The Desk does New Orleans- 'desk' style

[DrLeftover]

The Media Desk does New Orleans... ...

including the house of blues.... Desk Style.



Major photo essay to follow.



please stand by



(in short- N.O. is BACK! ya'll come!)

 

[Jazzy]

I can't wait to see the photo essay!

 

[DrLeftover]

I'm working on it.



To get the full flavor of the City I just took a couple of friends out and we walked back down Bourbon Street just before sunset.



I shook hands with the Devil. We talked to the Tarot card reader, Jackie, and saw a couple of working girls that were, we'll be nice here, ... ... that weren't the best looking young ladies in town.



Yeah, that'll do.

 

[DrLeftover]

NOLA history as I understand it:



New Orleans was founded by a Frenchman from Canada in 1718. But the French realized that building a city below sea level between the river and the lake wasn't a good idea, so they gave it to the Spanish. The Spaniards took a good long look around and after a fire or two, decided that the place was just a disaster waiting to happen, so they had the sense to give it back to the French, who still didn't want it, so they pawned it off on the Americans who were just dumb enough to buy it and move a professional sports team in.



Subsequently, endless political corruption and infighting, a near miss by a major hurricane, and a man-made disaster or two have attempted to cripple the city. But so far, in spite of the best efforts by the national media and various political activists, the locals refuse to give up and the heart of the city is as vibrant as ever.