On a hot Fourth of July night in the French Quarter, a cold gelato is a welcome treat.
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Deanie’s Seafood, for years a legendary restaurant in the Bucktown neighborhood of Metairie, has now opened a second location in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I’ve never eaten at the original location in Bucktown, but the fried shrimp in the Quarter location is truly amazing.
French Quarter, New Orleans, 7/4/12
Bourbon Street can occasionally be serene and beautiful in its own way, 7/4/12
The New Orleans All-Stars Brass Band performs at the corner of Bourbon and Canal, a location that seems to recreate some of the spirit of the old Congo Square. Here the division between performers and spectators that is so much a part of Western culture is blurred, as dancers and second-liners become performers themselves, or as they occasionally borrow a drumstick from a band member and add a layer of percussion on an empty bottle. 7/4/12
French Quarter, New Orleans, 7/4/12
#013 All Stars Brass Band (by jdoggtn7)
The bass and snare drummers demonstrate the second-line beat at the corner of Bourbon and Canal in New Orleans, 7/4/12
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#012 All Stars Brass Band (by jdoggtn7)
The bass and snare drummers demonstrate the second-line beat at the corner of Bourbon and Canal in New Orleans, 7/4/12
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
my mind is rambling: Prophetic bill hicks quote
This kind of discourse is common knowledge in 2012. Bill said it in 1990. A true american prophet. One of our greatest thinkers since emerson and thoreau. My new hero.
‘the elite ruling class wants us asleep so we’ll remain a docile apathetic herd of passive consumers, and non- participants in…
#010 TBC Brass Band Hey Baby! (by jdoggtn7)
New Orleans’ TBC Brass Band performs at the corner of Bourbon Street and Canal Street where their career began, 7/4/12
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)