“What that hairstyle? Chia pet?”
That’s what I heard from a bunch of thuggish teens last night in the New Orleans French Quarter last night as I passed them on a darkened street corner. I’ll admit, it was clever. Although, I had no witty retort - I just raised my obnoxious mixed drink towards them and kept going. I heard them a moment later, further down the block, shouting “Chi..chi…Chia!”
I was sternly reminded by my pal Akili, a New Orleans native, to stay where all the stupid tourists are. It was a long drive to Orleans from South Carolina, so much of our wandering ended up being in the evening. I decided to prepare for a future blog post about being pickpocketed, so I snapped a photo of my camera with my digital camera, and then snapped a photo of my digital camera with my camera phone.
This morning I realize that taking out my possessions to snap photos of them only draws more unwanted attention to said items. Anyway, it hasn’t all been shady, and I’m looking forward to exploring the rest of the city this weekend. More updates later!
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Dood! You shoulda told me. We could have hooked up. I’m only an hour away. If you head toward Baton Rouge, drop me an email.
rportier@cox.net
And the one of you can call me as well!
Dude,you made the trip! Nice. I hope it wasn’t too bad of a drive, what did it take me.. 8 hours?
You’ll have to let me know about it. I was thinking the next “Vegas” should be there.
@Rick & Oreo
Sorry, fellas. I was on a family visit-type-thing. But I really want to have some photog drinking event sometime soon.
@Audio
I think our next Vegas should be a cruise!
Dude, you drove through my town on the way to NO. Email me next time; I’ll buy you a drink.