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July 29, 2004
• Anyway... Anyway... Just back from a weekend trip to New Orleans to see family, and I have a travel tip. Don't go to Louisiana in July. It was very, very hot. My mom's dogs woke me up one morning at about 6:30, and when I took them out, it was about 80 degrees. At dawn! I don’t know how hot it was at noon, but it was brutal. But people in New Orleans keep their air conditioning set on 65 -- ridiculously low -- so I alternated between freezing and sweating. We did have great food, though. At Liuzza's restaurant in Mid-City, Albert had a po’ boy sandwich on fresh French bread filled half with fried shrimp, half with fried oysters, and he was a happy guy. We had two great meals at a place called Mamie's, where the dining room is over the water on stilts, and my niece swears she’s seen an alligator at least twice. The trick for great dining in New Orleans is to go to the dive-y neighborhood places -- far away from the tourist joints. After a few days in the Deep South, the cool morning air of the Berkshires feels really nice. Now if we could only get some of those good Gulf shrimp. |
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