@mike808 I saw Harry Connick Jr a few years back for a tour for his Every Man Should Know album. He was awesome and has always been one of my favorite musicians.
I’ll be in New Orleans in a year or so for my first time. I’m super excited to check out the music scene.
Lineup: THU 5/4
Widespread Panic, Darius Rucker, Corinne Bailey Rae, Tower of Power and Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, with a tribute to Louis Armstrong featuring Hugh Masekela and Dr. Michael White.
@f00l Tix are like $75/day I think. Just order from jazzfest site direct. It’s Ticketmaster, and they’re not discounted around town. Its a day pass, but no re-entry. You can only bring in 1 liter bottled water, sealed. No coolers, etc. Rain or shine. Get the grids when they come out from Gambit or jazzfestgrids.com. JFG has who is playing around town at all the bars as soon as they publish. So if you miss someone, you can catch a show.
I plan my must-sees, and wing it from there - fais do-do stage to blues stage to gospel stage. Never fails to have two acts you want to see on opposite stages, so you will have to pick. You will never choose poorly.
@f00l Bring cash for food - most dishes are $6-$8-$10 range - beer is kind of pricey, $6ea, and best to go in on a case with friends, but no bulk savings. Buying by the case might get you some ice in the box, and fewer trips to lose your spot. Wander. Enjoy.
Just remember that if it rains, youre in the infield of a horse track. That ain’t mud. Plenty of PortaJohns on the perimeters. Water fountains are scarce for free water, and its tap, but it is there.
Reservations are a must for fine/foodie dining, especially in the quarter. Also, make sure you have your transportation planned. There is shuttle service between FQ & JF on Esplanade, but its also 30,000 people all going or leaving at once. Expect cabs, flat fares, and event pricing.
I also used to live in the Marigny (pre-K), with friends on Esplanade by the side entrance. Having a crawfish berl tomorrow, coincidentally. Flew em up from the basin to STL, and boy are my arms tired.
You can leave New Orleans, but New Orleans never really leaves you.
@f00l First time I went (20yr ago), buddy & I camped someplace N of Lake Pontchartrain. It was pouring rain the WHOLE time, air mattresses were floating around inside the tent, so we slept in the car.
As a plus, there were MANY people doing mostly-naked slip n slide at the fairgrounds.
Other years: slept on the floor in a shared hotel room (maybe there was a couch?), managed to find a room at a battered old B&B (the front wall was literally bowing out towards the street, leaving a 2" gap at the floorboards), & shared a suite with my in-laws at an awesome boutique hotel.
Today, I’d book a place via VRBO & roll with it. There are places available for $100-200/night that sleep 3-6. IIRC food & drink prices @ JazzFest are similar to TX State Fair or First Mondays @ Canton - WORTH EVERY PENNY. Other meals depend on where you eat: Popeyes - Commander’s Palace
TL;DR: If you have the time, just do it. Worth it at just about every budget level
Or is it better to just go to NOLA on a normal weekend and spend all day wandering around and every evening getting seriously liquid at Tipitina’s or some other places the locals go to?
@f00l Don’t over think it. It’s bars/clubs/dives and chank-a-chank on a scale you’ve not experiened. Too many choices. That’s why you have to go back. Duh!
Don’t know what Rock’n’bowl has lined up, but its usually good. Every venue has something booked, so explore. Too many favorites.
Like any tourist city, be aware of your surroundings and personal safety. Have United, Bell, or Yellow cab on speed dial. I don’t know how Uber/Lyft is going in NOLA, or what availability looks like for a JF event.
@f00l There’s something to be said for visiting on a ‘normal’ weekend, but you really should experience JazzFest. It’s sorta like Disneyworld, except awesome food & music instead of rides - you simply can’t go wrong just wandering around & sampling everything. You’d have to work A LOT harder to come anywhere close to that on a regular weekend.
Re Funkadelic
I saw them once at Lincoln Center. It’s not a great location for them tho. Zero intimacy. It so feel like a gigantitorium that you feel like you are watching from thru a medium, not grooving with something you can feel in your bones.
It was a jazz fest of some sort and the crowds were serious. But the place isn’t a “jazz place”. It seriously had a psychic vibe of “opera” and “philharmonic” and “ballet” and high money crowd dressed big $ jewelry - no matter who is playing or what kind of crowd is present or how stoned the crowd is. Music like that is just better played in a smaller or a way looser place.
