Comments on: Nola Brain Dump

By: _wendybird_

_wendybird_ — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:39:33 +0000

Wow. What a story. Last night Mark and Lila were talking about how good this entry was.

In Austin, two good places to eat are Rudy's BBQ - think fabulous $6 BBQ - with many Texas locations, and Chuy's. Chuy's isn't as good as Rudy's (although it has about the same number of locations) but the Bush girls got carded at the location next to the river that we went to. (Unfortunately they weren't carded while we were there.) If you're going through College Station you should ask Mark for restaurant recommendations.

By: jon_a_thon

jon_a_thon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:03:56 +0000

Yeah, I was pretty worried about my stuff in the car -- probably about $4000 worth of musical equipment. I managed to fit everything that looked valuable into the trunk. Then I had two shitty looking cardboard boxes in the back seat. I purposely threw trash all over the inside of the car and even pulled my spare and sat it on top of the boxes so it looked like a filthy bum car. Not sure if that actually helped, but it certainly didn't look like the kind of car that would be worth breaking into. Also I gave them a valet key that didn't allow them to open the trunk.

But yeah, it turned out okay and now that I'm past that bit, my car will probably get stolen in some seemingly safe spot in Austin.

By: langure

langure — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:05:43 +0000

I've seen a number of videos on the web of the mounted police blocking the camera view as the police on foot took care of business. New Orleans is one place you want to listen to the police no matter what they tell you and no matter how illegal it is.

I didn't want to say anything before but I was a little curious and a little concerned about you having all your stuff in your car and being there. Even before the flood it was a dangerous and crime-ridden place.

Sounds like an awesome time though and the perfect kind of story to have from New Orleans