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So, thoughts on New Orleans:
– There are some French-looking buildings. But for the most part, the French quarter isn’t very French. And that’s OK, cause why would you even want to be Fr*nch in the first place.
– It’s the city with by far the greatest sense of place of anywhere I’ve been in the US.
– And the nightlife is incredible for an American city of its size
– Holding a conference with tens of thousands of attendees in a city with a population in the hundreds of thousands makes finding lunch difficult.
– Which is made even more difficult by the fact that I’m vegetarian and it turns out that a city best known for its seafood is a VERY annoying place to be a vegetarian.
– It went from -1C to about 25C in the space of about a day, which is a) insane and b) Impossible to pack for
– The culture there is way more obviously influenced by Africa than anywhere else I’ve been in the US, including in areas with high black populations. Like, those voodoo masks look exactly like something out of West Africa. Apparently part of the reason why more of the culture was preserved there is because British colonists banned slaves from drumming in their territories, but the French never did, and there were areas where slaves were free to congregate and party.
– The beignets (which is literally just French for donut) are dangerous, especially since you have to order them in threes.
– Yes, I did pay for a 15 minute tarot card and palm reading and I hate to say this but my fortune teller was very annoyingly good. I guess he’d just seen a lot of planetary scientists that week and they all have the same vibe. His alleged degree in mental health and psychology and his prior job as a social worker probably helped too.
– This place must have been so incredibly amazing before Katrina happened. Is it just me, or did you use to hear about New Orleans way more back in the day than you do now?