Looking for a safe, cultural way to spend Halloween this year? Bring the family and everyone you know to the Krewe of Boo parade, the city’s first Halloween parade, set to roll downtown October 31st.

The parade is also first in New Orleans to have a completely charitable cause, benefiting the First Responders Fund, a charitable organization set up to help police officers get back into their homes post Katrina.

Krewe of Boo begins at 7pm at the corner of Elysian Fields and Decatur, and rolls downtown throughout South Peters, Canal Street and Bourbon Street.

For a map and more information, visit www.KreweOfBoo.org

New Orleans is the most well-known and most-visited destination in Louisiana, and understandably so! From the restaurants in New Orleans to the festivals to the shops in the French Quarter - there’s a lot to do and to experience in the city of New Orleans. But just in case you’re running out of things to do or see…consider the outskirts of New Orleans and the parishes outside of Jefferson and Orleans.

The River Parishes of Louisiana are home to a lot of great sites to see as well! If you’ve never explored the River Parishes, you might want to take a weekend and plan some day trips. While the river parishes aren’t as well-known as Orleans Parish, there’s a lot to see.

For starters, there are a great deal of outdoor activities in the River Parishes. If boating is your thing, the Bonne Carre Spillway is there, as well as many other locations. Golf is a sport you can play at one of the five country clubs, or at the St. Rose Driving Range.

After a trip to the driving range or a swamp tour - you’ll be hungry. But no worries, because there are many great restaurants to choose from!

So keep the River Parishes (St. Charles, St. James, and St. John) in mind when you’re looking for something to do, and you want to see what’s going on right outside of the Big Easy!

If the Soniat House Hotel has somehow missed your radar, now would be the perfect time to check it out.

One of the most acclaimed luxury boutique hotels in the New Orleans French Quarter, the Soniat House Hotel was named “one of the best hotels in the world” more than once by Travel and Leisure.

A small hotel comprised of three historic townhouses, with balconies and secluded courtyard, the hotel allows one to step back into a bit of New Orleans history….and of course, it is a non-smoking establishment.

To get the latest on hotel rates and more, visit SoniatHouseHotel.com now!

Football fever is in the air and New Orleans is rolling out the red carpet to all the fans of the visiting teams.  New Orleans loves football and we also love to show off our wonderful town.  Hotel rooms and restaurant reservations can be reserved online via this website.

Whether you are traveling with your favorite NFL team or are a booster of your NCAA team playing Tulane or LSU, we welcome you to New Orleans and hope your stay is so enjoyable that you will want to come back again and again.

Looking for a great vacation in August…our hotels are all offering special summer discounts that are sure to fit everyone’s budget. To view a wide variety of great hotels, just click on

http://www.experienceneworleans.com/availability/

While in New Orleans this month, check out this fabulous show now appearing in the Harrah’s Theatre!

“Descendants of the Dragon”

Harrah’s New Orleans Casino presents “JUNGUA - Descendants of the Dragon”…a high impact 90-minute theatrical entertainment experience for all audiences which celebrates 2,500 years of Chinese culture in an eye-popping explosion of kung fu, acrobatics, music and dance. Show dates are Thursday through Sunday, August 7 – 10, August 14 – 17 and August 21 – 24, at 8 p.m. nightly in the Theatre at Harrah’s. For tickets call 504-533-6600 or online at Ticketmaster.com. You must be at least 21 to enter the casino and attend shows at Harrah’s Theatre.

“JUNGUA” features the martial arts of the Shaolin Disciples and the contortionists, hand balancers, foot jugglers and aerialists of the Imperial Acrobats of China.

For more information about JUNGUA, go to www.harrahsneworleans.com.