1st time in new orleans
 

In town this weekend for the game. Any suggestions on must do, must see, or must eat while I'm there?

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Go to mothers and eat.

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Your handle made me laugh a little.

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tell me you have your hotel reserved already..... if not, LaPlace is quite lovely this time of year.

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yeah crowne plaza on boubon st

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Mother's for any meal.....

Yo Mama's for a burger

K-Pauls for dinner

Bourbon Beach, Razoo's and Bourbon Blues all have 3 for one HHs...

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Got that hotel.... good! now:

Just do the usual touristy stuff the 1st time, thats my suggestion. Even "hip" "undergroundy" people like the French Quarter, they just wont admit it. Bring lots of cash, you'll need it. Dont play with the "I know where you got them shoes" guy. Find a group of strangers to share the cost of it, and ride the mule/buggy deal around. Do a paddle-wheeler ride... check out the voodoo shops, look at all the weird people at Jackson Square. Do the Cafe DuMonde beignet thing. check out the riverwalk and moonwalk. See some plantation homes if you can. Musee Conti (wax museum) on Conti is not only a kickass museum, but a great primer on N.O. history. See Chris Owens show--- she's about 100, and still has the body of a 30 yr. old, and stop in every club on Bourbon St. including the gay stuff. Dont look like a tourist--- instead dress Saints, or Ghetto, or Biker, or Redneck, never like a yuppie tourist. Everyone who's ever been to N.O. goes to Pat OBriens & gets hurricanes. They taste like kool-aid, so drink lots of them and drink them fast--- they wont do anything bad to you. trust me.

Then if you must get "local" the bohemian clubs are on Frenchman street over by Esplanade.

Most of this stuff is considered touristy, but who shives a git what is supposed to be "cool?" "undergroundy" people live with their mama. Have fun and dont worry. Dont do anything wacky till you see somebody else do it first. This is your basic crash course in New Orleans.

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I thought the rule was ... don't fight or urinate in public... everything else goes...

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thats what many people think. you can find other ways to get in troube, so play it cool. the main rule of thumb in any place is:

http://www.skymall.com/images/produc...102473048d.jpg

thats my kind of customer service mission statement.

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I'm always nice .... I'm in Dallas....looks like you guys have a great group in Houston.....

Going to NOLA this weekend of course....