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Chemical Education Today
JChemEd.chem.wisc.edu • Vol. 80 No. 3 March 2003 • Journal of Chemical Education 243
ACS National Meeting
New Orleans in Marchby Lin Morris
Even if your team isn’t playing in the Superdome and itis too late for Mardi Gras, there are plenty of things to doand see while you are attending the ACS Spring Meeting.
ACS has some special events planned. One of them ison Sunday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Celebrating Chemistry:Kids & Chemistry LIVE!, at the Audubon Aquarium of theAmericas, and described on p 242. The other is on Mondayfrom 6:30 to 7:30 a.m: Second Annual Fun Run; there arestudent (ticket #105, $10) and regular versions (ticket #106,$20). This 5k run/1.5 mile walk may be just what you needto work out the kinks after a long plane ride.
The New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visi-tors Bureau, http://www.neworleanscvb.com, is a good place tostart looking for extracurricular activities. General Informa-tion includes Frequently Asked Questions and Travel Tips;Around Town includes a detailed description of the publictransportation (airport shuttle, $10 one way) and informationabout getting a VisiTour pass for unlimited rides on all Re-gional Transit Authority buses and streetcars (phone: 504/248-3900; WWW: http://www.norta.com). Events covers therange from crawfish festivals to the New Orleans OperaAssociation’s presentation of Don Giovanni. The Bureau dis-tributes the Official New Orleans Visitors Guide at the Loui-siana/New Orleans Welcome Center, 529 St. Ann Street(across from Jackson Square in the French Quarter), 9 a.m.–5 p.m., seven days a week. To get a Guide by mail visit theWeb site or phone 800/672-6124. Other brochures are avail-able in print and online as well, including the French Quar-ter Walking Tour and a bird watcher’s guide. When in NewOrleans you can get information updates and suggestions onwhat to see and do by calling the Bureau at 504/566-5003.
A visit to http://www.neworleans.com will get you to acommercial Web site with so much information that you’llhave to plan another trip to take it all in. It includes a com-prehensive history of New Orleans and a detailed map of thecity. This site has numerous links to other commercial Websites with offerings of everything from a carriage ride to or-dering an alligator!
A poll of colleagues and friends, all former New Orleansvisitors, resulted in the following “Must Do” list. Call forcurrent admission fees.
Aquarium of the Americas, 1 Canal St., 504/581-4629or 800/774-7394, Daily 9:30–7. Admission from $17.50 to $5.
Audubon Zoo and Gardens,6500 Magazine St., 504/581-4629, Mon. to Fri. 9–5, Sat. andSun. 9:30–6. Admission from $9to $4.75. Ride the Swamp Trainwhile at the Zoo, $2.
Louisiana Children’s Mu-seum, 420 Julia St., 504/523-1357, Tues. to Sat. 9:30–4:30,Sun. noon–4:30. Admission $6.Includes The Lab, special mathand physics activities. Childrenunder 16 must be accompanied byan adult.
D-Day Museum, 945 Magazine St., 504/527-6012,Daily 9–5. Admission $10 to $5. Free for military membersin uniform.
Louisiana Nature and Science Center, Joe Brown Me-morial Park, 504/246-5672 or 246-7827. Includes sciencemuseum, planetarium, and gardens. Tues. to Fri. 9–5, Sat.10–5, Sun. 12–5. Admission $5 to $3.
New Orleans Fire Department Museum, 1135 Wash-ington Ave., 504/896-4756, Mon. to Fri. 9–2. Free.
New Orleans Museum of Art (in City Park) 504/488-2631, Tues. to Sun. 10–5. Admission $6 to $3.
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, 514 Chartres St., 504/565-8027, Tues. to Sun. 10–5. Admission $2 to $1.
Drive north across Lake Ponchartrain on the 24-mile,four-lane Lake Ponchartrain Causeway. Call 504/835-3118 for info. The toll to drive south back to New Or-leans is $3.
Visit the Bayou Sauvagae National Wildlife Refuge (onthe north shore of the lake) 985/646-7555. Open dawn todusk, the refuge contains 23,000 acres and 340 species ofbirds. Free.
Take a ride on a Mississippi River Paddleboat. CanalStreet Docks. Daily, fares $16 to $6.
Take the ferry to the West Bank for a fantastic view ofthe downtown skyline. Leaves from Canal Street and Jack-son Avenue dock. Free for pedestrians. $1/car.
Other interesting and fun stuff includes: checking outthe art and the artists at Jackson Square, stopping in andlistening to jazz music at Preservation Hall (726 St. PeterStreet), visiting the French Market and eating somethingyou’ve not eaten before. My favorites are walking the self-guided French Quarter Walking Tour (it’s free), watch-ing the sun set while sitting on the Terrace at Riverwalk(also free), and visiting the New Orleans Museum of Art(with a grand Degas collection—Degas’ mother was bornin New Orleans).
So, after you have picked up your registration packet andchecked into your hotel, change into some comfortable walk-ing shoes and let the adventures begin. You are in New Or-leans and it’s Spring! Enjoy.
French Quarter Alleywith Flags; copyright ©New Orleans Metro-politan Convention andVisitors Bureau, Inc.
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