i just feel compelled to go!!!


im even pricing flights and hotels at the minute!-any orgers live in new orleans??

anybody been post/pre katrina

i just get the vibe that i would fuckin love it!!!

I haven't been since Katrina... so no idea what it's like right now.

But I've been twice before and I LOOOOOVED New Orleans.

jonylawson said:

I heard Katrina and the waves have a residency there now ...

Mardi Gras time!!!

Yep it sure is, we've had four King Cakes at the office already and the one I ordered from Randazzo's is being delivered tomorrow

statuesqque said:

Mardi gras is my favorite time of year! I even decorate my house!

MoniGram said:

You GO!!! Moni... it's a great time of the year when the whole city goes nuts, well one of many

admittedly, I haven't been in many years it got kinda crazy for a while and after you've seen so many. but now would be cool, a few people from my office are going over but I can't to short of a notice.

plus the last memory I have of home is the 4th of July right before it all went to hell and I don't want to lose that.

I visited New Orleans for the first time in March and April 2006, about 6 and 7 months after Hurricane Katrina. I was in an 8-week military class in Biloxi at Keesler Air Force Base for my part-time national guard job.

Haven't been back, but planning to go soon. Unfortunately, Fat Tuesday is next week and it's at the start of the February book, so I am SOL because I work for a TV station.

But if you do go to Nawlins, make sure you take a side trip east about 70-80 miles to Biloxi and Ocean Springs. Make sure you visit The Shed on I-10, the bast damn BBQ on the planet. Get fed at the shed.

Oh, when in the French Quarter make sure you visit Razoo's. Best 3-for-1 deal on the planet.

statuesqque said:

I have never been, but I sure do hope someday I can get there. I fell in love with New Orleans as a child, and for some reason I am drawn to the city. Who knows..maybe a past life or something! But I enjoy Mardi Gras!!! Like I said I decorate my home for this time of year! And I order King Cakes out of the city to support their economy!

I lived in New Orleans pre-Katrina.Go! U'll love it!

MoniGram said:

way to go Moni... yeah, there's something about that city...there's no place in the world like it!!!

New Orleanian...born, raised, and educated....my fam still lives in the area...got lots of friends still living there...I haven't been there since right before Katrina, but from what I've been told, things are slowly coming around....the crime is still a bitch, and there is still a ton of stuff to do to get her back to her glory....but the powers that be have worked overtime to recover most of the tourist attractions.....several local musicians have resumed playing....and if you REALLY want to experience N.O., go to Jazz Fest instead of Mardi Gras....here is a taste of the line up....



there's more info on JazzFest Line-up... this jammy jam is a much truer representation of my fair home until the city is completely restored....jus' my

http://www.holidays.net/m...s/cake.htm

Since I had no idea what a King Cake was...



I want my office to order 4

take some OFF...the mosquitos are still bad...

roodboi said:

..and BIG too....they've got ID numbers stenciled on their sides and are required to file flight plans.....

statuesqque said:

Look at those colors! My Christmas tree even has a Mardi Gras theme to it!

MoniGram said:

I have Mardi Gras colored earings that I wear on Fat Tuesday with my purple and green and a touch of gold. but you should try to make the jazz fest to get a true sense and flavor of the city since you won't make mardi gras.


don't know what happen there
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statuesqque said:

Hopefully someday I can just go to the city! Soak in it's history!

MoniGram said:

today is King Cake day (again ) !!!

statuesqque said:

YUMMMY!!!!! Love King Cake!!!!!

Eat some for me hun!

MoniGram said:

oh, you know it... I got'cha covered

Ah, I found them. Here are some images about 6 months after Katrina (March 2006) from Biloxi.

TheDetroitCrawl.org /biloxi_march11

Don't go during the NBA All-star game weekend. It's going 2 be OUT of control.

statuesqque said:

It's delayed it won't get here till tomorrow

statuesqque said:

OH NO!!!!

MoniGram said:

it's okay, I have the patience of Job. it'll taste even better tomorrow

Bring bug spray and don't cross the tracks

CarrieLee said:

good point

Its a fantastic place, I loved every second I was there, the atmosphere was just buzzing. I was there for two nights back in 2001, I stopped there as I was doing a trek across America from New York to L.A.

As A New Orleans resident half the time and born , raise and attend high school there, its a nice place to visit!! But live there is another story. Have fun and do not cross Rampart st in french quarter or you will wind up in the Iberville Projects!!!