Ok... so I'll keep you updated then.

So none are you are awake when I'm not working, which makes keeping everyone informed of my daily experiences in New Orleans(New/Oar-lins)


Having finished my Garde Manger class at the CIA, I went on a two day long road trip down to New Orleans after a brief 6 day break in Queens.

The first day involved a wonderful 16 hour drive, starting at 4 AM and ending in Birmingham Alabama. Surprisingly less backward and racist as I would have imagined... Had good bbq in Wytheville Tennessee (Smokey's Hickory BBQ), and forgettable bbq in Birmingham. Virginia has way too much money to spend on their roads...

Second day was a much shorter, but mind numbing 5.5 hour drive into New Orleans from Alabama, having passed by 4 signs for GAME DAY FOOTBALL STADIUM locations... I got the feeling that football might be a big deal around here. I've come to the conclusion that all roads in Mississippi are straight, boring, and need to be repaved. I also believe that the first state to get "Sky-Highways", a-la back to the future 3, should be Louisiana... Maybe this would prevent large trucks, buses and pickup trucks from shaking houses, setting off car alarms and digging massive potholes anytime they passed...

So anyway. In the past three weeks, I've served several famous football players, governors, pundits, movie stars, and regular people searching for good food in NoLa. Works fun, hard, and rewarding.

-Me