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Burruss Writer
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Burruss Writer

+1 on Lafitte's

That was the final leg of our Ghost Tour. I was there for training and we had a real mix of folks from experienced (me) to newbies (most really young). This one poor girl looked like she was just out of college and was not with the "party scene" during her years at school. We were being handed drinks at each bar we stopped at between ghost tour spots. We walked out of the bar, each with a Hurricane, and I could tell she was struggling. I saddled up to her and discreetly asked if she was enjoying her drink and she said she was not a big drinker but didn't want to offend our host (she was Asian). I told her to just hold on to her drink at each spot and once I was done to just pour it into my cup as we left. My god, I'm lucky I made it back alive. Last stop was Old Absinthe for some...absinthe. I don't think I've been drunker at NO than that night and I know my liver never recovered. She saw me the next day and thanked me for helping her out the previous night.
Posted: 08/02/2024 at 02:22 PM ET
(In response to this post by UTPr0sim)

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Prohibition Bar.
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eat at Mother's.**
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Can't imagine that place in August. The heat and smell must be terrible**
ModerateHokie • 08/02/24 01:21 PM ET
September '07 was nightmarishly hot
Baltimore Hokie • 08/02/24 05:42 PM ET
Had to go to the same conference the year before Catrina…awful but they
Vtskier1 • 08/02/24 02:04 PM ET
Paved? Or just cleaned up the vomit and piss really, really well?**
UEMcGill • 08/02/24 03:08 PM ET
Paved fresh… best I had ever smelled it. Lasted one night lol**
Vtskier1 • 08/02/24 03:19 PM ET
Agree with other re: Frenchman St for music. Muffuletta at Napoleons House
HwoodHokie • 08/02/24 01:16 PM ET
Plus several on the muffuletta…..somewhere! Hard to go wrong.
DonHo-kieHi • 08/02/24 02:40 PM ET
mmmm MMM**
astrohokie • 08/02/24 03:41 PM ET
Recommendations off-Bourbon...
Burruss Writer • 08/02/24 12:58 PM ET
Plus several on the oysters…**
DonHo-kieHi • 08/02/24 02:41 PM ET
Music hit Frenchman Street
turkeywinghokie • 08/02/24 12:41 PM ET
get up at 5 am & help the sanitation guys hose down the french quarter....**
squarerootofone • 08/02/24 12:35 PM ET
Advice ... Don't get so sloppy drunk you leave your wallet on table and
jdkhokie • 08/02/24 12:23 PM ET
A friend of yours?**
reestuart • 08/02/24 12:25 PM ET
fun times by day 3 tourist thought I was part of the local entertainment.
jdkhokie • 08/02/24 12:27 PM ET
LOL! Awesome!!!**
reestuart • 08/02/24 12:58 PM ET
Frenchmen St…Blue Nile. Tipitina’s, free Fridays this summer
Va AandM • 08/02/24 12:18 PM ET
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WestEndHokie39 • 08/02/24 12:05 PM ET
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Hokerer • 08/02/24 01:21 PM ET
Oh, preemptive unshun**
Hokerer • 08/02/24 01:39 PM ET
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WestyHokie • 08/02/24 11:54 AM ET
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Victor Tango • 08/02/24 11:51 AM ET
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UTPr0sim • 08/02/24 11:47 AM ET
+1 on Lafitte's ◄
Burruss Writer • 08/02/24 02:22 PM ET
Better muffuletta than Napoleons House??? Don’t know about that
HwoodHokie • 08/02/24 01:20 PM ET
They use Salami and no Mortadella... NUFF Said...
UTPr0sim • 08/02/24 04:46 PM ET
Cochon Butcher says “ hold my beer! **
DonHo-kieHi • 08/02/24 02:49 PM ET
Mothers**
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Second**
WestEndHokie39 • 08/02/24 12:05 PM ET
Acme**
Hokerer • 08/02/24 11:33 AM ET
Second **
WestEndHokie39 • 08/02/24 12:05 PM ET
Third**
great2bahokie • 08/02/24 12:30 PM ET
I give the same advice to anyone going to Bourbon Street
Nova Hokie 95 • 08/02/24 11:16 AM ET
You lost me at walk around until something smells good**
No Clue • 08/02/24 11:55 AM ET
Perfumes vary**
TomTurkey • 08/02/24 12:50 PM ET
Great advice. They don't call it Bourbon St for nuthin.**
VTCC 65 • 08/02/24 11:24 AM ET
and after 9 it gets more and more sketchy- and in the morning it smells
bigbadbird • 08/02/24 11:23 AM ET
Indeed. Forgot another related bit of advice: Never take shoes home
Nova Hokie 95 • 08/02/24 11:25 AM ET
Ha… was there for mardigras when a friend dropped pizza on the ground very
Vtskier1 • 08/02/24 02:03 PM ET
Was there for a conference and one of the attendees I know was...
Burruss Writer • 08/02/24 12:08 PM ET
Was there for MNC in 2000 and after 3 nights on BStreet threw my shoes away
VT BronzeBacker • 08/02/24 12:28 PM ET
did you see the dude covered ....
astrohokie • 08/02/24 01:18 PM ET
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Victor Tango • 08/02/24 11:54 AM ET
It's not nearly as bad on normal days/nights.
vthokieq • 08/02/24 11:47 AM ET
Sage advice… haven’t been since 2019**
Vtskier1 • 08/02/24 11:18 AM ET