Believe it or not I went out downtown for the first time since I've been here last night...I took the St. Charles Streetcar to Canal and walked to a concert at the Riverwalk area to see the fireworks. The streetcar was totally full after only the 2nd stop on St. Charles so the rest of the route the driver would just go on by the people waiting or stop, open the door, then close it and start driving when they started walking towards the car. Ok ok...he only did that once to some pretty drunk frat-lookin' dudes, but it was too funny. The first stop after I got on had a black girl squeezed in some tight shorts leading her collared, leashed S&M 'slave' behind her which was a white boy whose eyes wouldn't leave the ground. Then the next stop had a family with a cute little girl who looked like Little Miss Sunshine, playing with a balloon heart and I thought...wow...what a difference a streetcar stop makes.
Once I got downtown it was packed, no traffic moving, exactly like the Vegas strip. The Essence festival was going on at the Superdome which is on the northern end of downtown so all those visitors were in the mix as well. Lots going on and the first time, really, I've seen it here.
Once I got downtown it was packed, no traffic moving, exactly like the Vegas strip. The Essence festival was going on at the Superdome which is on the northern end of downtown so all those visitors were in the mix as well. Lots going on and the first time, really, I've seen it here.
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