Post #149376 by Tiki-bot on Fri, Mar 25, 2005 11:03 PM

On 2005-03-07 16:51, Tiki_Bong wrote:
I, at some point in my miserable life want to go to N.O.

Me thinks, perhaps, there are powerful elements of the universe best left unmixed. :)

I've been to N.O. 4 times, twice for Mardi Gras, and they are some of the fondest memories of my life. Yeah, there's that tired old drunken boobie-fest on Bourbon St., but I have friends there in the Garden District I visited and we did the town, local style. So much fun I can't even go into it here. We had far more fun at the parades and endless house parties in the outlying areas away from the Quarter thrown to celebrate the parades that happen in the many days leading up to Fat Tuesday. I was really impressed by the friends I made there and I have never seen more exemplary displays of neighborhood comraderie than out in the district. Sure, I had my share of depravity while there, but I will never forget the warmth and hospitality I encountered among the folks there. Good folk there.