{"id":698,"date":"2012-04-16T01:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=698"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:52:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:52:45","slug":"our-world-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"Our World – New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m in New Orleans on a business trip attending the Gas Processors Convention. I haven’t been here since right before Katrina in 2005 when Sweetie came along.<\/p>\n

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The town was jumping Sunday afternoon with the French Quarter Festival<\/a> going on. Tell you what New Orleans knows how to party. There were lots of bands in lots of different places. The place was packed.<\/p>\n

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But people were under control. Apparently I dropped my cell phone. A lady chased after me for two blocks she said until she caught up with me to give it back to me (I move fast when I’m walking.)<\/p>\n

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People were major chilling to the music.<\/p>\n

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New Orleans reminds me a little of the Santa Fe of my youth before the billionaires crowded out the millionaires. Santa Fe has the public party side especially during fiesta (like I know what I’m talking about, I
haven’t been to the fiesta in 35 years) but also a very private side in private courtyards and closed doors.<\/p>\n

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Both New Orleans and Santa Fe give hints of ordinary people who actually live and work there. But an outsider never sees these people.<\/p>\n

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New Orleans in the South but it is different from the rest of the South. I think that is why I love it.<\/p>\n

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It is more than just a town to party in, it is a town with soul. There has been inroads by the developers who bring in the expensive condos with high gates, security, and chain restaurants and “high end” retailers.<\/p>\n

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I don’t think they will ever completely take over.<\/p>\n

Our World<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks Sylvia, Sandy, Arija, Lady Fi, and Gattina!! <\/p>\n

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