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The Beginner's Guide to Bourbon Street

While on bourbon street we had a great idea to document "how to survive" mardi gras and all that jazz. and this is the result. it's scaled down, because i had a lot more videos (most of which were me beligerently drunk), so its a little shorter than expected. regardless, hopefully it'll be something for you all to laugh at. and who knows, maybe you'll learn a thing or two. and maybe you'll want to come down and party next year!




direct link [for those who can't youtube]

It was fun to see your downfall.

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Originally posted by nchs09 It was fun to see your downfall.

part, uhm, 3? i wanted to put time stamps on every clip, but fucking WMM was being a bitch. so i said screw it

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Originally posted by nchs09 It was fun to see your downfall.

dude! i would go...

but no fun in going if your not 21...

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Originally posted by chucho

lol pretty much.

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Originally posted by XoxidE dude! i would go... but no fun in going if your not 21...

yeah, kind of. i mean, they don't really card a whole lot. so....yeah

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Originally posted by chucho

hahahah que pendejada.

lmfao at the guy running behind you shouting random shit

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Originally posted by Fledz lmfao at the guy running behind you shouting random shit

lol, yeah, thats my buddy matt. that was fat tuesday night and we were both really sloshed

Drunk at Mardis Gras?

Well, I never...!

You don't look very enthusiastic.

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Originally posted by RJT Drunk at Mardis Gras? Well, I never...!

i know, i was shocked at myself as well.

OK dude. Message me next year and we can meet up down there. I have friends in New Orleans and you can come stay with us for free. Crazy ass Mardi gras.

Who said you have to be 21 to drink during mardi gras. I see 14 year old kids down there with hand grenades. Come on down and get loaded with us next year.

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Originally posted by XoxidE dude! i would go... but no fun in going if your not 21...

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Originally posted by neo geo OK dude. Message me next year and we can meet up down there. I have friends in New Orleans and you can come stay with us for free. Crazy ass Mardi gras.

duelly noted!!

i was drinking at bars in uptown new orleans when i was 16...its been said that if you can reach the bar, you can drink in new orleans.

to be honest, bourbon street is quite possibly the least fun place in the entire city.

some good things to do next time:

Go to the marigny neighborhood (east of Esplanade ave, by the french quarter) and go to a place called R Bar.

Go uptown and do the cheesy college bars thing...TJs (i think they finally closed it down though), the Boot, FandMs, Grits (they serve alcohol til 10am), and most importantly Friar Tucks. You can get you and a group of friends completely trashed for under $10 at some of these places.

Go to the horse races at the New Orleans fairgrounds...I used to live 4 blocks away from it on carrolton.

On the drive from the airport to your hotel, look to the left when you are on the interstate. you will pass some buildings that look like a prison with really really tall razor wire fences...thats my high school.

The gay bars like Oz and the Pub are the only places in the entire city that play good music.

Go to 80s night at one eyed jacks...this is about as close as you are going to get to any sort of real clubbing experience in the city.

The people writing you tickets on the street (especially by jax brewery) arent really cops, they are pickpocketing you.

dont fuck with the bottlecap tap dancer kids. ive seen one, about 12 years old, take out a 30 year old man.

go experience a real New Orleans 'Yat'...you used to have to go to Challmette to find one, but now that Challmette got flattened by Katrina they are spread everywhere. You can spot a Yat by their horribly annoying accent that sounds like a brooklyner with his nuts in a vise. These people are incredibly dense and have never left new orleans and refuse to believe anything else exists "outside-a dis hea nawlins"

go tour the state palace theatre (its now a museum) ...thats where i first saw Dave Seaman totally own everyones ass with Placebo - Passive Agressive (Brothers in Rhythm Remix)...I havent been the same since.

best places to eat: Jauns Flying Burrito, Mona's (not to be confused with the equally good Mona Lisa's in the FQ) Fiorella's, Jacqumos, Dick and Jennys, Ralphs on the Park (literally lived next door), and Vincents on St Charles. If you want real New Orleans food, dont buy it at a restaurant (especially some lame shit like Acme Oyster House or Bubba Gumps)...get a New Orleanian preferabbly a Yat (yes they are good for something) to cook you a meal at their house. Jambalaya, Gumbo, Boiled Crawfish, Sweet Tea, Ettoufee etc are all best enjoyed at someones house in some sort of social setting. Crawfish boils are awesome if you can deal with 100 degree heat index and vicious misquitos. Much like Texas BBQ, every New Orleanian cooks New Orleans food their own way and their is always the best.

go play blackjack at harrahs casino on canal street and shake hands with my brother, a dealer there, who will explain to you very nicely that you are never going to win.

most importantly go to Preservation Hall and listen to real Dixie Land jazz, tip the musicians! Also Snug Harbor has good jazz.


