peter and paul

Nathalie Jordi, in tandem with ASH NYC, developed the 71-room Hotel Peter & Paul in a former Catholic school, rectory, church and convent in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans. Previously, she was a cofounder of people’s pops (an ice pop manufacturer and retailer in New York City), as well as a travel journalist, bicycle guide, and cheesemonger. She lives in the Marigny with her husband and two children.

A hotelier might seem like a deviation from the culinary focus of this podcast. But Nathalie Jordi's Hotel Peter and Paul feels like a postcard experience of one of the greatest culinary towns in America: New Orleans. Set inside a repurposed former church schoolhouse and convent built in 1860, the hotel feels like a living breathing movie set complete with hand-selected antique furniture, the friendliest staff, a beautiful well-stocked bar, an extreme attention to detail throughout every nook and cranny like that of a Wes Anderson film. Something about it feels like the most hyperbolic version of what your imagination conjures when you think of New Orleans' most daydreamy Parisian influences. Every city deserves a hotel like this to mirror its best characteristics to its visitors.

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• The Dean Hotel in Providence
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Shout out to Shawn Meyers for the music and Jason Cryer for the art!

In the final episode of Always on Mission, we profile Saints Peter and Paul, taking a look at a few key moments in their fervent quest to evangelize, as well as how they died and where you can venerate their relics today. We close out the series with a conversation with His Eminence, Cardinal Seán O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, on the call to holiness and mission, even in challenging times. Happy birthday, Cardinal Seán!