Sharing photos of Drew Brees' house as I passed it on the way to my hotel

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Brees may be retired but he is still one of Nawlins' favorite sons:

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Arrived at my hotel:

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We are "Elite" members so we get the fast version at no charge  :

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Nice room and view:

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All and all, Nawlins still Nawlins with its' bustling French Quarter and all:

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Like most big cities, look out for FRAUDs and scammers like these guys that tried to rip me off and I just laughed at their faces  :

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Whether it's in the French Quarter of NOLA or in France, gotta have some beignets  :

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Looks like the hotel valet parkers are taking them fancy sports and muscle cars to the top floor of the parking structure and did some burnouts overnight from my hotel room's vantage point..:

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Where's this at? 

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Thanks for pix of narleans.  I'm overdue for a trip there. 

I can talk more about them pix of yours but it'll have me writing a book.  So much memories at the french quarters for me.  Growing up there from bottle feeding school till the 7th grade, our annual field trips are always at these 3 locations. 

French quarter
Auduban zoo
city's park

I suggest you do the zoo.  It is not too far from the french quarter.  It is a real treat if your daughter is with you. 

There is also a charity hospital near there where all of our refugee kids from the hood who were born in the USA would go there.  Free of charge.  Good to know if you need hospital care.  Not sure if that charity hospital still existed.   We left since 89

That bridge is the howie long bridge.  It separates the east bank (french quarter side) from the west bank.  If you have a rental car, find LA11 city of chelmatte on the map.  That highway will reach that mississippi river and there is a free ferry (at the time) that will take you across the mississippi to the east bank.  A real treat to see and witness. From there, you can drive back to that howie long bridge to your hotel.  LA11 running the other way will take you to Lake pontchartrain.  I think it has 2 bridges.  One is the 5 miles long and one is 24 miles long.  That is where you run into city's park. 

Walking distance from your hotel is the Harrah's casino

If you are on bourbon street, the famous drink is called a hand grenade.  Pretty strong stuff. 

From that cafe du monde going the other way, that street will take you to the farmer's market where you can hear the locals speaking either creole or french.  I used to speak with a cajun accent but california man, it pollutes and robs you.  If I hear it again, I might be able to mimic it. 

The mighty mississippi.  It has catfish in the sizes of 40+ lber.  They are the ones that Mark twain be writing about huck finn using a whole rabbit to catch his catfish off the bayou. 

When you see their cemetery, notice how they buried their coffin on top of the ground.  Narleans is sinking yearly and with flooding, them coffin, if buried underground will be washed away. 

Try to find a viet person there.  It is like hunting for waldo.  I do the same thing when I'm in the midwest.  I go to walmart and try to find a hmong person on purpose to win a prize. 

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Where's this at? 

New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA)..

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Thanks for pix of narleans.  I'm overdue for a trip there. 

I can talk more about them pix of yours but it'll have me writing a book.  So much memories at the french quarters for me.  Growing up there from bottle feeding school till the 7th grade, our annual field trips are always at these 3 locations. 

French quarter
Auduban zoo
city's park

I suggest you do the zoo.  It is not too far from the french quarter.  It is a real treat if your daughter is with you. 

There is also a charity hospital near there where all of our refugee kids from the hood who were born in the USA would go there.  Free of charge.  Good to know if you need hospital care.  Not sure if that charity hospital still existed.   We left since 89

That bridge is the howie long bridge.  It separates the east bank (french quarter side) from the west bank.  If you have a rental car, find LA11 city of chelmatte on the map.  That highway will reach that mississippi river and there is a free ferry (at the time) that will take you across the mississippi to the east bank.  A real treat to see and witness. From there, you can drive back to that howie long bridge to your hotel.  LA11 running the other way will take you to Lake pontchartrain.  I think it has 2 bridges.  One is the 5 miles long and one is 24 miles long.  That is where you run into city's park. 

Walking distance from your hotel is the Harrah's casino

If you are on bourbon street, the famous drink is called a hand grenade.  Pretty strong stuff. 

From that cafe du monde going the other way, that street will take you to the farmer's market where you can hear the locals speaking either creole or french.  I used to speak with a cajun accent but california man, it pollutes and robs you.  If I hear it again, I might be able to mimic it. 

The mighty mississippi.  It has catfish in the sizes of 40+ lber.  They are the ones that Mark twain be writing about huck finn using a whole rabbit to catch his catfish off the bayou. 

When you see their cemetery, notice how they buried their coffin on top of the ground.  Narleans is sinking yearly and with flooding, them coffin, if buried underground will be washed away. 

Try to find a viet person there.  It is like hunting for waldo.  I do the same thing when I'm in the midwest.  I go to walmart and try to find a hmong person on purpose to win a prize.

Thanks for sharing, that's some good memory/story there..

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The mighty Mississippi's water was calm that day. Even the dogs were enjoying the calmness:

[DuMa]

Not too sure when but I would like to go back and fish that mississippi river.  I was too young at the time to understand the nature of fishing.  We didn't even have cable tv so we could not watch them early morning saturday fishing show that shows us how to use lures and creativity to catch them fishes. 

It'll have to be a vacation trip for the boys only.  Women are not allowed because it'll ruin their trip since the boys are more concentrated in catching them new species. 

If I want to go the full experiences, I do have an uncle from my aunt's (inlaw) side.  Her brother owns a shrimping and tuna vessel.  They fish for a living so we are talking about at least 3 weeks out on the water.  They work in split share of the catch so everybody has a stake in this.  Go out and come home with at least a few grand cash but I'll do it for free.   The only thing is not to ask me to the work and let me just be free and do my own things.  His commercial fleet is huge.  We talking about boats probably the size of 2 school buses. 

They worked hard and gets exposed to the elements but the pay is good and they get a long break after the trip is over.  Often guys in the neighborhood be bugging him for a trip because everyone needs a job that pays well enough to get them out of their stricken state. 

Good to think about it.  Sigh