Archive for May 12th, 2007
Ending Vacation with a Garden Tour
One drawback of spending all day listening to jazz is the lack of opportunities to see the rest of New Orleans. Brian and I had planned to head home later on Monday to allow ourselves a little time for sight-seeing. We ate breakfast in the hotel, packed up, checked our bags and headed to the […]
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Day 3: Hitting Our Stride
On Sunday, we finally got it right. First we decided not to go out Saturday for the 1am show. Even though Trombone Shorty was tempting, the promise of a good night’s sleep and getting up to do some exploring won out. We were able to get up at a more leisurely pace, have some breakfast […]
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Day 2: Slow and Uneventful
Two things were immediately obvious on Saturday. First, it was hot. Humid and 90 degrees, making the heat index “sweltering”. Second, there were a lot of people. The rain was gone and it was a weekend, thus many more people were packed into the fairgrounds. We were slathered with sunscreen, which somehow made the dust […]
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Nomo and Ozomatli
We followed John Fehlner’s lead on Friday night and went to the Republic to hear Ozomatli. Dan had never heard them, but said John had never led him astray, and we now have to agree. We got there early enough to pick virtually any spot in the place – Dan, Nate, Brian and I headed […]
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