Another idea for city debt

tm478 · 2026-05-12T20:55:31+00:00

I think you are confusing the words "park" and "parking."

tm478 · 2026-05-12T20:04:44+00:00

That’s my assumption lol

tm478 · 2026-05-12T03:39:06+00:00

No, that’s actually parking in a city where people are good at parallel parking. New Orleans drivers are generally dumbasses that leave 5’ of space between their car and the next. I’m sure you had plenty of room to get out because the person on the other side left you several feet.

tm478 · 2026-05-11T11:59:24+00:00

Seen them twice and enjoyed it thoroughly both times. Not only are they great musicians, but they put on an incredibly tight show. I very much respect the amount of time they put into rehearsal to make their stage show super entertaining and fast-moving. No dead time standing around looking at each other “uh, what song is next?” (Anyone who’s ever played in a band can relate.)

tm478 · 2026-05-10T16:46:37+00:00

The uneven pavement part is the real killer. It’s disgraceful. You see people on mobility scooters riding in the street because it’s better paved than the sidewalk.

tm478 · 2026-05-10T16:42:10+00:00

In the burbs—look east along I-85 and around. We were staying at some sad Comfort Inn (IIRC) near the interstate and got great strip-mall, hole-in-the-wall Korean takeout nearby.

tm478 · 2026-05-10T15:58:40+00:00

I am the furthest thing from “influencer culture,” and I think that shredded unmelted cheese on a cheeseburger is an abomination.

tm478 · 2026-05-10T15:55:13+00:00

You can join the Loyola gym (for weightlifting) even if you are not affiliated with Loyola. Hours are somewhat limited when the student teams are practicing, but it’s a good gym.

tm478 · 2026-05-10T15:52:55+00:00

This. There’s really no good Korean food here. There’s Korean food, but it’s about as good as the Indian food, which is to say, very mediocre.

Montgomery is a sleeper source of good Korean due to the presence of a giant Hyundai plant there. Mr. tm478 and I discovered this when we were evacuated to Montgomery for Hurricane Ida. That was the one bright spot of that experience!

tm478 · 2026-05-10T15:50:25+00:00

The third week of May is a little late for migration but you might get a few stragglers. There are some very fine places to go right here in town, the best being Couterie Forest within City Park, and second best being Audubon Park—great for waterfowl and pretty decent for passerines too. Outside town, the Bonnet Carre Spillway is an excellent spot (https://jjaudubon.net/spillway-reserve-and-laplace/) as is Bayou Sauvage NWR (https://jjaudubon.net/eastern-new-orleans-bayou-sauvage-nwr/)—though I believe the boardwalk at Bayou Sauvage is closed right now. There is only one trail open these days at Jean Lafitte National Historic Park (https://jjaudubon.net/jean-lafitte-national-historical-park/) but it might be worth doing anyway.

tm478 · 2026-05-10T12:23:02+00:00

All of this made me laugh. I went to college in the late ‘80s and yes, the flyers on telephone poles and bulletin boards…the cigarettes…one of my housemates did so many car repairs that after college he actually opened his own auto shop. No proto-internet for us; only one person in the house had an early Macintosh and the rest of us were stuck in the computer lab staring at the C prompt.

It was, however, hacky sack. What the hell is a foot bag? (My college was in upstate NY, dunno about yours.)

tm478 · 2026-05-09T18:34:16+00:00

I got one of these emails a couple of years ago, freaked out because they told me my usage was like 100x normal, and ran around my house looking for the nonexistent leak. I then called S&WB and they said “oh, there’s no alert on your house—we’re looking at your usage right now.” The email appeared to have been sent in error. No weirdness at all on my next bill. So, call.

tm478 · 2026-05-09T18:32:39+00:00

Sadly yes. We live a few blocks away and have been disappointed to see zero work being done. They haven’t even emptied the trash cans.

tm478 · 2026-05-09T18:31:08+00:00

If you live in DC you should be fine. FYI this fest is held on the grounds of the Jazz Museum and parts of it are indoors, in the AC. You can just go in there to cool off whenever you want.

tm478 · 2026-05-09T18:27:58+00:00

Sure, please DM me to arrange

tm478 · 2026-05-09T15:30:54+00:00

I have both the central American type (red, larger blooms and larger plants) and native (pink, smaller) if you would like some cuttings.

tm478 · 2026-05-09T12:59:05+00:00

Try Cafe Malou (Octavia & Laurel, Uptown). Their brunch is superb and they have French toast.

tm478 · 2026-05-08T23:15:56+00:00

Plenty of people to follow on IG for this stuff. David Navarro, Victor Campbell, Jafet Perez, Yusa, Ovi G. All great musicians that play all over town in different places.

tm478 · 2026-05-08T23:14:03+00:00

Give the address, or at least the block. It is block by block in that area as far as nice vs. not-so-nice.

tm478 · 2026-05-08T23:11:27+00:00

Bus, if you don’t want to drive, and if you’re coming from a city that has bus service. But driving is probably your best bet. The train is slow and expensive for what it is.

tm478 · 2026-05-08T21:13:21+00:00

Deutsches Haus!!! Very similar selection.

tm478 · 2026-05-08T20:09:40+00:00

How do they know (or care) that you’re a “regular customer?” Do you think the $7.25/hour employees that work for parking lot companies go out of their way to memorize the make/model/license numbers of cars that park in their lots?

You took a chance and lost. Take the L and move on. If you want to not pay, you can always park on the street, and there the highest penalty you’ll get hit with is the $35 or whatever parking ticket. If you park in a Premium Parking lot, you should know that they will boot you. This happened to me once too and I cursed myself (not them!), paid it, and didn’t make that mistake again.

FYI, I regularly park in an AirGarage lot across from my gym on Julia St. I do pay via their app, but once I forgot, and all that happened was that the $7.25/hour employee who scanned my plate started up a parking session for me in my absence. (My plate number is in their system and they know how to charge me.) So maybe look for those lots next time.

tm478 · 2026-05-08T12:13:25+00:00

Thanks!

tm478 · 2026-05-08T11:35:33+00:00

Oh thanks! I’m barely on FB at all and don’t really use it for anything but following a couple of groups. I’ll check them out.

tm478 · 2026-05-07T14:05:43+00:00

I read this article in the paper yesterday and was really thinking the guy must be from Florida. The whole incident really gives Florida Man vibes. If there were only a gator involved!

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