Memories of my only tim in Nawlins...In the early 90's, I went down to see a corching buddy who had gone to school and coached at SE Louisiana, in Hammond.
VERY long story short...
Flew in the night of the first Saints playoff game in history (they lost), and I couldn't imagine how crazy it would have been on Bourbon Street if they had won. I was well-oiled on arrival, due to delay out of DFW...
Wandered into a club, saw Dirty Dozen Brass Band...no cover
Got forehead slapped in Pat O'Brien's by a Notre Dame player, who immediately freaked out b/c he thought I was his bro-in-law. He bought me hurricanes as long as we were there, and intro'd me to his b-i-l when he showed up...there was a strong resemblance...
On NY day, the host where we were staying had a big shrimp boil for lunch, and then we went to the ND-FLA Sugar Bowel. Was told we did a lot of other stuff, that is all I can (could) remember...
And, on someone's camera roll, there are two pictures of me...one with a NOPD, arm-in-arm, me wearing his hat, and him wearing mine, and one of me hanging off of a Bourbon Street sign, with a nice fat stogie in my mouth...Gonna go to Jazz Fest and / or Mardi Gras one of these years...CSB
EDIT: I get very strong hang over vibes by just typing this...