New
Orleans, Louisiana
A Creole Cottage
Christmas
The Soniat House, New Orleans
Hailed by the press
as New Orleans’ finest small hotel since it
opened in 1983, the history of Soniat House
dates to the 1830s, when it was built as a
series of private homes by Joseph Soniat
Dufossat, a prosperous plantation owner, for the
convenience of his family when they visited
town. That accounts for the elegant Creole style
of the three neighboring townhouses, with their
lacy ironwork galleries, gracious carriageway,
courtyards, and spiral staircases. And during
the holidays, these visual spots are graced with
natural magnolia leaves accented with golden
flecks that shimmer with the candles that
illuminate the public spaces.
The generously
proportioned interior spaces abound with
Greek-revival detail, and the thirty-three guest
rooms are meticulously and individually
furnished with handsome fabrics and wallpapers,
bedsteads carved by New Orleans’ finest
cabinetmaker, and antiques from France, England,
and Louisiana.
The day and evening hotel attendees are awaiting
your every need from arranging private parties
to picnic lunches. The addictive daily breakfast
is served by courtly porters: hot tender
biscuits from a Soniat family recipe accompanied
by preserves with a pedigree of their own.
Afternoons are
filled with smells of apple spice in the hotel
sitting area where guests mingle before leaving
for on their own for dinner. And the night
return brings Creole Christmas Lace cookies that
are customary in the local households.
Holiday rates are from November 30- December 27,
2009.
Superior Room at
$185 per night on weekdays and weekends, $225
per night. In addition, every reservation is
subject to an upgrade. All rates are based on
availability.
Soniat House- 1133 Chartres Street, New Orleans,
LA. 70130,
www.soniathouse.com
Window
Rock, Arizona
12th Annual
Keshmish Festival at The Navajo Nation Museum
The Navajo
Nation Museum invites the public to our 12th
Annual Keshmish Festival on Friday and Saturday,
December 4th & 5th, 2009. Both days will be
filled with Christmas spirit with emerging and
established Native Artisans. They will display
and sell jewelry, pottery, sculptures,
paintings, weavings and much more. There will be
traditional foods, a book signing, children’s
activities and an evening of luminaria and
refreshments. Festival hours are Friday,
December 4, 11 am -7 pm and Saturday, December
5, 9 am -5 pm. Admission is FREE.
Different
activities take place each of the two festival
days. On Friday, the artists and authors will be
selling and guests will enjoy the evening of
luminaria and refreshments. On Saturday the
artists and authors continue to display and sell
their works, there will be children’s’ art
activities in the Navajo Nation Library, door
prizes, Native American films and the Office of
Miss Navajo Nation will provide traditional
foods for the visitors on both days. Included
will be a Christmas Wreath Contest.
Don’t miss the
exhibits currently at the museum: “Diyogí t'áá
bil 'Ánooséél: Generations comes to the Navajo
Nation Museum”: “Hwéeldi Baa Hane’: Our Stories
of Fort Sumner”:
“Hózhóogo ‘liná: A Beautiful
Life” and “Through The Lens: Diné
Photographers.”
The museum is
located in Window Rock, just inside the Arizona
state line on the north side of State Hwy. 264.
The Navajo Nation Museum hours are 8-5 on
Mondays, 8-6 Tuesday through Friday and 9-5 on
Saturday (closed on Sundays and holidays).
For more
information: visit the Navajo Nation Museum at
www.navajonationmuseum.org |
