According to CNN.com
New Orleans is finally easing back into business and optimism is high despite the discouraging day-to-day challenges.
"The scene at Café du Monde on Tuesday was frenetic: employees polishing the counters and wiping clean the windows, contractors installing new equipment in the kitchen and applying one last coat of paint inside and around the landmark's outside seating area."
With approximately a third of the New Orleans's restaurants again open for business, there's reason for optimism. Now the pressing challenge is to house the vast numbers of homeless quickly, and get everyone back to work. And then, of course, for travelers to return and help celebrate New Orleans' renaissance.