PS note that i didnt mention mardi gras as something fun to do. most real new orleanians despise mardi gras because as children we are subjected to sitting in 8 foot high ladders at parades in the hot sun while the adults walk around freely beneath us drunk as fuck. also mardi gras is 90% tourists.

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Originally posted by Blake_Jarrell i was drinking at bars in uptown new orleans when i was 16...its been said that if you can reach the bar, you can drink in new orleans. to be honest, bourbon street is quite possibly the least fun place in the entire city. some good things to do next time: Go to the marigny neighborhood (east of Esplanade ave, by the french quarter) and go to a place called R Bar.

been there before. it was neat. funny enough, i ended up on esplanade fat tuesday night, but i was doing something else, lol. [right outside of Port Of Call....a great burger joint, imo]

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Go uptown and do the cheesy college bars thing...TJs (i think they finally closed it down though), the Boot, FandMs, Grits (they serve alcohol til 10am), and most importantly Friar Tucks. You can get you and a group of friends completely trashed for under $10 at some of these places.

local bars are a lot of fun, in any city really, away from the touristy stuff.

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Go to the horse races at the New Orleans fairgrounds...I used to live 4 blocks away from it on carrolton.

we have the downs here in shreveport. they're kinda fun, but not really my thing.

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On the drive from the airport to your hotel, look to the left when you are on the interstate. you will pass some buildings that look like a prison with really really tall razor wire fences...thats my high school.

i drove down from shreveport, so yeah, i was on I-10. i actually prefer driving across the lake. it's longer, and costs to go southbound, but its a neat drive.

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The gay bars like Oz and the Pub are the only places in the entire city that play good music.

yup - knew that from day one. jake benson and i talked about this, and i noticed something that he said too is that they really aren't "gay" bars. i mean, yeah, kinda, but its just a normal bar that everyone feels comfortable in. guys on guys, guys on girls, girls on girls, whatever you're into. great music and shit you can dance to. plus slightly less crowded.

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The people writing you tickets on the street (especially by jax brewery) arent really cops, they are pickpocketing you.

anyone who gives into the "party police" are fucking idiots.

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dont fuck with the bottlecap tap dancer kids. ive seen one, about 12 years old, take out a 30 year old man.

we've got the same shit back up in chicago.

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go experience a real New Orleans 'Yat'...you used to have to go to Challmette to find one, but now that Challmette got flattened by Katrina they are spread everywhere. You can spot a Yat by their horribly annoying accent that sounds like a brooklyner with his nuts in a vise. These people are incredibly dense and have never left new orleans and refuse to believe anything else exists "outside-a dis hea nawlins" go tour the state palace theatre (its now a museum) ...thats where i first saw Dave Seaman totally own everyones ass with Placebo - Passive Agressive (Brothers in Rhythm Remix)...I havent been the same since. best places to eat: Jauns Flying Burrito, Mona's (not to be confused with the equally good Mona Lisa's in the FQ) Fiorella's, Jacqumos, Dick and Jennys, Ralphs on the Park (literally lived next door), and Vincents on St Charles. If you want real New Orleans food, dont buy it at a restaurant (especially some lame shit like Acme Oyster House or Bubba Gumps)...get a New Orleanian preferabbly a Yat (yes they are good for something) to cook you a meal at their house. Jambalaya, Gumbo, Boiled Crawfish, Sweet Tea, Ettoufee etc are all best enjoyed at someones house in some sort of social setting. Crawfish boils are awesome if you can deal with 100 degree heat index and vicious misquitos. Much like Texas BBQ, every New Orleanian cooks New Orleans food their own way and their is always the best.

we've done a lot of this up in shreveport too. [our work had a crawfish boil a few times, and the church i went to for awhile would have random "cajun" potlucks.

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go play blackjack at harrahs casino on canal street and shake hands with my brother, a dealer there, who will explain to you very nicely that you are never going to win.

although the casinos are fun, its the same shit no matter what town you're in. i only go into harrahs if i'm going to cut through and exit out the other side towards the warehouse district/convention center.

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most importantly go to Preservation Hall and listen to real Dixie Land jazz, tip the musicians! Also Snug Harbor has good jazz.

i'd like to do that sometime. everytime i've been to new orleans, i've never really slated any time for it.

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PS note that i didnt mention mardi gras as something fun to do. most real new orleanians despise mardi gras because as children we are subjected to sitting in 8 foot high ladders at parades in the hot sun while the adults walk around freely beneath us drunk as fuck. also mardi gras is 90% tourists.

i disagree. i've been to mardi gras twice. granted, i'm no "true new orleander", but if you are looking to just fart around for a few days, meet some completely random people, live a few days in sin, and drink some good drinks, then it's right up your alley. i think mardi gras is something everyone should do at least once in their lifetime.

plus, who doesn't like hand grenades? lol

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Originally posted by tubularbills been there before. it was neat. funny enough, i ended up on esplanade fat tuesday night, but i was doing something else, lol. [right outside of Port Of Call....a great burger joint, imo]

Port of Call is great when people arent being shot out front.

