THIS IS A FABULOUS IDEA. THE LOCAL SHERRIFF HAS CONVICTS COME OUT TO PAINT MURALS ON CITY BUILDINGS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WITHIN SIGHT OF THE D DAY MUSEUM, AND PRETTY WELL DONE, INCLUDING THE FLAG ON THE ROOF.


BILL SPRINGER IS 88 YEARS YOUNG. I MEAN THAT. HE'S A YOUNG MAN IN HIS MANNER OF THINKING
AND HOW HE EXPRESSES HIMSELF. HE FLEW C-47 CARGO PLANES IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, AND NOW
VOLUNTEERS AT THE D DAY MUSEUM. HE WAS FASCINATING. TOLD A STORY ABOUT GETTING THE CHANCE
TO FLY A P-38 TWIN ENGINED FIGHTER. HE SAYS HE SCARED THE - LET'S JUST SAY HE HAD TO CHANGE
PANTS. WHAT A GREAT AND EXPRESSIVE MAN.


THIS IS CANAL STREET, THE HISTORICAL DIVISION BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH QUARTERS OF THE CITY
OF NEW ORLEANS. NOTICE THAT IT IS RAINING. BE AWARE THAT I HAD MADE THE DECISION TO WALK TO THE FRENCH QUAWAHTAH (SAY WHAT I WROTE CAREFULLY - IT WILL SOUND PRETTY CLOSE TO HOW IT IS PRONOUNCED HERE)


ROYAL STREET RUNS PERPINDICULAR TO CANAL ST. AND IS TWO BLOCKS AND PARALLEL TO BOURBON STREET. MANY SHOPS LINE THIS STREET, ALTHOUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM OFFER VERY HIGH END ANTIQUES.
THERE WAS AN ANTIQUE ARMS DEALER ON ROYAL ST. THAT HAD SOME AMAZING STUFF, INCLUDING A VERY NICE FLINTLOCK FUSIL FOR ONLY $4,600.00. I HAD TO SAY NO TO THAT ONE THOUGH.


HERE IS THE FAMOUS, OR INFAMOUS BOURBON ST. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE FROM CANAL ST. AS THE SHOT FROM ROYAL ST. IT IS EASY TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN PERSONALITY OF THE STREET RIGHT AWAY, WITHOUT ANALYZING THE PICTURE VERY HARD. THIS STREET IS LOUD AND BRASSY AND IN YOUR FACE AND ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS.


I COULDN'T PASS UP THIS SHOT. AS GOOD AS THE MUSIC ON BOURBON ST. IS, THIS IS ALSO OFFERED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM. YOU CAN SEE TWO OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHO
JUST LEFT ONE OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE.


THE LADIES IN THE PICTURE ABOVE WERE HAVING THE TIME OF THIER LIVES, PITCHING BEADS TO PASSERS BY, OFTEN WITHOUT THE PASSERS BY KNOWING WHAT HIT THEM. I WATCHED THEM FOR A BIT, THEN THEY CAUGHT ON TO MY EVESDROPPING. THEY STARTED PITCHING THE BEADS AT ME. WHEN I CROSSED THE STREET TO TAKE A DIFFERENT SHOT, THEY JUST BOMBED ME WITH AN ENTIRE BUNDLE. I THINK THEY WERE NOT SOBER.


THIS COUPLE, PENNY MARSHALL AND LIAM NEESON, WERE WELL INTO BEING TOO DRUNK TO BE HUMAN BY THE TIME THEY STOPPED TO YELL AT ME TO TAKE THIER PIXSHURE. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS HOT WITH THAT HALLOWEEN FEATHER BOA...... ORANGE AND BLACK????

 

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