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[Buzz Buzzard]

Kinda run down and um gross.
Maybe it'll grow on me.

[SchwanzBrewer]

They've got antibiotics for that.

[VolFan]

They've got alcohol for that.

[Buzz Buzzard]

I've been fighting off a pretty bad cold this week, I'm going to take it easy till the boat gets me to Mexico.

[Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

You went to the wrong New Orleans.

[TonyBrown]

In the summer it smells like a urinal

[Buzz Buzzard]

I'm at cafe du monde, it smells awful.
Our hotel is at Orleans and bourbon st.
Fecking chaos.

[TonyBrown]

Cafe du monde is really good, their coffee is solid too

[cavman]

It’s cool and has some fun hidden bars. Smelly though.

[Buzz Buzzard]

https://www.dailymai...social-facebook

[Buzz Buzzard]

My crew in NO. A supporter a gray Mexican, his jew husband, a lesbian and her jamaican partner, an extremely Christian woman and the supporters wifey.

[Dave]

Pro tip: When in New Orleans, don't wear your good shoes.

[ER Pemberton]

In the summer it smells like a urinal

... and vomit.  

[Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

Ohhhh add in a mass shooting at Canal street 3am today.

[Stains_not_here_man]

Lol. New Orleans is the only place I've been where the police told me to get out of a neighborhood I was walking in because I was white.

[Buzz Buzzard]

I had that happen in Miami.

[Stains_not_here_man]

Lol, I've only been to Miami once on an overnight stopover. We were advised not to leave the hotel

[AspenLeif]

I was living in Norwalk CT for an internship around 2000. Never had been to NYC before, and totally unfamiliar with the subway system. Popped up in Harlem, walked about 2 blocks and was approached by two cops. First thing they asked is if I was lost, and 2nd....did I want to know how to get out of there.

[TonyBrown]

Lol, I've only been to Miami once on an overnight stopover. We were advised not to leave the hotel

reason 672 to stay from big cities

[texred1]

I love New Orleans, it is at the top of the list of places I plan to drink myself to death when my wife eventually leaves me.

 

Here are my top highlights:

 

Fried chicken at Willie Mae's. https://www.williemaesnola.com/menu/

This, honestly the best fried chicken I have ever had.

 

Just outside the Quarter in the Marigny is Frenchmen Street. This is where the locals go to hear great Jazz music. Most of the bars have no cover charge, the drinks are not overpriced like Bourbon St and the bands are phenomenal.

 

Another great spot for Jazz is Preservation Hall. The place is tiny, most of the time it is standing room only. They do not serve drinks or food and they have no bathroom. What they do have is some of the most talented Jazz musicians you will ever see.

 

The Haunted History Tour of the Quarter top notch. It is more historical than scary and a great way to learn the layout of the Quarter.

 

The Empire Bar at Broussard's does Traditional Absinthe Service in the afternoons from 5 to 7pm (this place also does a great Ramos Gin Fizz)

Drink a Ramos Gin Fizz at the Roosevelt Hotel Bar

Drink a Pimms Cups at the Napolean House.

Drink a Vieaux Carre at the Carousel Bar (in the Hotel Monteleone)

Drink a Hurricane at Pat O'Brien next to the flaming fountain.

Drink a Hand Grenade at the Tropical Isle.

 

Once you drink all of that and you realize it is almost 3am, head over the Verti Mart and grab a breakfast po boy to go. (pro-tip, they only take cash.)

 

Also if you have the time the New Orleans School of Cooking is a must. The day I was there they taught us to make Gumbo, Jambalaya, Bread Pudding and Pralines. They gave us a history lesson on the dishes and then you get to eat what they cooked for lunch with an Abita beer all for approx $30. It was like hanging out in grandma's kitchen learning her secrets.

 

~dustin

Edited by texred1, 01 December 2019 - 10:46 AM.