Longue Vue
Greg and I played tourist again in Metairie/New Orleans. The house is located on the merging lines of the two parishes and there seems to be different opinions which one it’s located in. It didn’t take long before Greg whispered to me, “Reminds you of Biltmore?” Yes, it did with the over the top decorations and so forth. We weren’t allowed to take pictures inside the house. The house is 36,000 square feet and host rooms such as the exhibit gallery, ladies powder room, ladies reception room, docent lounge, flower arranging room, library, blue room, art gallery, etc. In all the square footage, there are only ~ 4 ~ bedrooms. Our tour guide very proudly stated that “No guests were allowed to stay in the main home.” There was a “guest” house where guests could sleep. Children were only allowed in certain rooms to play. And if you wanted to take a nap, you weren’t allowed to mess up your bed, so they had little day beds you could rest on… If the family saw a particular wall in a home or buil...