all along the Gulf Coast. The one you were in is a little different. I am grinning ear-to-ear watching you discover the Big Easy. Who dat say them Saints ain’t great? Who Dat? (Dat is local dialect for “that”) is a Saints chant, the Cowboys fans were trying to corrupt it.

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

For the reason why your home-away-from-home is called a shotgun house, see www.southernliving.com/home/shotgun-house

[@catmomjill]

I wondered why the Cowboys jerseys were there!

[@BayouMaccabee]

Beinvenue a la Louisianne! (Welcome to Louisiana) I wish I could have made the time to try and meet up with you to show you around...perhaps next time. Typically in a shotgun house there is no hallway or corridor in the house. You have to walk through each room, one room after another to get to the back of the house. They are made this way to maximize room sizes since space is limited (the houses are very narrow), and so with no hallways the interior living square footage is not wasted. Hope you enjoyed your stay.