Part One:
Caution: Long journal entry ahead, lots of pictures. Scroll at your own risk. If you are a sucker for punishment (Yes Maam), then see my picture folder. You have to guess which one.
Disclaimer #1: These pictures were taken in the two hours I had to drive around the city when it was actually light out. I was working, there arent any huge party shots, and my gf wanted lots of destruction pictures. I generally take much better pictures.
Ive never been to New Orleans. Ive wanted to visit for years, but never had the chance. Then the hurricane hit, and I thought that my opportunity to visit a New Orleans with the spirit that so many people had talked about with a glow in their eyes was gone. I was wrong.
Only a third of the population has returned, but the spirit is there. People make eye contact when they walk down the street and say Good Morning. The things that make you stand out in most cities arent the most shocking thing theyve seen, theyre from New Orleans. The music never stops in the French Quarter. People are actually polite and everyone is named Sugar. Maybe they call you Sugar cause youre still wearing the evidence of your morning Beignets.
I was visiting New Orleans for work, so my time was limited. But I had an local connection, one of my gfs friends from grad school has lived in New Orleans all her life. She spent two nights and one morning taking me to the places that define New Orleans to an outsider. I was staying in the French Quarter, and she gave me a driving tour of the Garden District, a bit of the Ninth Ward, and Magazine Street. All these areas weathered the storm very well. Other than the debris in the streets and the dark houses, you may hardly notice the damage.
Until you wander into the area near Tulane University.
Part Two in a couple of days...observations and conversations about the hurricane.
Caution: Long journal entry ahead, lots of pictures. Scroll at your own risk. If you are a sucker for punishment (Yes Maam), then see my picture folder. You have to guess which one.
Disclaimer #1: These pictures were taken in the two hours I had to drive around the city when it was actually light out. I was working, there arent any huge party shots, and my gf wanted lots of destruction pictures. I generally take much better pictures.
Ive never been to New Orleans. Ive wanted to visit for years, but never had the chance. Then the hurricane hit, and I thought that my opportunity to visit a New Orleans with the spirit that so many people had talked about with a glow in their eyes was gone. I was wrong.
Only a third of the population has returned, but the spirit is there. People make eye contact when they walk down the street and say Good Morning. The things that make you stand out in most cities arent the most shocking thing theyve seen, theyre from New Orleans. The music never stops in the French Quarter. People are actually polite and everyone is named Sugar. Maybe they call you Sugar cause youre still wearing the evidence of your morning Beignets.
I was visiting New Orleans for work, so my time was limited. But I had an local connection, one of my gfs friends from grad school has lived in New Orleans all her life. She spent two nights and one morning taking me to the places that define New Orleans to an outsider. I was staying in the French Quarter, and she gave me a driving tour of the Garden District, a bit of the Ninth Ward, and Magazine Street. All these areas weathered the storm very well. Other than the debris in the streets and the dark houses, you may hardly notice the damage.
Until you wander into the area near Tulane University.
Part Two in a couple of days...observations and conversations about the hurricane.
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samling:
aww i bet you're WAY fun. we'll catch up sooner or later. i look forward to it.
merritt:
My ex-wife told me she had a Career Power class with you today. Not sure if she said hi. Her name is Jamie.