Have you ever seen a ghost?
If not, and you’re into that sort of thing, then stay tuned because it’s nearly Halloween and I figured that this is the best time to post about the time ol’ Husband Face whisked me away on a surprise staycation to one of the most haunted hotels in all of NOLA.
Yes, the Bourbon Orleans Hotel is just filled with ghostly plague children, eternally depressed nuns, a lingering party girl and at least one lost confederate soldier. It says so right there on the website, so you know it’s true.
We don’t get out alone much due to things like not being able to afford childcare and not trusting other people with our kids or our kids with other people. Yet once, sometimes twice a year, Nana comes to visit and Mark and I become chopped liver in the children’s eyes ( a phrase which I realized as I am typing it how horrifying a thing it would be if taken in either literal way). So we get a free night off and the kids get a slumber party with their Nana- everybody wins. I was expecting the visit, but not the hotel stay.
My husband is kinda the best.
After spending a long time creeping around the hallways after midnight with a most unenthusiastic husband, we finally saw something inexplicable. Behold, this 100% REAL photographic evidence captured on the sixth floor! Can you believe Mark refused to do any more ghost hunting after this?! He was probably too scared- fear apparently manifests itself as annoyance with him- which is weird?
Anyway, a stay at this hotel is clearly not for the weak of heart so do at your own risk and if you do I recommend the breakfast buffet.