Have never been to Mardi Gras or the jazz fest. NOLA is the place tho. Tho I don’t know the city. Just a few weekends for me, at least 20 years ago. Knew someone who spent a decade there and forevermore had a NOLA infection in his mind, which he had no desire to cure.
If you go to the jazz fest, what do you carry on you besides $ and a single bottle of water? I presume a hat, raingear, sunscreen, possibly a nice camera at the least? something to sit on?
How much cash to take to the location, vs cards? Is it like the TX State Fair where you have to purchase tickets and then spend the tickets for food and stuff, or do you pay for what you purchase as you go with cash/cards?
If you drive to NOLA can you park each day in some kinda designated parking and walk/shuttle to the venue, or is that a really bad idea and you want to go public trans/Uber/lyft/taxis all the way?
How tired do modern wimps used to soft lives get being outdoors all day? It is any worse than being at a State Fair?
How much to expect to spend at night at the clubs assuming you are not throwing money stupidly but are chasing the music?
Assuming you want to get all the good music you can that’s not stupid-expensive, then:
Excluding cost of getting to NO, and excluding housing/hotel/place to sleep, excluding your jazz fest ticket, how much might one spend per day?
@f00l As @mike808 said, don’t overthink it. Read this; prohibitions aren’t too bad. Note: 12pack or smaller soft-side cooler w/ factory-sealed water bottles acceptable. JazzFest hours are 11a-7p (no re-entry).
Sling backpack or messenger bag for carrying gear (maybe souvenirs?): hat + sunglasses, raingear + umbrella (use for shade as well), sunscreen, camera or compact binoculars, etc. Purell, travel pack wet-wipes, sm microfiber towel (post-PortaJohn). I’ve brought hydration bladder / collapsible bottle to carry water more easily.
Wear sturdy, comfortable shoes - likely to be on your feet much of the day (I’ve seen folks in sandals or flip-flops; don’t know how they survive). Camp-style shirt & pants that you can roll up/zip off sleeves/legs. Don’t get sunburned the first day.
Suggest some sort of lightweight folding stool or chair (you’ll be hauling it from stage to stage, food court to food court). There are a few ‘carnival tents’ with seating but only @ small jazz & gospel stages; can get crowded w/ seniors. I think the (racetrack) grandstands are open, but far from most action.
Fatigue: comparable to State Fair, tho I haven’t done either for several years now. YMMV. Pace yourself; budget time for rest & sleep
2 Park & Shuttle locations: City Park and Downtown (@ riverboat dock). $15-19/day
I love taking the streetcars & walking; forces me to learn my way around. I know folks who bicycle everywhere, others drop coin on taxis. Maybe a scooter would be cool?
Cost: Hard to say; there are sooo many options in various price ranges. It’s pretty easy to get your fill from 11a-7p every day; maybe limit post-JazzFest concerts to 1 per night (don’t want to sleepwalk thru the next day). W(ild) A(ss) G(uess): $150/day seems pretty generous; $100 would still be a nice, comfortable day. $50 would require skimping while not @ fairgrounds.
@compunaut I’d add bringing cheap ponchos ($1 at the dollar store kind). Bring extras. If it rains, you can turn them into free beer.
Also a towel or small blanket if you want to sit/lay on the ground and where you are bothers you. You may just have to “be” where you are for a while or lose your spot. If you leave for another act/stage don’t even think of getting back to the same spot or neighbors “holding” a spot for you. It is what it is. 30K people enjoying the shit out of whatever great music they want to listen to and great food all day.
It is a Sophie’s choice in everything at Jazz Fest - from food to stage to acts you will see/hear. There is no “right” choice or “wrong” choice. It is an experience.
Nothing like a lazy Sunday afternoon and Stevie Wonder is seranading you and your beloved, or you and some random strangers just grooving.
I pick my “If I happen to be at that stage, that’s who I want to see” lineup for each full day. You’ll never do it, but it means you dont have to decide when you’re buzzed and tired. Then I pick my “Plan B” acts. Then I don’t worry if I do something totally different, take too long getting from A to B, or get sucked into staying a while by some magical band I’ve never heard before. There’s always next year.
You will see what you’re gonna see.