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Originally posted by tubularbills local bars are a lot of fun, in any city really, away from the touristy stuff.

TJ's is not your average local bar. The laws of physics do not apply at TJ's.

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Originally posted by tubularbills we have the downs here in shreveport. they're kinda fun, but not really my thing.

completely different im sure

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Originally posted by tubularbills i drove down from shreveport, so yeah, i was on I-10. i actually prefer driving across the lake. it's longer, and costs to go southbound, but its a neat drive.

how is driving across a 26 mile bridge over one of the most polluted lakes in the US neat?

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Originally posted by tubularbills yup - knew that from day one. jake benson and i talked about this, and i noticed something that he said too is that they really aren't "gay" bars. i mean, yeah, kinda, but its just a normal bar that everyone feels comfortable in. guys on guys, guys on girls, girls on girls, whatever you're into. great music and shit you can dance to. plus slightly less crowded.

just dont go to the phoenix...i dont want to explain why.

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Originally posted by tubularbills anyone who gives into the "party police" are fucking idiots.

i used to stand outside of 735 (when it was a good club) and watch every tourist with a handgrenade get stopped and pickpocketed.

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Originally posted by tubularbills we've got the same shit back up in chicago.

are you from chicago or shreveport?

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Originally posted by tubularbills we've done a lot of this up in shreveport too. [our work had a crawfish boil a few times, and the church i went to for awhile would have random "cajun" potlucks.

people making zatarain's in a box jambalaya is not the right way to go.

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Originally posted by tubularbills although the casinos are fun, its the same shit no matter what town you're in. i only go into harrahs if i'm going to cut through and exit out the other side towards the warehouse district/convention center.

people sometimes forget that you can drink for free in casinos...also thats not the warehouse district...the warehouse district is more by mid-city. you are thinking of the riverwalk.

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Originally posted by tubularbills i'd like to do that sometime. everytime i've been to new orleans, i've never really slated any time for it.

not sure if they still do it, but sometimes there are free concerts in the french market on sundays, those are cool too.

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Originally posted by tubularbills i disagree. i've been to mardi gras twice. granted, i'm no "true new orleander", but if you are looking to just fart around for a few days, meet some completely random people, live a few days in sin, and drink some good drinks, then it's right up your alley. i think mardi gras is something everyone should do at least once in their lifetime.

i guess if you live in shreveport, mardi gras is probably lollapolooza for you. people think mardi gras is bringing money to the city but it actually costs the city more, in many ways.

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Originally posted by tubularbills plus, who doesn't like hand grenades? lol

holding a hand grenade is basically saying "hey look im a tourist, come scam me".

part arby's was the best.
"if you're hungry, you can go there and get...stuff"

Next year man, count me in!

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Originally posted by Blake_Jarrell Port of Call is great when people arent being shot out front.

also great when random parades came down during halloween

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TJ's is not your average local bar. The laws of physics do not apply at TJ's.

i'll look into it. seeing as how i'm a physics graduate, i'd like to see this.

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completely different im sure

no different from Arlington up outside of Chicago, really [except new years was fun, and there's a casino outside the racetrack]

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how is driving across a 26 mile bridge over one of the most polluted lakes in the US neat?

it's a novelty thing. its the longest bridge over water in the world. regardless of how shitty the water is, it's an engineering feet that [surprisingly enough] hasn't been destroyed yet.

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just dont go to the phoenix...i dont want to explain why.

lol, phoenix...cause i like to hang around butch/bear bars

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i used to stand outside of 735 (when it was a good club) and watch every tourist with a handgrenade get stopped and pickpocketed.

you can do the same thing in Grant Park or the Daley Plaza, or rather, any large city.

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are you from chicago or shreveport?

Originally from Chicago, now living in Shreveport.

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people making zatarain's in a box jambalaya is not the right way to go.

right, because no one outside of new orleans knows how to cook at all.

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people sometimes forget that you can drink for free in casinos.

again, i can do that here in s'port. but it takes too much time, and is pretty lame. its a last resort.

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not sure if they still do it, but sometimes there are free concerts in the french market on sundays, those are cool too.

New Orleans was ranked one of the highest cities in live free music last year.

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i guess if you live in shreveport, mardi gras is probably lollapolooza for you. people think mardi gras is bringing money to the city but it actually costs the city more, in many ways.

i'm curious to see what the numbers are this year, because it seemed like less people than last year. it was so freakin' early

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holding a hand grenade is basically saying "hey look im a tourist, come scam me".

it really doesn't take a rocket scientist to simply ignore someone on the street. anyone that is from any city with homeless people knows that.

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Originally posted by Chris Crossland Next year man, count me in!

fuck yeah man, its a blast

I just got drunk from watching that.

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