New Orleans Museum of Art

Ella and I always make an effort to visit a museum wherever we go. The New Orleans Museum of Art is small compared to any of the Smithsonian art museums we have in D.C. but we figure it's because the Smithsonian is hoarding any of the good old art. Still, they had some pretty hilarious works of art, not to mention a pretty museum cafe.

We also stumbled upon a Chinese Lantern Festival that was going on. The Lanterns were placed in their botanical gardens, which of course we would end up in the botanical gardens. They also had performances. 

Most of the photos were taken by Ella but I took some from my phone as well. The lantern festival could be viewed during day but it is clearly much more beautiful at night. They also served Chinese food. We were there so late that we weren't sure if the trolleys would still be operating. Thankfully they were. This post is very picture heavy but this was such a fun event to photograph though! I'm glad we stumbled upon this.