Don’t regret not seeing what you didn’t.
Bring some fairgrounds JF maps (print out from the website). Extras. They get lost or given away. Just so you have a lay of the land. Bring grids. Mark them up for your “pick” for each time slot. Then you can figure out if you can make it between stages or not. At least 15 minutes from Acura to Gentilly, and that’s in “I lost my wallet” focus mode.
Everybody meets “at the flagpole”. Its the one landmark that doesn’t move and can always be located under extreme impairment.
Women, bring some pocket/travel TP. Guys, bring some for your lady friends. They’re pretty good about stocking the porta pottys, but at the end of a hot day, max crowds drinking, it gets dicey.
@mike808 Oh, and bring coozies with neck straps or DIY with ID/Badge straps. Or buy overpriced ones outside from the many colorful purveyors of sartorial fineries and utilitarian splendor outside the gates.
These are also known as “How’ya gonna clap?” devices.
There are also Beer Thongs, without the coozie for going commando. And whine glass straps for classy broads.
Lineup: SUN 5/7
Closing out the festival on Sunday, May 7 are Kings of Leon, Trombone Shorty, Patti LaBelle, The Meters, Buddy Guy and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.
@mike808 You’re sorta avoiding the question; probably wise. Bluebird Cafe used to be my fav bfast/brunch spot. Any idea if Coulis is worthy of the address (36xx Prytania)?
@compunaut So much has changed post-K, and I moved away in '95. For bfast/brunch, I liked Dante’s (in the Riverbend) last time I was there a few years ago for JF. Cochon was outstanding (reservations for dinner), and the butcher shop next door is among the best sandwiches around. Its hard to not bump into a good place in NO.
@mike808 Haven’t visited since 2005 (?) except driving thru from FL with my new (to me) hybrid SUV (stopped for 4 Central Grocery muffulettas & hauled them back to TX). I know there’s so many good food places there - but I prefer to know some of them ahead of time rather than finding by accident.
@mike808
Every city that’s really alive and has bar closing hours has after hours places. As long as these places aren’t a nuisance, the cops usually won’t bother them much.
When I was in Manhattan and the bars closed around 2am, you just rolled to one or more of the after hours places. Sometimes you had the same bartenders before and after closing.
Going home time was normally sometime between 4-8am.
@mike808 Do the clubs w/ live music have to shut down @ 3? Or just stop serving? I have (muddled) recollection of stumbling out of the Maple Leaf after a Marcia Ball concert & it was going on 5am. I think we rode the streetcar until McDonalds (might have been Burger King?) opened.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@compunaut They just passed the ordinance last week. No idea about enforcement or lack thereof during big events like JF and MG.
I know about after-hours places. This ‘closing’ thing is completely new to some places in the FQ, because many of them are where the service folk go after they get off their night shifts elsewhere - restaurants, hotels, bars elsewhere that close, hospital staff (charity/tulane are nearby).
True story: happy hour 5-7, twice a day.
Another true story: a place in Fat City that had ladies no cover and free drinks after 3am and a free breakfast buffet for everyone at 6am. Guess where the um, exotic dancers, went when they got off shift? It was (allegedly) a front for drugs and money laundering, so the fun never stopped. Good times. What were we thinking?
@mike808
When I was there for a wedding - many decades ago - we stumbled into a strip joint somewhere - have no idea where, someone who knew the city was driving us around - the girls danced on the bar, and every one of them was at least 4 months pregnant. Some of them were way more along than that.
If someone moves to NO without knowing anyone, and that person is young, and that person’s job is working in the ER on the night shift at University Medical Center, that’s one way to learn about the city real fast.
Unfortunately, that person hasn’t lived there since the 1980’s.
It’s really hard to imagine the quarter closing at 3am. WTF?
Yeah, the tourists all go back to their hotels. Where they’re sleeping instead of spending money.
The locals who aren’t ready to go home all know where to go next. And those places are all way less visible and what goes on in them is less visible and harder to police. And the city is getting only local money there, not big bux from out of town.
Why why why did they do this? What is the point of this? No one goes to NO to dry out.
I already spent that much in Santa Fe this year for the wedding of one of my favorite humans. Dunno about luxury. I was thinking more “really cheap rathole”. I mean, it’s not like I would go there and then hangout in the room being awake and appreciating the fabulous accommodations.
