From another CHL holder: If you are supremely confident in your abilities with your handgun, are accustomed to carrying it on a daily basis, do not plan to consume any alcohol, and you have brushed up on Lousiana's laws regarding where you can and cannot carry, then by all means, bring it along. Otherwise, leave it at home.
Acme Oyster for oysters on the half shell. Domilises Poboys for the best shrimp poboys ever!!! Deanies for boiled shrimp.
I've actually been reading up on the laws in Louisiana but I think what you're trying to tell me is not to take it, correct?
Hit up Daiquiri Place Cafe. It's in the middle of the hood but you can get Strong Daiquiri's by the gallon. I stop there every time I go.
Not necessarily. My advice would be good for your home state as well. And it should be similar to advice your instructor would have given you. Know the laws, practice enough to be supremely confident in your ability, and stay away from booze when carrying. Even if you have just cause to pull it, if you have alcohol on your breath, you're probably going to be in trouble---even if under the legal limit. It is a huge responsibility, and with a sizable chunk of the population itching to make an example out of you if you make a mistake, you need to do your best to be an ambassador for firearms owners. BTW........I stopped carrying when my son was born. The combination of hitting forty and having a kid made me just too scatterbrained to feel confident that I wouldn't do something stupid.......like forget to lock my safe. So my guns stay locked up. Still, he's not yet three, and he's already been to his third Mardi Gras in NOLA. We just try to be sensible. We pretty much keep to certain areas during the day, and at night, we rarely venture beyond the front of the hotel where most of the parades are reaching their end.
EXACTLY!!! A guy I talked to said the following: "If you're ****faced drunk it is going to be the best party you've ever been to, if not you're going to be like What the hell am I doing here?"
I can't imagine hanging out on Bourbon Street sober. That would suck. Even when I'm wasted I find it pretty disgusting.
Yeah, we didn't know what to expect. I can say I've been there but I wouldn't recommend going. Remoulade was good though, the oysters, gumbo, red beans and rice and boudin were all great but the service was questionable. Mulate's was good but overpriced for what you get and the service was also questionable. Luckily every other place we went to made up for the service. I wanted to go to Drago's but didn't have time. The only time I could have went was Sunday and it was closed.
I went for Mardi Gras this year. Had the time of my life but some of the people there were so disgusting. When i woke up at 11 on Saturday morning I looked out my hotel room and saw them putting shampoo all over Bourbon street to clean it.
You should smell Bourbon Street in the summer. BTW.........Bourbon Street is NOT New Orleans (unless you are the most unindoctrinated of tourists). It's more infamous than famous, and although it can provide an amusing side show--and occasionally, even a good time--it is truly sad that people associate it so strongly with the city. Not that the city doesn't have it's fair share of problems. It does, but New Orleans has a LOT of soul............Bourbon Street is soulless.
This is pretty much how it was described to me. The guy who stated the line above said that the smell that I smelled on Bourbon Street was the smell of hopelessness.
I don't find Bourbon St. too fun even when drunk. There are a lot of other things to do. Take the trolley to the garden district and take a tour; ride the paddle boat; eat at a good restaurant; go to the piano bar at Pat O'Briens; take a cemetery tour; etc.
