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 Sat, Oct 16, 2004 |
| Flying out of Chicago, looking east towards downtown | Flying out of Chicago, looking east towards downtown | View southeast over Lake Ponchartrain, north of New Orleans |
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| River leading to New Orleans near Lake Poncha | Aerial view over Lake Ponchartrain towards downtown New Orleans | Was welcomed at the airport by an animated aligator, chomping towards the words "WELCOME TO NEW ORLEANS" |
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| Driving along highway 61 from airport to downtown New Orleans | Driving along highway 61 from airport to downtown New Orleans. First of many "boiled crustacean" type offerings. | Texas Motel, Hwy 61 |
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| London Lodge, Hwy 61 | Crystal Preserves sign, New Orleans | Nondescript "modern" office facade in twilight |
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| We'd just missed some accident where a car plowed through a median traffic light sign. Welcome! | Capri Motel, downtown New Orleans | Towering administration-type building downtown |
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| Pere Marquette Parking neon sign, downtown NO | Beautiful colors on building across from our parking ramp | The sign for our parking ramp with nice reflection |
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| Closeup of that Park Here sign | We joined the yahoos on Bourbon St. for a few blocks, just to make sure nothing had changed. It hadn't, the goddamn puke smell was still all over. | World Famous Love Acts, Bourbon St. |
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| Live Sex Show signage, Bourbon St. | Big Daddy's Bottomless/Topless, Bourbon St. | The Steak Pit, Bourbon St. |
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| Some schlockery selling goddamn feather boas and shitty necklaces, Bourbon St. | Corner building with balcony, Bourbon St. | Shot (north) down a sidestreet, French Quarter |
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| Random dwelling, French Quarter | Another random dwelling, French Quarter. Lots of shutters and mystery here. | River Parish Disposal has an excellent identity system. They say "Parish" instead of "County" or "Borough" in parts of the South. |
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| Lots of cops in New Orleans ride ugly Piaggio Beverly (I think) scooters. Good idea, retarded-looking choice. | Posters for blues singers | Outstanding visual display of neon at old-timey Walgreens on Canal St. Too bad the photo was blurry, it was really something to behold. |
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| Prescriptions sign at aforementioned Walgreens. | Lenny's Piccadilly Lounge, just off Canal St. | Open signage for Tandoori Chicken. It sure lured us in... |
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| Our vegetarian sampler meal at Tandoori Chicken, overlooking Canal St. | The view from our 2nd story table. Canal reminded me a LOT of NYC, lots of activity, crowds, merchants hawking goods on the sidewalk, people dancing for fuck's sake! Great town, I love the mix and the energy. | Tandoori Chicken sign. This place was up some stairs and down a hallway, pretty suspicious, but it was worth it. Hidden treasure kinda deal. |
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| More of the same, in brilliant fluorescent color. | E.J. Caire & Co., random shack driving at night outside of New Orleans. Probably Hwy 61. | View over one of many bridges towards some kind of oil refinery. It was a novelty at first. |
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| Gonzales Motel, Gonzales. 2/3rds of the way to Baton Rouge and we'd barely seen anything resembling bayou swamp, short of a quick glimpse after a wrong turn onto Interstate 10 around exit 195. Didn't stay here, no Vacancy or Internet or something. | We DID stay at this masterpiece, the signage of which unfolds over the next few photos. | Exterior office shot, Royal Motel, Prairievile, LA. This gem was nestled behind a stripper club called "Suthern Kumfort's." The clerk was a cute little asian woman, she even showed us the room when Draplin asked to see it. |
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| Open/Closed sign, as lit from reverse. Nice. | Royal Motel sign, side 1. When we rolled in, we saw a surly looking workingman type guy standing outside near his open door, he was balding and heavyset, moustachioed, looking sweaty and unruly... | Royal Motel sign, side 2. Despite 90% of the hotel being vacant, the cutie woman from the office put us right next door to Shirtless Pete, who left us in peace without incident all night, thankfully. |
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| Suthern Kumfort's (sic), the illiterate strip club in front of our hotel. I didn't go in, but walked over to scope it out. Real high-class. $4 cover, 2-drink minimum. | Aaron and I were in luck; it was couples night in the "Kumfort Zone." | Sign of warning at Royal, in no uncertain terms. |