Just back from 3 days in NOLA.

[trof]

Ate our way from Uptown, through the French Quarter, and back.
Beignets and cafe au lait at Cafe' du Monde Wednesday morning, the whole tourist thing.
It was a hoot.

Big Muddy is WAY HIGH!
Walked up on the levee by the French market.
Looks like (hopefully) they have it more-or-less under control in the Crescent City, but of course other areas have suffered by the opening of flood gates.
:-(

Last time I was there was a college road trip from Tuscaloosa in '62.
Alabama played Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day.
10-3 Alabama...Roll Tide.
:-)

New Year's Eve in the French Quarter was a hell of a party.
All you heard was WOO-PIG! and ROLL TIDE!
Parties everywhere in the residences in the quarter.
"Come on in! Have a drink!"
To us, total strangers.
:-)

The 'qwahtah' hasn't changed much. Old buildings have bars with different names, but the brick and mortar is the same.
The streets are narrower than I remembered, but it was morning and I was stone cold sober.
:-)

If you like antiques, you'll be in heaven with a stroll down Rue Royal.

Not as many titty bars on Bourbon as I remember.
LaFitte's Blacksmith Shop (bar) is still there.

Just had a fun time in The City That Care Forgot.
Y'all come on down!
:party:

[nolabear]

1. Glad you had fun, trof. And I haz a BIG envy.

But I'll get down there soon. I have a bad habit of visiting when it's a bazillion in the shade, so why stop now?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear trof!

Wow, sounds like a great trip! I thought you'd have fun...

Isn't it funny the way our memories can play tricks on us?

Welcome home!

:hi:

[blueamy66]

3. JEALOUS

That's all I got.

[Flaxbee]

4. I have never been to NOLA; would love to, though

Glad you had such a good time, trof! :hi:

[snooper2]

5. Just got back from 3 days in St. Louis (Maryland Heights)

Still a shithole :P

Did have a really good dinner at Dierdorf & Harts in Westport Plaza, and shut down the trainwreck salon but outside that closed off area, still crappy....

All that tax money and the roads are crap everywhere.

And Lambert Field has to be one of the worst airports in the World, maybe a tad better than Little Rock. That tornado should have waited for everyone to take shelter and finished off the other terminals.