The life of the party, Bourbon Street is where almost all the tourist folk head to have a good time. Flanked with bars, restaurants featuring bars, clubs, and even take-out convenience stores that primarily sell cocktail slurpees, an emphasis is placed on alcohol consumption. It's rather liberating to take your drink from one stop to the next or slurping your hurricane as you amble down the street on a balmy evening.
But there is much more to Bourbon Street that imbibing liquor, if you're willing to investigate the area during the daytime. Many of the bars are worth checking out in the afternoon when the crowds have disappeared, so that you can truly appreciate the architecture and decorative touches of the older building. There are also smaller stores on Bourbon Street that may appear to be souvenir junk shops, but when you step in for a closer look you'll discover interesting (and more expensive) artifacts and memoribilia of the loacl cultures. Lots of stores sell voodoo related ites, but I wouldn't expect much of it to be authentic. Then again, do you really want to possess authentic voodoo items in your home?