Although it looks awesome if that’s in your budget.
@f00l Yes. And thats why you go there for the $20 prix fixe lunch. Duh.
You’re just rentimg the atmosphere and experence for a meal, not a stay. If I crapped money like Trump’s cabinet I’d stay there.
BTW, fun FACT: Trump’s cabinet own as much as THE ENTIRE LOWER 40% OF THE REST OF US. Yep 20 people or so are worth as much as 120 MILLION VOTERS.) Yeah, money equals votes is just awesome (not). Thanks, Citizens United.
Put another way, if something happened, 40% of the entire country’s wealth would be up for grabs.
Put another way, 40% of this country’s wealth can be put towards furthering a Nazi state or Sharia law. And the Republican congress wont lift a finger while it happens.
@mike808
I am not fond of boorish conduct, even in the White House. If you do that in public, you are inflicting your private parade or your private agenda on everyone, whether they want it or not. Quite insensitive. So I avoid.
I’m just don’t love putting on dress-up clothes much. Tho I will if a worthy situation demands it.
Left you some other questions further up the thread. If you are feeling generous with time and answers, take a look. If not, that’s cool.
I went several times in the '90s, last time was '01 iirc.
Have a friend whose sister lived in Mandeville, just on the other side of the lake from N.O., and she very generously hosted us.
She moved out of LA and we haven’t been back since.
I would love to go again, best music/party anywhere, but I worry I wouldn’t survive. lol
I don’t have the stamina I used to - the idea of going to a show that starts well after midnight just seems impossible (and those are always the best ones) - these days it’s enough of a challenge to go to a show that ends around midnight.
Tons of great stories from my JF experiences and really no bad ones.
Best memory was the house/courtyard party thrown by one of our favorite groups, Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe.
We were among the first to arrive and for $10 we had all the crawfish we could eat (there were 2ft high piles on picnic tables) and all the Purple Haze we could drink (the kegs were in these artsy pyramids, decorated w/ foil and designs on the outside and lit w/ colored bulbs from the inside).
The music was amazing and it was a relatively small, intimate party with the fans and the musicians all mixing and having fun together.
Best time ever.
2018 is my next return home for JF.
Pet De Kat Krewe in da howz.
Lineup: FRI 4/28
Harry Connick Jr, Trey Anastasio Band, Nas with The Soul Rebels, Aaron Neville and Leon Bridges
@mike808 I saw Harry Connick Jr a few years back for a tour for his Every Man Should Know album. He was awesome and has always been one of my favorite musicians.
I’ll be in New Orleans in a year or so for my first time. I’m super excited to check out the music scene.
Lineup: SAT 4/29
Maroon 5, Usher and The Roots, Alabama Shakes, Jonny Lang and Jon Batiste and Stay Human
Lineup: SUN 4/30
Tom Petty, Lorde, Pitbull, George Benson and Dr. John
Lineup: THU 5/4
Widespread Panic, Darius Rucker, Corinne Bailey Rae, Tower of Power and Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, with a tribute to Louis Armstrong featuring Hugh Masekela and Dr. Michael White.
Where do you regulars stay? What is estimated total cost per person if you don’t go nuts?
@f00l Home. Duh. The best places sold out last year. I ain’t adding to my competition either. Lets just say moseying distance of Liuzzas.
Best place I’ve stayed was at the House on Bayou House when it was a BnB. It’s closed now, and is an artist residence foundation now, so I can share.
@f00l Tix are like $75/day I think. Just order from jazzfest site direct. It’s Ticketmaster, and they’re not discounted around town. Its a day pass, but no re-entry. You can only bring in 1 liter bottled water, sealed. No coolers, etc. Rain or shine. Get the grids when they come out from Gambit or jazzfestgrids.com. JFG has who is playing around town at all the bars as soon as they publish. So if you miss someone, you can catch a show.
I plan my must-sees, and wing it from there - fais do-do stage to blues stage to gospel stage. Never fails to have two acts you want to see on opposite stages, so you will have to pick. You will never choose poorly.
@f00l Bring cash for food - most dishes are $6-$8-$10 range - beer is kind of pricey, $6ea, and best to go in on a case with friends, but no bulk savings. Buying by the case might get you some ice in the box, and fewer trips to lose your spot. Wander. Enjoy.
