Rita wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:22:15 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
> wrote:
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>>ScottDar@webtv.net wrote:
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>>>Does anyone have any special memories of the city they would like to
>>>share? I traveled to that city a couple of years ago and enjoyed the
>>>city very much. A book at an antique shop caught my attention "Dinner At
>>>Antoines". Has anyone ever eaten at this famous New Orlean restaurant?
>>>If you have, please give us a review of the atmosphere, the food, etc..
>>>
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>>I ate there years ago in the late 60's. I was pretty unimpressed. I
>>suspect it may have been on one of it's down cycles. I tend to like the
>>little places in town. Often ones not in the quarter. I wonder which
>>of them will survive.
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> I visited NO in the late 70's. Invited to dinner at Brennan's, also a
> notable restaurant. And it was a wonderful meal -- crabmeat and oysters
> as a starter. I was on a company trip and was not paying the bill:)
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> I also liked the oyster po boy sandwiches but then I'm a
> fresh seafood junkie. I read the oyster beds will be a long time
> recovering. I found NO great to visit for 3 to 4 days, eat some good food,
> take in some jazz, visit the cemeteries, etc. Kept thinking I'd like to
> repeat the visit and actually looked up air fares, etc., but now I don't
> imagine I'll return. To some degree such a visit to NO was a bit like a
> visit to a theme park, but the food and jazz made up for the tourist
> schlock.
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> We visited about a week before a Mardi Gras and coming into the city
> from the airport we heard sirens everywhere. Thought there was a riot
> or something like that but it was just the pre-Mardi Gras time. Checked
> into the Hotel Sonesta in Bourbon Street and sat in a bar facing the
> street and watched all the revelers who already were crowding the city.
> Then we hooked up with a person at our meeting who knew the city
> well and took us around.
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The sirens were probably because pretty much anyone can hire a police
escort for anything. They have great fun running around. I think each
limo in town had a regular shift for a police escort.
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