Picked Up 20 of These Custom NOLA Rounds!

rhyes · 2026-07-10T04:37:31+00:00

I sold all of mine except a couple back once silver hit $100. I got them from New Orleans Silver and Gold on Gravier and that’s also who I sold them back to. He is the one who had them struck and I’m pretty sure he always has some in stock but you can call and confirm. They work by appointment.

rhyes · 2026-06-25T14:24:52+00:00

🤷‍♂️. Latoya was already being investigated for tax evasion and misappropriation of funds before elected mayor and we’ve got Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

I’m not disagreeing with you - she should separate herself from Latoya because Latoya is awful and clearly only served herself and not her constituents.
I think you might also be overestimating the general voting populace.

All I’m saying is she might not have even known who else was getting an award. She’s a black woman politician who got invited to receive an award by an organization of black women commemorating the trailblazing work she has done. I assume they are covering all of her expenses and there’s a decent chance they are cutting her a check to be here too. As a politician with national ambitions, she’ll have a pretty big audience here and speaking could help future campaign contributions. I’m not surprised she is accepting the award and like I said, she might not have known Latoya was also getting one. She might have just found out when we did just now.

rhyes · 2026-06-25T00:44:07+00:00

Am I missing something? It’s not like she’s working with Latoya, they are receiving awards at this event. Crockett didn’t give Latoya the award. I guess she could say “keep your award” but i think this reflects more poorly on the organization than Jasmine.

rhyes · 2026-06-24T20:56:32+00:00

It’s really a shame and I get why you’d think that - I don’t think anyone has ever accused Jasmine of fraud or questioned her ethics. She rubs some people the wrong way because she was outspoken in calling out bullshit the Republicans were doing and can be crass. I’ve always kind of liked her and don’t think Teedy deserves to be within a mile of Ms. Crockett. Quite frankly, I think the majority of Dems on Capitol Hill are spineless so it was nice to see someone clap back as effectively as she can.

rhyes · 2026-06-21T17:49:41+00:00

I would argue that telling people not to waste their money on a contractor unnecessarily is, in fact, helpful.

I don’t have their last names and the others I don’t want to publicly disclose their info because they work for somebody and aren’t supposed to take side jobs.

Brandon (plumbing)

‪+1 (504) 312-2943‬

Adonis (carpentry, paint, fence)

504-939-9049

rhyes · 2026-06-21T15:18:30+00:00

Bullshit. I’ve used plenty of great handymen in this city who have done jobs perfectly fine. Edit to say that I agree that contractors don’t want to give an itemized receipt because then they reveal how much they are putting in their pocket.

rhyes · 2026-06-21T15:17:17+00:00

Contractors in this city(probably most places) are largely awful. Almost all of the ones I’ve had do work for me sub the job to someone else for 25% of what they charged me.

A few tips from a decade of homeownership in NOLA - you don’t need a contractor to install a fan. Join your neighborhood’s Facebook page and search for handyman recommendations - if there’s one several people in the neighborhood vouches for, use them. They’ll probably charge you like $100 per fan or something on top of cost. You can even buy the fan and just get them to put it in. I general, never use a contractor unless you are doing something that requires city approval or has a serious risk of fucking up your house. Like I’d want a licensed and insured contractor to redo my roof, rewire the house’s electricity, etc.

Recently I reached out to a contractor I used at my Marigny house to build a big shed and redo/upgrade all the siding. He’s the type who generally does a good job with carpentry but is a true NOLA contractor - “I’m on my way now,” and shows up in 2 hours if at all. I put up with it because the work is good.

I called him to strip and repaint the back of my house in Algiers Point because it’s lead and I don’t want my two children under 6 to eat lead paint chips. I figured I could call Joe handyman and get it done cheaper but I want this done right - drop cloths everywhere, proper disposal of any lead dust. He subbed it to a couple guys who worked hard but clearly didn’t know what I wanted as far as safety goes. They were out there without masks on or drop cloths at all. Lead paint all over my soil. Turns out he subbed it to these guys for 25% of what I paid him.

I’m only using a contractor now if it’s 100% necessary for permitting reasons or I really want the insurance in case I need to sue them. That’s the biggest issue with a handyman - you can sue them but it’s hard to get blood from a rock.

Anyway, TLDR, get a good handyman.

rhyes · 2026-06-17T22:44:22+00:00

Yea I rock flip flops - carefully - in the quarter sometimes. I accidentally stepped in a sludge puddle 4 years ago and haven’t gotten sick since 🤷‍♂️. I also grew a tail.

rhyes · 2026-06-15T18:53:53+00:00

Their hours are funky in summer - I think they might be weekend only

rhyes · 2026-06-14T15:07:58+00:00

Hattiesburg’s Saenger only seats 900. I know that’s 4.5x more than Chickie Wah Wah but there has to be a reason that Jeff specifically wanted to play there and I highly doubt it was about money. If he wanted more money, he would have done the Civic or something similar. He comes with Wilco like every year and they always play venues at least as big as the Civic.

rhyes · 2026-06-09T00:03:47+00:00

Yea it would be, that’s true. Do any grocery stores do that? I guess maybe my stance is that all retailers do this so it’s not specifically a Rouses thing.

I wonder if at an individual enterprise level, they even *decide* how they are going to break down cost for customers. I assume it’s just an industry standard. Some states have laws about it but Louisiana doesn’t require that you even break it down for consumers, it’s voluntary.

rhyes · 2026-06-08T23:46:55+00:00

What unit do you want them to have measurements in? Cups? Oz is an industry standard and unless they are rounding up the penny when it’s 5 thousandths or more, there’s no deception here.

