SmashMouth

Every Who Dat has heard the folklore: that the travails of the New Orleans Saints can be traced to the Superdome having been built over a cemetery. In fact, the story of that not-so-final resting place, the Girod Street Cemetery, suggests that street improvements pose more risks to cemeteries than cemeteries do to football teams.



Origins of that now-gone graveyard date to 200 years ago, when Anglo-Americans began to migrate into what had previously been an overwhelmingly Catholic city with a Francophone Creole population. The newcomers, like all migrants, brought with them all their cultural traits, chief among them religion. Within two years of the Louisiana Purchase, transplanted Episcopalians founded Christ Church.

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iceshack149

That was a good read, Smashmouth. It's a good break from the bickering here, of which I am guilty.

The city of New Orleans is a conundrum. I enjoy visiting because of the history but I made the mistake of bring my family to the French Quarter in 2018. When we sat down for dinner, the sun was up. It seemed that immediately after we placed our order the sun went down. Where I'm from, regardless of the season, it takes a long time for the sun to rise and set.
After dinner, I led my wife and three kids -aged 10, 12, and 13- through the Quarter with my head on a swivel. This was during the Tricentennial mind you so with the multiple fireworks being lit it was extra noisy. I've never been that stressed out in my life.

I do like the city, though. For many reasons. My town has few food options and the food quality is usually subpar due to the lack of competing restaurants. So when I visit, I am an absolute glutton.

"...it's good to have friends, no matter where they are."--JOESAM2002

Rugby Saint II

I always thought it was a Voodoo curse!