We survived our tour with Lord Chaz.....but....the echo of Miss Jenny-Ann's screams will long be heard throughout the French Quarter of New Orleans.
It was a great evening with Lord Chaz playing his part to the fullest and combining both ghostly and vampires tales for our 2 hour walking tour. Lord Chaz arrives dressed in full costume (although it may not be a costume for him!) complete with inch long razor sharp black finger nails and top hat. He's been doing these tours for 20 years and has his performance down pat. He's been featured on A & E, is said to be the best in the business, and enjoys the odd cameo appearance in major motion vampire flicks (eg: Interview with a Vampire).
From the largest single family home in the Quarter where 37 people mysteriously and violently met their demise in a single night (still unsolved to this day) to a convent that is reputed to be the source for vampires on this continent....we had a night full of anticipation. All of the "stories" along the tour began with the historical facts and were followed by the sighting, lore, and possibilities. We heard the story of a young man who left his "checkers" on a Romeo catcher, which cost him his life, while trying to escape a tryst via the second story gallery (gallery is what they call a balcony with support posts - if there were no support posts it would be called a balcony). A romeo catcher is a series of 3 pronged deadly iron spikes found on the gallery support posts and only on the homes where there are daughters inside. We were given cause to wonder about whether Lord Chaz was himself a vampire based on his ability to stop and restart his own pulse at will. He further supported this question by not blinking and finally by drawing his own blood and then healing the puncture wounds in his arm within minutes. Yes.....it was an evening of mystery and intrigue and Jenny-Ann truly did add to the ambiance with her blood curdling scream that was prompted by Lord Chaz popping out from around a corner when she didn't expect it - thank heavens it wasn't Helena-Marie he surprised....that would not have been a good thing!!
Finished our evening back in the room with a picnic on my bed and lots of giggles about the evenings adventures.
Lorrie-Mae
as always, love your posts....feel like I am there :) Now I know what it is like to be on the "other end".....one must keep up daily or be prepared to read a book. Snow is gone, whether is semi-mild. All is well on the home front. Keep the stories flowing :)
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