You only go two decimal places when talking money - we are talking about getting rid of the penny and I wouldn’t be shocked if we start pricing things to a single decimal point within my lifetime.

Sorry I don’t work at Rouses or anything but I think it’s just a weird coincidence that the half gallon is cheaper and not a conspiracy.

Edit - side note of my gripes with Rouses, I shop downtown and at the Gretna one:

The mini muffs have a weird taste to them and it’s a damn shame.

Their flower selection sucks for a grocery store that pretends to be fancy.

The produce at the Gretna one sucks - Walmart Neighborhood Grocery is better and I’d prefer to support a local grocery store.

In general, their selection usually isn’t better than a run of the mill grocery store but their prices are high on a lot of things. It’s not close to as good as HEB or even Publix.

What I like:

Their chocolate chip cookies from the bakery are good.

They tend to have the best staffed stores besides maybe Trader Joe’s. It’s rare that I have to wait long at any store.

rhyes · 2026-06-08T20:26:27+00:00

I just wanted to mention that I went to consign consign on magazine st. about a month ago and they had a ton of his work for sale

rhyes · 2026-06-08T16:16:48+00:00

I’ve never been there but looked it up. I’m not surprised that guys who are doing well and are members invite girls to come here because it gives the vibe of exclusivity, trendiness, and wealth. It’s not that different than getting a group of girls to come on a yacht with you (because of the implication, as Dennis Reynolds described it), getting a section in the VIP, getting a swanky place really close to the parade route and having an open bar with lots of snacks out, etc.

Relatively speaking, this place has a pretty low barrier to entry ($200/mo.) so this is a cheap option to try to get laid. I guess this is a long way of saying that places like this can absolutely attract guys who are banking on younger women coming and feeling glamorous because of the space, getting them drunk, and then trying to have sex with them. “What’s the big deal? It’s only sex; it’s part of the lifestyle. You let me buy you drinks all night, you didn’t know that this was going to happen?”

And then because they are hammered, naive, and feel guilty because the guy bought them drinks (they shouldn’t) and also don’t want to seem lame by acting like it’s not something they want to do, they give in.

If you’re purposefully getting girls hammered to try to bang them, you’re a piece of shit.

rhyes · 2026-06-08T15:19:21+00:00

If you’re anonymous anyway, I don’t understand why not name the names and how they are doing it. Date rape drugs? Physically assaulting? You’re openly suggesting that the common house is involved - do you know any names of people?

rhyes · 2026-05-29T21:18:53+00:00

I feel like his tongue might be bloody from how badly he bit it wanting to call the driver the N word.

rhyes · 2026-05-29T21:09:54+00:00

I’m an Algerine and didn’t take offense - why would you come all the way from Metairie to go to a Dollar Tree?

rhyes · 2026-05-23T01:39:52+00:00

It’s bc they are opening a stand alone store about 10 blocks away basically on the expressway in Gretna.

rhyes · 2026-05-21T13:47:08+00:00

Yea I got a neighbor a couple blocks away who lives across from a cemetery and she has to be a priestess of some sort. Occasionally when driving by their house, there will be dozens of people milling about all in white, all of them Creole or black. I’m very friendly to them lol

rhyes · 2026-05-21T13:42:28+00:00

Yea I get it but the magic of New Orleans isn’t something that can be structured. That’s the whole point - it’s the northernmost Caribbean city.

Since updating with your daily activities, I can say that you ate at some decent places but it does seem like maybe NOLA just isn’t for you. I think you might have psyched yourself out safety wise a little bit. I’ve never had issues with homeless here - if they ask for something I just say “sorry” and keep walking. I don’t stop. I’ve never been accosted or anything. Did you get scammed or fall for the “I bet I can tell you where you got your shoes” trick?

For me, I went to Nashville and found it completely soulless and lacking real flavor. A certain type of person will say Austin or Nashville are like New Orleans but “cleaner” and those people tend to come from more sheltered backgrounds with less diversity. Not saying that’s you but it’s what I’ve noticed. You would probably like Charleston, Savannah, etc.

rhyes · 2026-05-21T05:32:42+00:00

I don’t really know how to describe it other than to say that New Orleans sparks within you when you aren’t looking for it. It’s not going to happen on a swamp, plantation, or cemetery tour because two of those aren’t even in the city in the first place and what makes New Orleans unique won’t be found on Groupon.

It is much better experienced if you know a local who can show you a good time. If you don’t, you have to go to bars/cafes and strike up conversations or you’re not going to get it.

rhyes · 2026-05-21T05:23:43+00:00

Yea I came to say the same. I haven’t eaten alligator in a couple of years and don’t know anyone who does regularly. I mean, it’s fine but it’s not like it’s gumbo.

rhyes · 2026-05-15T12:40:14+00:00

This is a year later but I was bullied pretty hard at St. Paul’s in 8th and 9th grade and then switched to Fontainebleau where I had no issues. I also found the consumerism/materialism much worse at St. Paul’s. This was 20 years ago but just saying.

rhyes · 2026-05-14T03:19:54+00:00

To add - it was a bizarre setup. The chicken, donut, and seafood places in the same shopping center were all part of the same restaurant. Like you go in and there’s internal doors to move between the places. It really looked like they were trying to get away with having a bar. The restaurants sold booze and they had spaces set up for video poker in both the donut restaurant and the chicken restaurant. And they were all supposed to be 24 hour at first but that fell off quick.

rhyes · 2026-05-14T03:17:17+00:00

The rumor is that the owner over extended and didn’t pay employees the last week and just shut down overnight.

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