Ernie's Tours

08/03/2022

All this and then some.

07/15/2022

Ruby Bridges was the first black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in 1960 at the age of 6 years old. Protected by four U.S. Marshals assigned by President Eisenhower. According to sources she was only allowed to eat the food brought from home.

When I attended public school the Civil Rights movement was covered in one chapter with only Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks mentioned.

07/14/2022

Many of the guests on my Cemetery History Tour from 2003-2020 will know about this historical event. One of my favorite stories during my adventures in Saint Louis Cemetery #1

07/05/2022

Just another day in the French Quarter. Where else in the nation can you walk down the street and come upon a celebration like this?

07/04/2022

I love New Orleans…, yet this is how I am thinking at this moment. Silly with a dash of seriousness.

06/24/2022

Amazing!

Believed to be the oldest film of New Orleans, the roughly two-minute movie shows both long-held traditions of the parade and rituals that have been changed or forgotten.

06/21/2022

Life in the French Quarter.

06/20/2022

For your information!

After 49 years, the City of New Orleans is finally recognizing the 32 victims of the Up Stairs Lounge arson. On Thursday, June 23, the City Council will hear a presentation about the fire and pass a resolution acknowledging and honoring the victims. If your schedule allows, please be at the City Council chamber on Thursday at 10:00am. In 1973, the tragedy was ignored by officials and ridiculed by the media. Those who died that night could have never imagined how far we’ve come. A strong turnout from the community on Thursday will not only show our gratitude, but also demonstrate our determination to never go back to those dark days. The actual anniversary, which is Friday, will be marked by a ceremony at the site of the fire at 7:00pm hosted by the Crescent City Leathermen.

06/16/2022

Who else feels this story? I think a vast majority of people have been in that situation here in New Orleans.

The final song on Florence + the Machine’s new “Dance Fever” album, “Morning Elvis,” is a confessional account of a harrowing bender that commences in New Orleans and concludes in

06/10/2022

You ever get an alert and think, “We are in New Orleans it floods all the darn time when it rains hard. This ranks up there with the alert that told us go to the basement during the tornado.” I think everyone in the bar had a shot instead.

06/10/2022

This is how you tell a story! Y’all should follow Comedian Boogie B Montrell.🤣

06/09/2022

I think the city of New Orleans needs to change the motto from Laissez les bon temps rouler to this.

05/24/2022

If you’re drunk, are you possessed by spirits? Asking for a friend.

05/19/2022

Why you should take a tour with Ernie’s Tours? Because, I got into and it ain’t cheap! Let me help make your great, so I can too.

05/18/2022

Celebrating a life in New Orleans, May 2022

05/17/2022

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05/17/2022

We are excited about this year’s Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré Tour! Visit Patio Planters online for information.

05/16/2022

On March 23, 2020 the state government issued a stay-at-home order to encourage social distancing. I took this photograph 58 days later during an evening stroll.

Ernest Sylvester, Heart of the Quarter, May 21, 2020

05/15/2022

Rebecca Melson, Frogger, 2017

“Have you ever played Frogger? Well, that is what it is like crossing the streets in New Orleans.” - Ernest Sylvester

05/14/2022

Photographic evidence of a ghost in the French Quarter at the Bourbon Orleans? My tour guests reported that perhaps too many “spirits” were involved in the photograph. If I recall correctly they said something about the “purple drank” from Lafittes BlacksmithShop. 😆

05/10/2022

The things you see in New Orleans. 😆 An individual wore this t-shirt on my cemetery history tour, 4 years ago.

05/09/2022

Do you know what makes a tour company #1 ?

The tour guide! Go straight to the best at www.erniestours.com

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05/08/2022

To all the amazing women who work harder than any man. This world would be nothing without you.

05/07/2022

Things you may see on a walking tour. I was conducting the afternoon Saints & Bastards Tour when the group spotted the action.

Date: October 29, 2021

05/06/2022

A wedding celebration during the French Quarter Ghost Tour. It was great to see this moment in October 2021. Grateful to see New Orleans coming back.

05/06/2022

Happy Cinco de Mayo! The Mardi GrasSchool of Cooking and Catering offered free tacos and margaritas this evening from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.

05/05/2022

Scrolling through photographs from the past. Nothing says I live and breath New Orleans than these fine gentlemen in costume! Imagine the things you can see while walking with Ernie's Tours.

05/03/2022

Have you ever woke up and thought, “You know what?! I am in New Orleans, in the French Quarter. Screw it, I am going to Irish Day Care. Why? Because I can!”

05/02/2022

The French Quarter coming back alive on !

04/30/2022

When you are scrolling through photographs and are reminded how long you have conducted tours! There have been numerous changes over the past 19 years, especially when it comes to St. Louis Cemetery #1.

What makes a tour company the best?! The tour guide, Ernie.