Pipe organs, brass rings... and Sazerac Slings.

Oh, wow. Just wow. It doesn't get much better than this.

We'll soon begin our maiden voyage to the Crescent City and our visit is shaping up to be splendid. Carousel Gardens Amusement Park in the afternoon, Muriel's for dinner, and drinks at the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone, a carousel-themed old school classic. Read the following article to learn a bit more about the bar. And its haunting.

Seriously -- for me an amusement park in a haunted, historical city and a finely-crafted Ramos Fizz to top off the evening, while my wonderful hubby enjoys a Pimm's Cup? Heaven.

Oh yeah. The bar revolves. So not too many Ramos Fizzes for yours truly.

The Wisdom of Don Draper

Soemtimes people ask me why a book about vintage amusement parks means so much to me and what's the hook, what will the general public get out of it? Recently a fellow voice actor actually came right out with this undelicate phrase: "A book about vintage amusement parks? But what would be your audience? Why would I want this book?"

Perhaps "Mad Men's" Don Draper puts it best. "Nostalgia. It's delicate... but potent":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bLNkCqpuY

Watch and learn.

PS Ironic that this is entitled "The Carousel" and I'll be visitng Carousel Gardens in New Orleans and putting back an Old-fashioned at the Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar, a vintage bar originally installed in 1949, during the infancy of Mid-Century Modernism.