|
| quote: | 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]
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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.
| quote: |
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
|
