This is my first posting on my new blog. What should I write about? hmm....the south! I traveled for the first time to new orleans, la last week for about a 24 hour spell. here's what I learned:
- the correct pronunciation of new orleans is "nawlins'"
- some words are pronounced in french and some aren't
- douchebag behavior is not limited to frat boys. business men who declare loudly at the top of their lungs "I need some tits and ass" are also welcome in NOLA
- catfish really tastes like the bottom of the swamp
- chicory coffee needs to be sold in every supermarket across the us
- beignets and 24hr beignets are the best gift our french friend's bestowed upon the u.s
- cockroaches can skillfully fly in places other than south america (they are also just as large)
- you can buy underwear on bourbon street at midnight and it's not even bejeweled
- lifelike, plastic-ish, alligator heads as souvenirs are pretty disturbing
- girls (no matter how meagerly endowed) will still flash their goods for colored, plastic beads. mardi gras is not needed any longer as an excuse
- never stay at the royal sonesta on bourbon street unless you plan on staying up all night
- you can hear all manner of mediocre blues band at any hour of the day
- you can get all your gaudy, old world antiques on one street in the french quarter
- my 2nd visit to the mississippi river made my jaw drop
- deciding on which ghost/tomb/voodoo tour to take is a real challenge
- whatever you like to eat is probably available deep fried or as bbq with a side of hot sauce
- gulf coast storms are pretty scary and fast
- continental likes to stow luggage after saying "they'll gate check it" and then not tell you where they hid it! i love hide and seek!
- The W in the french quarter has a huge bathroom and a tiny main room
- don't ever ever ever try to fly across the country in a mere 48 hours or less
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