Just remember that if it rains, youre in the infield of a horse track. That ain’t mud. Plenty of PortaJohns on the perimeters. Water fountains are scarce for free water, and its tap, but it is there.
Reservations are a must for fine/foodie dining, especially in the quarter. Also, make sure you have your transportation planned. There is shuttle service between FQ & JF on Esplanade, but its also 30,000 people all going or leaving at once. Expect cabs, flat fares, and event pricing.
I also used to live in the Marigny (pre-K), with friends on Esplanade by the side entrance. Having a crawfish berl tomorrow, coincidentally. Flew em up from the basin to STL, and boy are my arms tired.
You can leave New Orleans, but New Orleans never really leaves you.
NOLA is my Ride or Die.
@f00l First time I went (20yr ago), buddy & I camped someplace N of Lake Pontchartrain. It was pouring rain the WHOLE time, air mattresses were floating around inside the tent, so we slept in the car.
As a plus, there were MANY people doing mostly-naked slip n slide at the fairgrounds.
Other years: slept on the floor in a shared hotel room (maybe there was a couch?), managed to find a room at a battered old B&B (the front wall was literally bowing out towards the street, leaving a 2" gap at the floorboards), & shared a suite with my in-laws at an awesome boutique hotel.
Today, I’d book a place via VRBO & roll with it. There are places available for $100-200/night that sleep 3-6. IIRC food & drink prices @ JazzFest are similar to TX State Fair or First Mondays @ Canton - WORTH EVERY PENNY. Other meals depend on where you eat: Popeyes - Commander’s Palace
TL;DR: If you have the time, just do it. Worth it at just about every budget level
@compunaut
@mike808
Or is it better to just go to NOLA on a normal weekend and spend all day wandering around and every evening getting seriously liquid at Tipitina’s or some other places the locals go to?
@compunaut Ditto. And if George Clinton & Funkedelic are in town, just go. Plan for an all-nighter, and a late start.
Keep checking http://jazzfestgrids.com
@f00l Don’t over think it. It’s bars/clubs/dives and chank-a-chank on a scale you’ve not experiened. Too many choices. That’s why you have to go back. Duh!
Don’t know what Rock’n’bowl has lined up, but its usually good. Every venue has something booked, so explore. Too many favorites.
Like any tourist city, be aware of your surroundings and personal safety. Have United, Bell, or Yellow cab on speed dial. I don’t know how Uber/Lyft is going in NOLA, or what availability looks like for a JF event.
@f00l There’s something to be said for visiting on a ‘normal’ weekend, but you really should experience JazzFest. It’s sorta like Disneyworld, except awesome food & music instead of rides - you simply can’t go wrong just wandering around & sampling everything. You’d have to work A LOT harder to come anywhere close to that on a regular weekend.
@mike808
Re Funkadelic
I saw them once at Lincoln Center. It’s not a great location for them tho. Zero intimacy. It so feel like a gigantitorium that you feel like you are watching from thru a medium, not grooving with something you can feel in your bones.
It was a jazz fest of some sort and the crowds were serious. But the place isn’t a “jazz place”. It seriously had a psychic vibe of “opera” and “philharmonic” and “ballet” and high money crowd dressed big $ jewelry - no matter who is playing or what kind of crowd is present or how stoned the crowd is. Music like that is just better played in a smaller or a way looser place.
@mike808
@compunaut
Have never been to Mardi Gras or the jazz fest. NOLA is the place tho. Tho I don’t know the city. Just a few weekends for me, at least 20 years ago. Knew someone who spent a decade there and forevermore had a NOLA infection in his mind, which he had no desire to cure.
If you go to the jazz fest, what do you carry on you besides $ and a single bottle of water? I presume a hat, raingear, sunscreen, possibly a nice camera at the least? something to sit on?
How much cash to take to the location, vs cards? Is it like the TX State Fair where you have to purchase tickets and then spend the tickets for food and stuff, or do you pay for what you purchase as you go with cash/cards?
If you drive to NOLA can you park each day in some kinda designated parking and walk/shuttle to the venue, or is that a really bad idea and you want to go public trans/Uber/lyft/taxis all the way?
How tired do modern wimps used to soft lives get being outdoors all day? It is any worse than being at a State Fair?
