New Orleans

[driftinggrifter2]

Well I don't know how many of ya'll have been to New Orleans but i used to live around there for a few years. I was sitting here reminiscing about a few things and my friends and the partys we used to have...which brings me to a fav drink that I haven't found anywhere else and thought I would share it with ya'll. This will light you up.
Hand Grenade

1 1/2 oz gin
1 1/2 oz grain alcohol
1 1/2 oz melon liqueur
1 1/2 oz rum
1 1/2 oz vodka
add suger and/or water to flavor it up for ya depending on your taste
Well to all my fellow drinkers enjoy

[vinnym86]

i love hand grenedes, ur right, never had them anywhere else but at the big easy.

[driftinggrifter2]

Should of seen me when i came to Fla. No hand Grenades no real jambalay and then these people tell me Ybor is just like Bourban St....far from it. I actually hate Ybor cuz of the comparison.

[vinnym86]

yeah, i lived in FL for 1 year, 2000-2001, HATED IT!! moved right back up to NY!
yes, i did party like hell at ybor, loved it, but went to bourbon st last year in college, and saw that ybor was like a pitiful attempt made by computer geeks to try and match the parties the rich jocks threw and crazy punks crashed. I honestly think that big easy will never be the same. i think any legacy, tradition, and character of New Orleans has died with Katrina.

[ci5ic]

Originally Posted by vinnym86

yeah, i lived in FL for 1 year, 2000-2001, HATED IT!! moved right back up to NY!
yes, i did party like hell at ybor, loved it, but went to bourbon st last year in college, and saw that ybor was like a pitiful attempt made by computer geeks to try and match the parties the rich jocks threw and crazy punks crashed. I honestly think that big easy will never be the same. i think any legacy, tradition, and character of New Orleans has died with Katrina.

Dude... aren't you like 14?

[quteasabutton]

Originally Posted by ci5ic

Dude... aren't you like 14?

no he's not, you could've just looked at his profile too.
and i agree vin, i think the spirit of New orleans died with the hurricane it would've been cool to visit there too bad it's gone. how many people on here have lived or visited there?

[sameintheend01]

i was in NO for new years once. Good lord, i've never seen so many tits before. And those hurricanes and hand gernades were damn good. Another sweet thing was that they didn't play rap at EVERY bar. they actually played rock. SWEET!

[vinnym86]

Originally Posted by ci5ic

Dude... aren't you like 14?

, almost 20

yeah, back in FL, i was pretty young, but that didn't stop me from going to ybor.

[vinnym86]

[driftinggrifter2]

Originally Posted by quteasabutten

and i agree vin, i think the spirit of New orleans died with the hurricane it would've been cool to visit there too bad it's gone. how many people on here have lived or visited there?

Ya'll are underestimating that city ... the spirit, heritage, and traditions aren't going to be gone or slighted by katrina. Miami-hurricane Andrew anyone remember that? Miami is still strong as before. Now the fear of a hurricane will still loom over them for along time but only when it's season and it looks as though a hurricane could hit. I predict N.O. will be back to its partying ways, Mardi Gras and all next year.

[vinnym86]

well i certainly hope so, but you can't argue that parts of new orleans are dead that will never come back; history. there were historics sites there such as homes from the french settlements before america was founded, stuff like that that got washed away by katrina that's just gone. i mean, you could rebuild it, but that's jsut stupid, cuz its brand new with no real history.

[driftinggrifter2]

Not to much got washed away nor destroyed. Yea there was major flooding but not from waves. It was from the levys failing. It just pretty much filled up the worse damage is water damage albeit polluted. Also there was more areas than you think that were not flooded French Quarter for example. Also it was on the weak side of the storm so there really isnt that much wind damage. Historicly (i know i spelled that wrong) The coast of Ms. will be missing much more and have a harder time to recover. 4 out 5 citys that i lived in got it 20 times worse. Those casinos that ya'll saw on tv one of them was sitting in my old backyard. Not to mention that area recovered pretty well from Camile.

[vwracer14]

i live in miss. and i have been to biloxy and n.o. almost evey year for vacation and if you remember just a few days after the storm some bars were open.it is the residential area that was flooded.so no i dont think much will change on bourbon st or the down town area.biloxy is area that will be a loooooong time befor it is the same.speaking of that area is there anyone who has been to or lives in mobile al. and can tell me if the USS ALABAMA is ok or if it is even still there

[driftinggrifter2]

VWRACER what part of Ms. you live in. Not only Biloxi but Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, pretty much that whole gulf coast from Ms to bama. Not sure bout the USS Alabama.

and if you remember just a few days after the storm some bars were open

Not to mention they were partying on Bourbon the day after with what the bars still had on ice

[sivic02]

Originally Posted by quteasabutten

i think the spirit of New orleans died with the hurricane it would've been cool to visit there too bad it's gone.

You think it was cool to visit before, didnt you hear Mayor Nagin say he was going to rebuild a chocolate new orleans....think about how kick ass that will be!