That is true. The young ladies I know that are at or near the age of 15 think they are adults. Most are fairly mature, but I still would not trust them in New Orleans by themselves.
On a lighter note, I personally have enjoyed walking through the French Quarter. I used to work on Poydras St, about 5 blocks away, and would walk through there every day for lunch. I carried my camera and got some great architectural shots. Katrina ate the computer they were on and the hard drive may not be recoverable. I suspect the meet will be at the New Orleans Arena. That neighborhood is generally good, on the edge of the business district. It has the usual set of skunks who try to prey on tourists. However, one of the more notorious projects is about a mile from there. On the other hand, the historic Storeyville is in that area as well. The public transportation is safe and pervasive. You can get to about every area of the city on a bus or streetcar. Let the driver know you are a visitor and where you need to go. They will usually help you out. You can also purchase passes that will allow you to ride the busses all day in both Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. Last time I saw the price it was $6.00. Not bad since a round trip on a bus would run you about $3.00. If you do come down, drop me a line and we could probably meet up. If you can, try to find and read the book "Confederacy of Dunces." It will give you an idea of the life in New Orleans. It is a bit of a caricature, but we really have folks like Ignatius Riley here. My wife is a textbook "Y'at" and will axe you questions while washing the dishes in the zinc. She doesn't berl the erl, but she will go make groceries. Finally, remember the answer to the statement "Bet you I can tell you where you got your shoes" is "On my feet, on this street." >Thank you for the offer, but she is not as grown as she thinks she is >so I am thinking I should go with her. I am not so much concerned with >panhandlers -- we have those too -- as with gettingin over her head >somehow. I have never been to New Orleans but what I have read makes >me think that it is a city where you can get in over your head kinda >easily. > > >On 7/16/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238460 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
