welp my boss came back from leave and I let her know this was on my horizon. She is not happy but it *will* be after the panic of finals is over. She said ok, I heat you.
Ya, I think we should hook up, or at least chat about where the real people eat. I am not all that interested in drinking overpriced hurricanes just to say I've been on Bourbon Street. Still researching ways and means. Dana On 7/17/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is true. The young ladies I know that are at or near the age of 15 > think they are adults. Most are fairly mature, but I still would not trust > them in New Orleans by themselves. > > On a lighter note, I personally have enjoyed walking through the French > Quarter. I used to work on Poydras St, about 5 blocks away, and would walk > through there every day for lunch. I carried my camera and got some great > architectural shots. Katrina ate the computer they were on and the hard > drive may not be recoverable. > > I suspect the meet will be at the New Orleans Arena. That neighborhood is > generally good, on the edge of the business district. It has the usual set > of skunks who try to prey on tourists. However, one of the more notorious > projects is about a mile from there. On the other hand, the historic > Storeyville is in that area as well. > > The public transportation is safe and pervasive. You can get to about every > area of the city on a bus or streetcar. Let the driver know you are a > visitor and where you need to go. They will usually help you out. You can > also purchase passes that will allow you to ride the busses all day in both > Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. Last time I saw the price it was $6.00. Not > bad since a round trip on a bus would run you about $3.00. > > If you do come down, drop me a line and we could probably meet up. If you > can, try to find and read the book "Confederacy of Dunces." It will give you > an idea of the life in New Orleans. It is a bit of a caricature, but we > really have folks like Ignatius Riley here. My wife is a textbook "Y'at" and > will axe you questions while washing the dishes in the zinc. She doesn't > berl the erl, but she will go make groceries. > > Finally, remember the answer to the statement "Bet you I can tell you where > you got your shoes" is "On my feet, on this street." > > >Thank you for the offer, but she is not as grown as she thinks she is > >so I am thinking I should go with her. I am not so much concerned with > >panhandlers -- we have those too -- as with gettingin over her head > >somehow. I have never been to New Orleans but what I have read makes > >me think that it is a city where you can get in over your head kinda > >easily. > > > > > >On 7/16/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238478 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