How much to expect to spend at night at the clubs assuming you are not throwing money stupidly but are chasing the music?
Assuming you want to get all the good music you can that’s not stupid-expensive, then:
Excluding cost of getting to NO, and excluding housing/hotel/place to sleep, excluding your jazz fest ticket, how much might one spend per day?
Much thx.
@f00l As @mike808 said, don’t overthink it. Read this; prohibitions aren’t too bad. Note: 12pack or smaller soft-side cooler w/ factory-sealed water bottles acceptable. JazzFest hours are 11a-7p (no re-entry).
Sling backpack or messenger bag for carrying gear (maybe souvenirs?): hat + sunglasses, raingear + umbrella (use for shade as well), sunscreen, camera or compact binoculars, etc. Purell, travel pack wet-wipes, sm microfiber towel (post-PortaJohn). I’ve brought hydration bladder / collapsible bottle to carry water more easily.
Wear sturdy, comfortable shoes - likely to be on your feet much of the day (I’ve seen folks in sandals or flip-flops; don’t know how they survive). Camp-style shirt & pants that you can roll up/zip off sleeves/legs. Don’t get sunburned the first day.
Suggest some sort of lightweight folding stool or chair (you’ll be hauling it from stage to stage, food court to food court). There are a few ‘carnival tents’ with seating but only @ small jazz & gospel stages; can get crowded w/ seniors. I think the (racetrack) grandstands are open, but far from most action.
Fatigue: comparable to State Fair, tho I haven’t done either for several years now. YMMV. Pace yourself; budget time for rest & sleep
2 Park & Shuttle locations: City Park and Downtown (@ riverboat dock). $15-19/day
I love taking the streetcars & walking; forces me to learn my way around. I know folks who bicycle everywhere, others drop coin on taxis. Maybe a scooter would be cool?
Cost: Hard to say; there are sooo many options in various price ranges. It’s pretty easy to get your fill from 11a-7p every day; maybe limit post-JazzFest concerts to 1 per night (don’t want to sleepwalk thru the next day). W(ild) A(ss) G(uess): $150/day seems pretty generous; $100 would still be a nice, comfortable day. $50 would require skimping while not @ fairgrounds.
TL;DR: check JazzFest FAQ.
@compunaut I’d add bringing cheap ponchos ($1 at the dollar store kind). Bring extras. If it rains, you can turn them into free beer.
Also a towel or small blanket if you want to sit/lay on the ground and where you are bothers you. You may just have to “be” where you are for a while or lose your spot. If you leave for another act/stage don’t even think of getting back to the same spot or neighbors “holding” a spot for you. It is what it is. 30K people enjoying the shit out of whatever great music they want to listen to and great food all day.
It is a Sophie’s choice in everything at Jazz Fest - from food to stage to acts you will see/hear. There is no “right” choice or “wrong” choice. It is an experience.
Nothing like a lazy Sunday afternoon and Stevie Wonder is seranading you and your beloved, or you and some random strangers just grooving.
I pick my “If I happen to be at that stage, that’s who I want to see” lineup for each full day. You’ll never do it, but it means you dont have to decide when you’re buzzed and tired. Then I pick my “Plan B” acts. Then I don’t worry if I do something totally different, take too long getting from A to B, or get sucked into staying a while by some magical band I’ve never heard before. There’s always next year.
You will see what you’re gonna see.
Don’t regret not seeing what you didn’t.
Bring some fairgrounds JF maps (print out from the website). Extras. They get lost or given away. Just so you have a lay of the land. Bring grids. Mark them up for your “pick” for each time slot. Then you can figure out if you can make it between stages or not. At least 15 minutes from Acura to Gentilly, and that’s in “I lost my wallet” focus mode.
Everybody meets “at the flagpole”. Its the one landmark that doesn’t move and can always be located under extreme impairment.
Women, bring some pocket/travel TP. Guys, bring some for your lady friends. They’re pretty good about stocking the porta pottys, but at the end of a hot day, max crowds drinking, it gets dicey.
@mike808 Oh, and bring coozies with neck straps or DIY with ID/Badge straps. Or buy overpriced ones outside from the many colorful purveyors of sartorial fineries and utilitarian splendor outside the gates.
These are also known as “How’ya gonna clap?” devices.
