@Th3RealF0lkBlu3s
I think I read you mentioned going down to Nawwwwwlins to see the Raiders, right? You sure picked a hell of a game to attend as a visitor.
How was the trip? Not sure how long you stayed or what you did, but I'm curious to hear about your experience there. I spent a week down South on vacation in May of this year, and took an impromptu road trip out to the Big Easy. Good memories.
Man, let me tell you... Everyone I know who had been there previously had told me how great it is, and it still blew me away.
The culture, the food, the people, Bourbon Street, the jazz, the sights, the history, all of it together to make something so unique that it seemed like I was in another country altogether. I walked the French Quarter slowly and deliberately, took in everything I could and felt there was so much more still lingering. So many different cultural influences all intermixed into something that I'm sure I'll never find an equivalent to in the rest of the country. The thing I'd imagine everyone thinks of when they think of New Orleans would be the music, and that should be the thought everyone has, cause it is nonstop live playing everywhere. We went to a jazz club on Monday night cause Sunday was all about celebrating (for me at least it was
) and as I sit on the bench of the jazz bar we're in and watching this great four man group play song after song, I thought about all the great music that has been played there and felt an equal sense of satisfaction of wi****lness for only being able to have this small portion of it.
If you've never had an authentic New Orleans meal, no one can explain to you how great it is. I had a bite from a beignet from Cafe du Monde on Sunday night and thought I was going to shed a tear. It was perfect; I have no other way of describing it. So too was the jambalaya from Creole House and the gumbo from Mothers. I just got back home late last night and I miss the hell out of all of it.
Bourbon Street is awesome. Tons of people milling around with open drinks, everyone friendly, live music everywhere, women of all backgrounds, a total atmosphere of celebration that enveloped everyone. Saints fans were congratulating Raider fans on the win and everyone intermingled without any kind of drama. I learned that when the Saints DO win that the street is even more fantastic, which I imagine is just everything I described on a larger scale, spilling into more street blocks. They love their football in Louisiana.
I'm running out of words, mostly cause I need to recover. But everyone needs to be in New Orleans at some point, there is nothing that can compare to it in America.
Johnny_Cakes
) and as I sit on the bench of the jazz bar we're in and watching this great four man group play song after song, I thought about all the great music that has been played there and felt an equal sense of satisfaction of wi****lness for only being able to have this small portion of it. 
