I hate getting ripped off. I guess most people do. But no matter how vigilant you are it tends to happen occasionally. You can deny it but you know it’s true. If there’s any comfort to be had at such moments, it’s usually in the elegance of the scam (you mean he’s not really a [...]
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While in New Orleans we got in touch with an organization called Common Ground in order to offer our labor for a day. They match up short and long-term volunteers with jobs that need doing in some of the areas most affected by Katrina. Although they’re more than a little disorganized [...]
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Our first night in New Orleans we hit up Coop’s Place, a popular drinking hole and eatery on Decatur Street. We had the Taste Plate, which features Gumbo and Jambalaya (with sausage and rabbit), and ventured to try the special – a whole fried sheephead fish. I can’t resist ordering a whole fish when I [...]
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