VACATION!

I'm off to The Big Easy -- New Orleans! Look for adventures from the Bayou throughout the week... and have an outstanding Memorial Day Weekend!

LATER...

I'm in the Big Easy! I got here this afternoon and have already tourned the French Quarter. Good times. I remember the hurricane stands; I forgot the 'adult entertainment'. Jay Phillips and I enjoyed an afternoon stroll -- well, me a stroll; him a limp -- and are now anxiously awaiting the rest of the Seattle crew who's due to arrive tonight! We ended up finding one of those fortune machines... with Michael Jackson! OK, maybe it was Natasha, but she sure had an uncanny resemblance to The Gloved One. Yes, the city is quiet and still not "normal" as one woman described it today (which begged the question, 'tell me what's abnormal then'.). The city is still reeling from Katrina -- we'll see more, I'm sure, in the coming days. In the meantime, I'm already enjoying New Orleans and it's friendly liquor policies!

More adventures to come -- maybe even tonight!