joins P-C and Vortex

Leans over to give Ann a big hug, accidentally puts a boob in the powdered sugar. Declines graciously when ND offers to lick the sugar off.

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I'm worried about the humidity too and I don't really drink so the bars as bars aren't interesting to me. The bars as places where you can hear music -- much more enticing.

Man, there are so many other things to do in New Orleans besides sweat and get hammered. Like...a zydeco/rockabilly bowling alley. With two-stepping and live music.

What about vegetarian, or some of the other local ethnic stuff?

Hil should be able to help with this.

Best place for New Orleans type food that also has vegetarian stuff is, IMO, Jacques-Imo. It's on Elm (next door the the Maple Leaf), and they've got tons of seafood stuff that everybody raves about, plus a fantastic vegetarian platter.

For totally vegetarian, there's Old Dog New Trick, but I've never been there.

Is Camellia Grill still open? I'd heard rumors that it was closing, but I haven't heard anything in awhile. If it is still open, they've got burgers that were voted best burgers in New Orleans at one point, really good pecan pie, and the best omelettes I've ever had in my life. (Not the usual French omelettes -- it's kind of hard to describe, but they're really good.) If it is still open, I plan on getting there for breakfast one of the days I'm there.

Just about every restaurant on Magazine Street has at least one or two vegetarian options.

In the Quarter, and along St. Charles, it's a little more difficult. A lot of those places have nothing vegetarian on the menu, but if you finagle it a bit, you can get them to bring you fettuccini alfredo or something like that -- one of their seafood pasta dishes without the seafood.

For ethnic, one of my favorites is Sara's. It's on Dublin, kind of behind Camellia Grill, and it's a kind of nouveau Thai/Indian. It's a little on the pricy side, but not ridiculous. There's good Indian at Nirvana on Magazine and Napoleon, and a great Middle Eastern place further down on Magazine that I can't remember the name of right now. Magazine also has Juan's Flying Burrito, which is pretty good.

The only reason I've heard proposed for a revote is that people are unhappy with the results of the vote.

Given that no sustained complaints were made about procedure before or during the vote, I don't think there's a valid reason for a do-over.

It's the deciding and redeciding and arguing about the decision that has led to the worst Buffista bitternesses. Let's go with this decision, which was made according to the understood rules.

I just wanna know who I'm going to be rooming with. I'm ready for it all. To be honest, I voted for Minneapolis because I was thinking, "Cheap! I can drive there." But I just checked airfares and I can get a roundtrip ticket for $222. That's cheap enough for me. Just give me some bread crumbs so I can find my way back to the hotel from Bourbon St.

Given that no sustained complaints were made about procedure before or during the vote, I don't think there's a valid reason for a do-over.

Possibly it's just my impression, but I know that I and several others did bring up using a voting system that would let us see not only what cities people wanted most, but what cities would be doable for the largest number of people.

I have no real dog in this fight, fwiw - not saying what I voted for or if it won, but as far as my making it there, the city choice won't be a deciding factor. And I do love N.O. But it is for some people, and I'd have like to have gathered that info some way. That said, I strongly believe that anything we do now other than say Yay!NO is going to be pointless and destructive.

Just give me some bread crumbs so I can find my way back to the hotel from Bourbon St.

You don't need bread crumbs. That's what people like me are for.

My parents are vegan, they found many places to eat here.

Old Dog New Trick closed.

Camellia Grill is open.

The owner of Jacque-Imo's has opened a couple of other places (I think Crabby Jack's and the Wine Shop)

Sara's is really good. Vegetarian-friendly and just a couple of blocks from a comic shop.

I find it hard to get to Nirvana when it's open, but that's just me. There's practically a falafel district on down Magazine: Mona's, Beirut Cafe, Byblos, I think another place but I can't think of the name. Juan's opened another branch in Mid-City. I believe there is also a Mona's on Frenchmen street (edge of the Quarter)

I'm fond of the juice bar that used to be the Nine Muses Coffeeshop.

I know where all three(3) of the kosher restaurants are. One is in the Quarter!

Oh? Does that mean you're going to shed clothes on the way to Bourbon St? We can just follow nekkid P-C around and then gather his clothes up on the way home?