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The Brennan's Turtles Lead The Slowest Second Line On Earth

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Renée Peck

Published May 10, 2019 at 6:00 AM CDT

One of Brennan's Restaurant's resident turtles.

The Peabody Hotel in Memphis may have its ducks, but Brennan’s in New Orleans can match the attraction. The French Quarter restaurant has its own resident family of turtles. Since the spring of 2015, 10 of them have inhabited the fountain pool in the French Quarter restaurant’s lush courtyard. NolaVie’s Renée Peck spoke with Brennan’s General Manager Christian Pendleton about the resident turtles, and the annual parade that honors them – surely the slowest second line on Earth.

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Renee Peck, editor of NolaVie, worked for 32 years as a feature editor and writer at The Times-Picayune, earning Associated Press and Press Club of New Orleans awards along the way. She helped launch the first Times-Picayune website in the 1990s, when the Internet was in its infancy. Among her past titles are Food Editor, Entertainment Editor, TV Editor, Assistant Living Editor, and Home and Garden Editor. Her This Mold House column chronicled with humor and inexpertise her rebuilding efforts post-Katrina. Her Big Easy Living column for NolaVie explores the way we live in this always entertaining but sometimes uneasy city. Email her at Renee@nolavie.com.

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The Brennan's Turtles Lead The Slowest Second Line On Earth

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