November 30 is Small Business Saturday for American Express card owners. Small businesses are the building blocks of a neighborhood, and we have been a pillar Garden District lodging destination for 15 years. Get $10 from American Express when you stay at the Grand Victorian Bed and Breakfast. Make your[…]
The Grand Victorian is partnering with The Hallmark Channel in celebration of its first original series, Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove. It stars Andie MacDowell who plays a judge in a municipal court that is a social microcosm of issues the she will face in her own day-to-day life with family and[…]
The Gambit guide to “cool summer fun for small change” is out, with tips on where to go for inexpensive meals, music and festivals in the city of New Orleans. Here are some highlights that would go well paired with a stay at the Grand Victorian. You can’t beat the 25[…]
By Bonnie Rabe. Come to New Orleans for Memorial Day and experience the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience, a nationally recognized festival that features over 175 wineries, 1000 wines, and has raised more than $1 million over the last 20 years for local charities. Except for the Vinter Dinners,[…]
More National Travel Awards for our home town! We are very excited to share that, in addition to the previous 21 awards presented to New Orleans from travelers in 2012, subscribers of Travel & Leisure magazine named us the number one city to visit for a New Year’s Eve vacation.[…]
It’s the third annual B&Bs for Vets! Inns and B&Bs throughout North America opened their doors to active and retired military and vets by offering a free room on November 11, 2012 to those who’ve served in the military. The Grand Victorian welcomed Dan and Robin and Kevin and Nikki[…]
Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival October 12-14 Downtown New Orleans, Central Business District Lafayette Square (St. Charles Avenue at Poydras Street) is the home for this free blues festival. Two stages plus food and craft booths, including some of the best barbecue in the South. Get your blues on with these performers: Keb Mo, Otis[…]
New Orleans’ universities will be welcoming the influx of returning and new students to their doors and into our community. As our New Orleans Bed and Breakfast is just a short streetcar ride to Tulane and Loyola University campuses, we are always glad to greet returning parents and welcome new ones to New[…]
It’s the tenth anniversary of the world’s premier cocktail festival that happens right here in New Orleans. Tales of the Cocktail® (July 25-29) features a “spirited”array of activities for the professional mixologist as well as the enthusiastic imbiber. Most of the events take place in the French Quarter, a 15[…]
New Orleans…home to Jazz music, Mardi Gras, and the Grand Victorian Bed & Breakfast…will now see its streets inhabited with the sounds of music as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest 2012 is dawning! The Jazz Fest cubes have been out for awhile, now that the French Quarter Festival[…]