We are here in the cool, historic, and dark French Quarter. The vibe is very cool, cool if one is young and single. Also, cool for older and married, as one can chill and have very frozen Hurricanes drinks that taste like candy. The Hotel looks like an old school New Orleans nieghborhood. What I like about driving into a city is how the houses before one gets to the city evolve. Here because Katrina the houses are all new. As Anna and I walked the French Quarter there were a lot of tourist groups. The European groups were clean, smiling, and eating regular American foods like hot dogs (marveling at the taste). The American groups were all dirty and sweaty from re building houses for the poor, all groups of young students, and good people faced adults had a cool vibe. The weather was a pleasant surprise not as hot and humid as it was the last time in New Orleans but I could still cut the humidity with a knife. For lunch we ate at Toulouse place, the food was incredible and cheap. I had the taste of New Orleans Gumbo, jambalaya, and Red beans/ rice. Then we had a dreamy pecan pie(picture tomorrow when I get my usb cord going). Parking was a nightmare, but not all can be perfect. Tomorrow will post more pictures.