There are also Beer Thongs, without the coozie for going commando. And whine glass straps for classy broads.
@mike808
@compunaut
You see much of this?
@f00l Thanks. Trying to unsee that.
Maybe this will help.
@mike808
Hey the lady in the top pix was quite good-looking.
@f00l My wife disagreed. I should shut up now.
@mike808
I hope you all have a great time. For me, still in the fantasy stage. Dunno.
@f00l I’ve never seen a sofa or a Burger King at JazzFest. Why do you ask?
@compunaut
Oh dear. Got carried away didn’t I?
Lineup: FRI 5/5
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Earth, Wind and Fire, Wilco and Rhiannon Giddens
Lineup: SAT 5/6
Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg and Meghan Trainor
Lineup: SUN 5/7
Closing out the festival on Sunday, May 7 are Kings of Leon, Trombone Shorty, Patti LaBelle, The Meters, Buddy Guy and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.
@mike808 I just saw The Meters twice last week. They are still badass. 360 Degree photo I took
https://theta360.com/s/p3r8ly1U6KFafYhtnQLn50z8i
@Bingo Cool camera. Mehby we will see one of those $350 cameras here…
Port O Call. 'Nuf said.
Old NOLA joke:
How are Port of Call Monsoons like women’s breasts?
One is not enough, and three’s too many.
@mike808 Let’s see if you can be my friend: How do you rate Central Grocery muffuletta?
@compunaut
Not a muffuletta expert, but I liked the several I’ve had there just fine.
@compunaut It’s all about 1) the bread 2) the olive salad, and 3) the mortadella.
I’m a Parkway French Fry poboy fan.
But raised on Domilisi’s RB. And a sucker for soft-shells.
@mike808 You’re sorta avoiding the question; probably wise.
Bluebird Cafe used to be my fav bfast/brunch spot. Any idea if Coulis is worthy of the address (36xx Prytania)?
@compunaut So much has changed post-K, and I moved away in '95. For bfast/brunch, I liked Dante’s (in the Riverbend) last time I was there a few years ago for JF. Cochon was outstanding (reservations for dinner), and the butcher shop next door is among the best sandwiches around. Its hard to not bump into a good place in NO.
@mike808 Haven’t visited since 2005 (?) except driving thru from FL with my new (to me) hybrid SUV (stopped for 4 Central Grocery muffulettas & hauled them back to TX). I know there’s so many good food places there - but I prefer to know some of them ahead of time rather than finding by accident.
@compunaut Coulis, eh? I’m a through-and-through Mayfair type, personally.
Bon Temps, F&M, Saturn, Funky Butt is more how I roll.
PSA/FYI: NOLA recently passed an ordinance closing bars at 3am. So it’s not 24x7 anymore.
Drive-thru Daiquiris is still kickin it for those on the move.
@mike808
Every city that’s really alive and has bar closing hours has after hours places. As long as these places aren’t a nuisance, the cops usually won’t bother them much.
When I was in Manhattan and the bars closed around 2am, you just rolled to one or more of the after hours places. Sometimes you had the same bartenders before and after closing.
Going home time was normally sometime between 4-8am.
@mike808 Do the clubs w/ live music have to shut down @ 3? Or just stop serving? I have (muddled) recollection of stumbling out of the Maple Leaf after a Marcia Ball concert & it was going on 5am. I think we rode the streetcar until McDonalds (might have been Burger King?) opened.
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@compunaut They just passed the ordinance last week. No idea about enforcement or lack thereof during big events like JF and MG.
I know about after-hours places. This ‘closing’ thing is completely new to some places in the FQ, because many of them are where the service folk go after they get off their night shifts elsewhere - restaurants, hotels, bars elsewhere that close, hospital staff (charity/tulane are nearby).
True story: happy hour 5-7, twice a day.
Another true story: a place in Fat City that had ladies no cover and free drinks after 3am and a free breakfast buffet for everyone at 6am. Guess where the um, exotic dancers, went when they got off shift? It was (allegedly) a front for drugs and money laundering, so the fun never stopped. Good times. What were we thinking?
@mike808
When I was there for a wedding - many decades ago - we stumbled into a strip joint somewhere - have no idea where, someone who knew the city was driving us around - the girls danced on the bar, and every one of them was at least 4 months pregnant. Some of them were way more along than that.
