Royal Saint Charles<\/a>, alright.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last December, Amy & I stopped in on one of the hotels in New Orleans where we were planning to reserve a block of rooms for guests at our wedding. The place was still under reconstruction, but one of the upper floors had just been refurnished, the desk clerk told us. The guard would take … <\/p>\n
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