Big Easy Dreamin' contains 35 New Orleans essays and over 40 photos from the author's personal collection. Patterson recalls his virgin mardi gras, stays at famous hotels, restaurants, Anne Rice parties, numerous parades. The author goes to Jazz Fest, takes a historical streetcar ride, visits famous cemetaries, discusses New Orleans theatre, prostitution, bicycling in Audubon and City Parks. Plus exciting interviews with New Orleans citizens and their own stories. Fun and insightful, Big Easy Dreamin' is an enduring tribute to New Orleans through the eyes and camera lens of this talented author.