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New Orleans was a beautifully complex town.
We stayed in a hostel named, 'The Longpre Guest
House' [I highly reccomend this place]. The
Longpre Guest House offers a great price and also is located
away from all the annoying hubbub of Bourbon Street. For more info check
here: [hostels.com] It was nice
being in the outskirts of the Garden District
and was only one block from the historic and charming railcar that runs
down St. Charles Ave.
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The obvious 'place to
go' was the French Quarter and Bourbon
Street. What I did not realize is that Bourbon Street was as hedonistic
and tourist-oriented as it is. I almost
felt stupid that I did not expect it from day one. Bourbon Street is
full of strip clubs and stupid shallow people drinking and acting like
fools. Good old [Nob.Norris] concurred
that it was a bad place to be. Not all of Bourbon Street is so ruthlessly
vulgar... but for the most part we stayed away from it. The rest
of the French Quarter was interesting and
fun, it is full of great restaurants and some of the best food I have
ever had. Every night we stopped somewhere different to get gumbo
or jambalaya.
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However my favorite places to go were outside
of the general tourist guidlines. Out past Esplanade
down on Frenchmen there was a cluster of
interesting and quality music clubs. The best of which being the Tin
Room, where each night the venerable owner and jazz musician
Jack Mahieu plays nightly with his band.
Also down that way were D.B.A [an indie
club], The Brazil Room [Carribean music],
and the Spotted Salmon [an odd mix of folk
and jazz]. One of the highlights of the trip was our voyage out to the
opposite edge of the Garden District to
the Maple Leaf. The Maple Leaf is a club
in which some of the most unique and real music I have ever heard is
played. If you want an authentic 'taste' of New
Orleans, I recommend you go to it.
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Last but certainly not least were my two personal
favorite restaurants in New Orleans: The
Camilia Grill and Samuel's. The
Camilia Grill is a family owned grill with an open cooking area
and diner stool seating all throughout the restaurant. The man with
the plan Marvin will greet you with props
and get you the most fluffy and amazingly good
omelette on earth. A must for any tip to NOLA. Samuel's
is a great restaurant where they serve very authentic
cajun style dishes. [nob.norris] ate gumbo
every time he ordered food there. but while their gumbo
was the best i have ever had, I also took the risk of trying boiled
crawfish. now while the taste of the beasts is not so tasty as
the other dishes such as gumbo or jambalaya,
they make it all up in the process of consumption. There is just something
to be said about tearing an animal in half
and sucking down the juices inside.
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A
very unique and good example of the feel of New Orleans' architecture.
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Jackson
Park, down in the heart of the French Quarter.
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The
home of Anne Rice. It was an honor to see it.
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Longpre
Guest House, where [tac]+[nob] stayed.
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The
church at Jackson Square again the heart of French Quarter.
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the
home of the infamous Trent Reznor of NIN.
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Out
in the bayou...
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Deeper
into the bayou...
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Where
the dead rest and bake in the sun.
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The
textures in this place are phenominal.
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I
hope I get to cook to ash in one of these some day... hear that mom?
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The
charming St. Charles railcar... where we met Vanessa... *sigh*
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"These
two fools will stop at nothing short of perfection." - Ed Gein
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Nob
showing off his 'Kung Fu Style' to a 14 yr. old girl on the plane.
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