When visiting New Orleans, it's best to prepare. What music are you going to see? Are you going to do the French Quarter tourist traps: i.e. Cafe Du Monde, Bourbon Street, etc.? Most importantly, where are you going to eat. Last weekend, we had some of those things locked up as it was the French Quarter Festival of NOLA. With the hundreds of performers, music wasn't an issue, but just to play it safe, we bought tickets to see one of our favorite musicians and stoners, Kermit Ruffins, play at the Little Gem Saloon on Saturday night. And, it was a good thing we did. Due to extreme thunderstorms on Saturday, the Festival was cancelled. Instead, we Uber'ed around town, drank in a swank bar in the Marigny, toured the WWII museum, and saw Kermit that night. The following day, the Festival was back on, and in addition to seeing some of my favorite acts (Smoking Time Jazz Club, Raw Oyster Cult, Lena Prima and Rockin' Dopsie Jr.) we ate...and boy we ate. Below is a slide show of my highlights. And, in hindsight, I'm glad I brought pants and shorts with extremely flexible waistbands. It's what you do, and even Kermit sang about it: "Have you ever been, to New Orleans? The hottest city you've ever seen. Gotta love them red beans, gotta love them collard greens, way down south, in New Orleans."
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