NOLA, not just for Mardi Gras

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: We love stepping back in time on a Plantation country day trip

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: We love T-Boy the Nutria.. our own answer to Punxsutawney Phil.

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: The Louisiana Superdome’s shiny new facelift, returning the 36-year-old architectural wonder to its bronzed youth.

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: Leaving offerings at voodoo queen Marie Laveau’s tomb, located in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (Basin St., between Conti and St. Louis streets).

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: We love the Old Absinthe House’s Napoleon-topped water spigot.

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: We love Pat O’Brien’s flaming fountain and blow-you-away Hurricane cocktails.

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: fortifying ourselves with irish coffees and bubble & squeek omlets for the day long St. Patty's Day

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: We love sitting for caricature sketches in Jackson Square, one of the nation’s oldest active art colonies.

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: We love tracking the trail of beignet dust along Decatur Street to its point of origin at Café Du Monde

NOLA Nites Concierge | Meloney Smith: Feeling the rays—the cownose stingrays—at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas

Michelle: Shopping, lots of shopping. @FleurtyGirl and Francesca’s - great for ladies clothes + gifts