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LuvNewcastle

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11. I used to go over there and stay out all night

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 07:17 PM

Mar 2020

and then I would walk around at dawn and find the Cafe du Monde or the Clover Grill and grab some breakfast before I went home. I went over there about three weeks after Katrina with a now deceased friend of mine and it looked a lot like it does in those pictures. We had no problem at all finding a parking space!

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New Orleans in quarantine is stunningly beautiful. [View all] nolabear Mar 2020 OP

won't let me look without giving name??? Kali Mar 2020 #1

make up a name and email like i did. It doesn't check. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #4

FYI; You can make up a name and email address to view. zackymilly Mar 2020 #2

:) Pretty picture, I agree, but without people isn't it without a point? Hortensis Mar 2020 #3

I like them because you get to see the full architecture. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #5

Sure. Detail and proportion probably show best in the sunlight, though. Hortensis Mar 2020 #8

No... see my post #6 handmade34 Mar 2020 #7

That's my take as well. It's far from uninhabited. nolabear Mar 2020 #12

thank you handmade34 Mar 2020 #6

Oh, I bet. I love the streets at that time. Even downtown Hortensis Mar 2020 #9

I used to go over there and stay out all night LuvNewcastle Mar 2020 #11

God I LOVE The Clover! Working folks' favorite breakfast place. nolabear Mar 2020 #13

Lovely emmaverybo Mar 2020 #10