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| Author: | Psycory [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orleans |
1. Cafe Du Mond's Beignet quality has gone downhill a little bit, they mask it by over-sugaring them. 2. Going to New Orleans when a Motorcycle "Club" is having a convention there is an adventure. 3. Still my second favorite city in the U.S. |
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| Author: | denisdman [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
The coffee there is pretty crappy (I drink it black). The "doughnuts" are overrated. Basically, the place has a great atmosphere. That's it. It is one of my top five cities. It is quite unique relative to other U.S. cities. |
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| Author: | a retard [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
I have been to NOLA several times but to Cafe Du Monde just once. It is a tourist trap. Crappy coffee, no refills, the beignets are no better than a krispy kreme and the patio is overrun by pigeons. Keep it. For a real treat go running through the Quarter early in the morning on a hot day. The odor is unique; a mixture of garbage, urine and vomit. That said, the food, drink, people, buildings, and music still make it one one of my favorite US cities. |
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| Author: | Psycory [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
I found Cafe Beignet to be really good. The motorcycle club made going on Bourbon Street after dark a real adventure. Did it on Thursday night and that was it. They were taking up a whole block of the street and were taking the fun out of the area. Instead I hung out on the other side of the French Quarter where the Mardi Gras parade was starting from on Saturday night. That was a blast, one of my friends used to live in NOLA and was a part of one of the krewes for that parade and she was an excellent host for the day and parade. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
Psycory wrote: I found Cafe Beignet to be really good. The motorcycle club made going on Bourbon Street after dark a real adventure. Did it on Thursday night and that was it. They were taking up a whole block of the street and were taking the fun out of the area. Instead I hung out on the other side of the French Quarter where the Mardi Gras parade was starting from on Saturday night. That was a blast, one of my friends used to live in NOLA and was a part of one of the krewes for that parade and she was an excellent host for the day and parade. did she show em I love NO. Great food, great drink, interesting atmosphere. I could go back every year. |
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| Author: | Psycory [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
No, as she put it, we would demand a refund. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
What is your favorite city in the US? |
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| Author: | Furious Styles [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
My friend's wife wandered a few blocks off Bourbon St. and get held up. Dude was holding his index finger under his shirt pretending he had a gun. She called him out on it, but he relented..."give me your money." She reached into her pocketbook and took out a few bills, to which he responded "all of it." She told him that she needed money too. He took the few bills from her and left. 
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| Author: | Psycory [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
Chicago. Something about my absence making the heart grow fonder. |
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| Author: | Chus [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
Psycory wrote: The motorcycle club made going on Bourbon Street after dark a real adventure. Did it on Thursday night and that was it. They were taking up a whole block of the street and were taking the fun out of the area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGyKBFCd_u4 |
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| Author: | Psycory [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
One last thing, the parade was a thing. They really really really hate Roger Goodell down there, every other float was a fuck the nfl. As deadspin notes: http://deadspin.com/5977808/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
Psycory wrote: One last thing, the parade was a thing. They really really really hate Roger Goodell down there, every other float was a fuck the nfl. As deadspin notes: http://deadspin.com/5977808/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow What's NOT to hate?!? F Goodell & the NFL. |
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| Author: | Tall Midget [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
Regular Reader wrote: Psycory wrote: One last thing, the parade was a thing. They really really really hate Roger Goodell down there, every other float was a fuck the nfl. As deadspin notes: http://deadspin.com/5977808/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow What's NOT to hate?!? F Goodell & the NFL. That float is .
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
Regardin Du Monde, I don't drink coffee but how much different can they make a donut? Consistency would not seem to be an issue. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
Big Chicagoan wrote: What is your favorite city in the US? That city in Tennesee where you have to pay the fire department fee or they let your house burn down.
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| Author: | Colonel Angus [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
Regular Reader wrote: Psycory wrote: One last thing, the parade was a thing. They really really really hate Roger Goodell down there, every other float was a fuck the nfl. As deadspin notes: http://deadspin.com/5977808/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow What's NOT to hate?!? F Goodell & the NFL. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time! The Saints wouldn't even be in the Big Easy if it weren't for Goodell. Per, Michael Wilbon. |
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| Author: | W_Z [ Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three quick observations from my 5 day trip to New Orlea |
no, the saints wouldn't be in new orleans if it wasn't for katrina. |
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