Go to the corner of Bourbon St and take a photo of the Bourbon St tiles in the sidewalk. 

Go to Tropical Isle, order a Hand Grenade, and make the giant grenade smoke.

Walk down the street with a drink – yes, it’s legal!

Eat a Krystal Burger and get a Daiquiri at the same time on Bourbon Street - just don’t expect the daiquiri to be on the online menu

Find some Mardi Gras beads hanging in a tree from past Mardi Gras parades

Listen to live jazz music from street performers

Visit a Voodoo Shop

Have a Café Au Lait and Beignets at Café Du Monde in the French Quarter

If you can't make it here, you can go to the one in the airport.

Eat like a local and order a Dressed Roast Beef Po Boy.

Go to Rouses Market to pick up a Muffaletta sandwich made by Central Grocery.

If you can't make it here, you can go to Moisant Market at the airport on the way home. 

More local must eats: a bowl of gumbo or jambalaya, Zaps Chips, crawfish, chargrilled oysters, Barqs Red Cream Soda, pralines

Local alcoholic drinks: Hurricane, Vieux Carre, Abita beer, Daquiri’s (every flavor imaginable)