If someone moves to NO without knowing anyone, and that person is young, and that person’s job is working in the ER on the night shift at University Medical Center, that’s one way to learn about the city real fast.
Unfortunately, that person hasn’t lived there since the 1980’s.
@mike808
It’s really hard to imagine the quarter closing at 3am. WTF?
Yeah, the tourists all go back to their hotels. Where they’re sleeping instead of spending money.
The locals who aren’t ready to go home all know where to go next. And those places are all way less visible and what goes on in them is less visible and harder to police. And the city is getting only local money there, not big bux from out of town.
Why why why did they do this? What is the point of this? No one goes to NO to dry out.
My now not-so best kept secret place for date-worthy dinner and hands down lunch: Windsor Court Grill Room prix fixe lunch/tea on a weekday. Sublime.
@mike808
Is that place really $500-800 per night?
I already spent that much in Santa Fe this year for the wedding of one of my favorite humans. Dunno about luxury. I was thinking more “really cheap rathole”. I mean, it’s not like I would go there and then hangout in the room being awake and appreciating the fabulous accommodations.
Although it looks awesome if that’s in your budget.
@f00l Yes. And thats why you go there for the $20 prix fixe lunch. Duh.
You’re just rentimg the atmosphere and experence for a meal, not a stay. If I crapped money like Trump’s cabinet I’d stay there.
BTW, fun FACT: Trump’s cabinet own as much as THE ENTIRE LOWER 40% OF THE REST OF US. Yep 20 people or so are worth as much as 120 MILLION VOTERS.) Yeah, money equals votes is just awesome (not). Thanks, Citizens United.
Put another way, if something happened, 40% of the entire country’s wealth would be up for grabs.
Put another way, 40% of this country’s wealth can be put towards furthering a Nazi state or Sharia law. And the Republican congress wont lift a finger while it happens.
Who will be left standing when they come for you?
@mike808
Re current cabinet:
With you. Surfing in a sea of red here.
Re fancy places to eat: do I have to wear fancy clothes to match? Fucking PITA.
@f00l Yeah, Windsor Court is a classy joint. Don’t dress and behave to prove to the world you’re a boorish uncouth disrespectful ignorant dick.
There’s plenty of other places for such behavior. The White House comes to mind.
@mike808
I am not fond of boorish conduct, even in the White House. If you do that in public, you are inflicting your private parade or your private agenda on everyone, whether they want it or not. Quite insensitive. So I avoid.
I’m just don’t love putting on dress-up clothes much. Tho I will if a worthy situation demands it.
Left you some other questions further up the thread. If you are feeling generous with time and answers, take a look. If not, that’s cool.
@f00l WC is business casual. You’re a cultured business person having a nice lunch at a nice place.
Enjoy the lemon socks with your water.
@mike808
I can try for “cultured”. And can try for “businessperson”.
Can I do both at once? Hmmm. Considering.
I live just a couple blocks from City Park. I’ll be there taking photos for Getty Images. Also Buku Festival in March.
@ryantheriot
You really really really wish to invite us all to sleep on your floor, don’t you?
I went several times in the '90s, last time was '01 iirc.
Have a friend whose sister lived in Mandeville, just on the other side of the lake from N.O., and she very generously hosted us.
She moved out of LA and we haven’t been back since.
I would love to go again, best music/party anywhere, but I worry I wouldn’t survive. lol
I don’t have the stamina I used to - the idea of going to a show that starts well after midnight just seems impossible (and those are always the best ones) - these days it’s enough of a challenge to go to a show that ends around midnight.
Tons of great stories from my JF experiences and really no bad ones.
Best memory was the house/courtyard party thrown by one of our favorite groups, Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe.
We were among the first to arrive and for $10 we had all the crawfish we could eat (there were 2ft high piles on picnic tables) and all the Purple Haze we could drink (the kegs were in these artsy pyramids, decorated w/ foil and designs on the outside and lit w/ colored bulbs from the inside).
The music was amazing and it was a relatively small, intimate party with the fans and the musicians all mixing and having fun together.
Best time ever.
@DennisG2014
The way to go to a show that starts after midnight, when you are an old fart, is to get up around 2pm or perhaps that’s a bit early.
@f00l But I always want to get to the fairgrounds by 1p