We like to ride the street cars (buy a pass at any Walgreens), ride the ferry over to Algiers Point and get some barbecued shrimp at The Dry Dock, look at all the street vendors around Jackson Square, see if there's any new stuff at the French Market, wander through the Riverwalk Mall, tease the staff at the Trolley Stop Cafe on St. Charles in the garden district--having an attitude is a requirement to work there, wander around the garden district looking at the big victorian houses, and we occasionally take a walk down Magazine Street to see if there are any new/interesting shops. We also wander around through the quarter but aren't big drinkers. We like Coop's Place but we had the kids with us last time and they aren't allowed so we hung out at Margaritaville instead. My husband and his brother always have to stop by Cafe Dumond and pick up some beignets at some point, too. We usually try to hit Hobbnobbers, a little hole-in-the-wall on Carondelet just off Canal, for down home soul food.